"One morning," writes Ron Clarke, "I wasted nearly an hour watching a tiny ant
carry a huge feather across my back terrace. Several times it was confronted by
obstacles in its path and after a momentary pause it would make the necessary
detour.
"At one point the ant had to negotiate a crack in the concrete about 10mm wide.
After brief contemplation the ant laid the feather over the crack, walked across
it and picked up the feather on the other side then continued on its way.
"I was fascinated by the ingenuity of this ant, one of God's smallest creatures.
Here was a minute insect, lacking in size yet equipped with a brain to reason,
explore, discover and overcome."
Can you imagine God telling us to learn from an ant? So what can we learn? Ants
are determined, they are not afraid to work to achieve their goals, they work as
a team, they think through and work to overcome the challenges thrown in their
pathway, and they never give up. But most of all they teach us about the marvels
of God's creation.
By Dick Innes, Daily Encounter
www.actsweb.org/detoday . Used by permission.
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