Flashing In The Night -

Flashing In The Night

Pretty, little lightning bugs;
Made with hands of love.
God made them special with a light;
He planned it while above.

With joy I like to watch them.
I caught them as a child.
In my bedroom, in the night;
I’d let them just go wild.

Flashing on my ceiling,
Flashing on my toe,
My daddy didn’t like it;
Shhhh, but still, I let them go.

I should of obeyed him;
This, I know is true.
And I learned my lesson;
Like little children do.

Pretty, little lightning bugs;
Busy sending out their light.
May we learn to work like them;
Reaching people, in the night.

Flashing, Flashing, everywhere;
Flashing, in the night.
Is the message, Jesus saves;
You’re precious in His sight.

Faithfully, blink and blink
As if, to the world to say;
Jesus saves, Jesus saves, Jesus saves…….
Come today, Come today, Come today……..

Every time you see them flashing;
Blinking in the night.
Hear their little voices sing;
The message of His Light.

                You are precious,  you are precious,  you are precious………….
            He’s the way, He’s the way, He’s the way………….
                 Come today, come today, come today………….

By: Susan Y Nikitenko 2009 children's poem



 Matthew 5:14 a 

Ye are the light of the world. .



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What's The Deal with Lightning Bugs?

What's The Deal With Lightning Bugs?

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What is the deal with lightning bugs? I mean, here is this rather ordinary looking flying insect, but wait ... it has a glow-in-the-dark rear end! What was God thinking?
I'm sure science has all kinds of explanations about how this fluorescent fanny is useful for mating and other stuff, but why did God choose to make the lightning bug glow? I wonder if, when God was creating all the animals and everything around us, he came up with the idea of the lightning bug and said, "The kids are gonna love this."
We know that God loves us enough to create all the things we need to survive, but does God love us so much He created some things just to make us smile?
Just seeing lightning bugs takes me back to those warm summer nights of my youth. I'd be running around the back yard with my empty Mason jar, racing toward the flashing lights all around me. I can still feel the joy and hear the laughter echoing through my memories. Lightning bugs were as much a part of summer as fireworks, fresh tomatoes, and big ice-cold slabs of juicy watermelon. (I also have a theory of why God made watermelon seeds the perfect size to spit, but that is another story.)
God created so much diversity in this world, much more than is needed for mere survival. He made all of this for us, and He wants us to enjoy it.
We can get so busy surrounding ourselves with man-made goods that we don't notice the living tapestry God has laid out all around us.
I guess lightning bugs do have a purpose after all. They are a reminder of a creative God who loves us so much, He'd even paint the rear end of a bug ... just to see us smile ...
received from Mikey's Funnies...

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