Wonderfully Made
What comes to mind when you think of a worm?
Yuck, right?
A creepy-crawly, I-don’t-want-to-step-on-one, icky creature.
Did you know that some people even eat worms?
I know, crazy right?
Take the silkworm, for instance.
If you live in South Korea (and a few other places), you can order your silkworms boiled or steamed.
I won’t show a picture because . . . gross.
But, before you go thinking that every species of worm is ugly, have you ever seen a picture of a Christmas Tree worm?
In my opinion, these beauties defy all worm definitions.
They’re like the “Cinderellas” of worm species.
Photo courtesy of Nick Hobgood1
Christmas Tree Worms come in a variety of colors too . . . just like the human race.
Photo courtesy of Nick Hobgood2
If you ask me, God’s creation paints a wondrous picture of the magnitude of His love for us. Everything He created is perfect, and beautiful in its own way.
We don’t always understand the purpose for some of these created things, but we’re not God.
God knows, and that’s all that really matters.
We are fearfully and wonderfully made.
So much love, but what does God hate?
All of our sins are ugly, it doesn’t matter what we look like on the outside.
God hates our sin.
“Sin is not just breaking God’s laws; it is breaking His heart.” – Adrian Rogers, pastor/author.3
But, God.
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. – Romans 6:23, (NASB).4
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Through faith in our salvation through Jesus Christ alone, we are transformed into “new creations.”
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. – 2 Corinthians 5:17, (NASB).5
As Christians believing in the atoning work of Jesus Christ, we are new creations – how amazing is that?!
We will face many challenges in this rapidly changing world, but God alone will change what’s ugly inside our hearts into something beautiful – a transformed heart.
It happens every day, and all of heaven rejoices.
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1 Photo courtesy of – Own work, [CC BY-SA 3.0, (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51941881)]
2 Photo courtesy of – Own work, [CC BY-SA 3.0, (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51941881)]
3 Adrian Rogers quotation, as quoted from Christian quotes.info
4 Scripture quotation is from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.
5 Scripture quotation is from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.
