Lessons from a Worm

One day (in Feb. 2013) as I walked along a stone path I noticed a worm, wiggling on that path.  On both sides of the stone path were white rocks.  There was good soil beyond one side of the white rocks.  I walked a couple of steps past that worm.  Then I looked in the dirt and found a small twig, which helped get the worm into the soil by some plants.  It then slithered away, to burrow into the soil.

Suddenly I realized God was teaching me something in this experience.  The worm was in the wrong environment, and would not survive unless it got back into a proper setting.

This lesson paralleled my thinking into how each of we (children, youth, young adults and adults) need to be in good environments that we may thrive.  We encourage and support each other in those directions. Community building is our responsibility, and strengthening relationships/friendships is so much a part of our faith.

God’s messages and lessons can come from some of the simplest things.  We must be aware and openly receive from such opportunities.  They come mostly through whispering (quiet ways), not always in thunderous booms.  It is our challenge to pay attention for the softly spoken words/images/sounds/etc. from God.