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A bug's death causes a review
of life
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It was a senseless tragedy, and one that I would not let go of.
Some call our meeting fate. Skeptics call it luck. And some may
be so cold that they dismiss it as something that happens every
day.
I had been driving - as I am apt to do when I am in my car along
Interstate 44 when as I emerged from beneath an overpass I was smitten
by a L.O.U.S.A.S. (locust of unusual size and stupidity).
As I watched what was once a grasshopper streak across my windshield,
a spiritual analogy assailed me. As one left, another came for over
an hour, until I had been attacked by an entire ~tribe of SPAN's
(SPiritual ANalogies). The following list is just a sampling of
the diverse analogies that I received from the death of a grasshopper.
And who says journalism is dead? Analogy #1: Dumb Bun.
For beginners, I contemplated the stupidity of such an action:
A grasshopper flying across the interstate. When whoop!, it splats
all across the windshield of my car. Stupid bug; he wasted his life
because he didn't have the patience, nor the brains, to cross at
the grasshopper cross walk.
Spiritual analogy: Don't be stupid and waste your life. You are
worth much more than a bug, but can die just as easily. Analogy
#2: The Clog.
As I continued to drive down I-44 with bugs in my mind, not on
it (or is it vice-versa?), I began to be distracted by the remains
of the grasshopper. Let's call him Gary. Gary had impacted right
in my line of sight, and I was becoming very agitated by my ineptitude
at removing his presence with my windshield wipers.
Many bugs, locusts and flies splatter on my Honda's grill, fenders,
bumpers and even my windshield, unnoticed and uncared about. But
no!, this one did not waste his precious stolen blood, but put a
clog in my machinery. He annoyed me.
Spiritual analogy (this will be a reach, but bear with me): Most
Christians will live and die not having affected this world for
good - having come and gone without a notice. There will be some
Christians, however, that will head for the windshield and - being
led and anointed - hit Satan right where it counts. Analogy #3:
Aim High.
Gary had seen the goal of temporal fame and aimed for it, not
letting family, spouse or in-laws dissuade him. Other less motivated
grasshoppers were satisfied to live and die on red Oklahoman soil,
while Gary lived a life worthy of an article in a college newspaper.
Spiritual Analogy: Chose what in your life is worth dying for,
and live for it.
Analogy #4: Carpet de... um (living room).
The average life span of a grasshopper is only a few months.
This time is a little longer than the life of the typical fad, dance,
Humanities video, or one of Elizabeth Taylor's marriages. The time
Gary had to live pales in comparison to the lives each of us has
lived, and Lord willing, will live. Our life compared with eternity
is even smaller. Life is short; seize the day.
Spiritual Analogy: Our life, like Gary's, seems sweet as we munch
on fertilizers, crops and succulent socks behind the dryer. Our
dreams abound, like the grasshopper fleeing from Kermit or the locust
hopping over grass. Gary realized much too soon, as the last thought
was chased from his brain by the windshield, that it will not last.
So must we.
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