"And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind; and it was so" (Gen. 1:24).

     Did you know that there are approximately 200 million bugs for each person in the world and only l% of them are harmful to man?

     We may not like them, and try to kill them, but they are God's bugs, created by Him.  They are the means to pollinate fruits, flowers, and vegetables.  They return nutrients to the soil by eating vegetation.  We couldn't live without them.  They are essential to a garden and a healthy overall environment.  This is why our Master Gardener has so many of them in His garden, even though they keep "bugging us."  

     Some are the people that are always correcting us; some are the people that are always criticizing us; some are those that are always arguing with us; some are those that never do what we want them to do, etc.  

     When will we learn that all these "bugs" are there to help us kill the "bugs" that are killing us, and therefore helping us to grow better; "bugs" like pride, self-righteousness, self-confidence, anger, bitterness, unbelief, etc.  These "bugs" are there to kill "our bugs" so that we can manifest the life of our Lord.  These "bugs" are our opportunities to die daily (Lk. 9:23:24).

     When will we believe that "all things are for our sakes" and keep asking our beloved Gardener for His bug killer - His grace to kill ours?  If we do this, then all that will come out of our mouths will impart grace to those that hear us (II Cor. 4:7-15, Eph. 4:29-32). 

     Let us not lose heart and rot out our "heartwood" or we may be found hollow (without judgment, mercy, faith, and love) at the last day.

     Let us not faint.  Our Gardener is always faithful, even if we aren't (II Cor. 4:16, Lam. 3:22-23).