Fireflies
Men
come and go; leaders, teachers, thinkers speak and work for a season, and then
fall silent. He abides. They die, but He lives. They are lights kindled, and,
therefore, sooner or later quenched; but He is the true light from which they
draw all their brightness, and He shines for evermore. Alexander MacLaren
When
I was young we lived the country and there was always things going on
outside. One of my favorite things was
to catch fireflies. They fascinated me. You would see them come out at dusk and their
lights would blink on and off. It always
amazed me that this tiny beetle could produce light.
You
guessed it. I looked up how they produce
light. They take in oxygen and a special
cell in their body mixes the oxygen with a chemical in their body called
luciferin. This produces the light they
give off with almost no heat. The
flashing patterns are unique to each species.
Sometimes they use the light to attract a mate and other times they use
it as a defense mechanism to warn off prey.
I am not sure how scientists figured out this part, but fireflies don’t
taste good so other prey normally don’t eat them. Scientists believe that some fireflies never
eat. Maybe that is because they have
such a short life span.
We
are called to be a light to a fallen world. Just as the firefly gives off light, we are to
give off continuous light. We can be
just like the firefly too, in that we sometimes give off intermittent
light. When we sin our light goes
out. When we live in truth our light
shines. Our life span on this earth is extremely short. How will you show others God’s light?
Prayer for the Day: Heavenly
Father, there are times in my life when my light has been snuffed out. I didn’t reflect Your light and others
suffered for it. When I live in truth I
move into the light and that light is a reflection of You. I pray that you will make my light burn
brightly for You.
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