February Letter

As you all know, we went to South Africa for 3 weeks after Christmas.

One day, while we were on safari, we saw a huge anthill. My 2 boys didn’t know what it was and asked the ranger, who was kind enough to stop and explain: Anthills are where the ants live, and they build it all by themselves, using only ground and small pieces of material they can carry themselves, mixed with their saliva. And although ants are really small, this anthill was huge – as high as the vehicle we were driving in. Not even mentioning all the wee rooms and passages build under the ground we couldn’t see! So the ranger allowed the boys to get out of the vehicle quickly and touch the anthill. Then he told them to kick it. Not even a speck of dust fell off!! The anthill was as strong as a rock. Something that was built by tiny wee ants was too strong for a human (quite a bit bigger!) to break. It was almost unbelievable!

This just made me realize once again how amazing God is. He made the ants, and gave them the ability to build houses like that. In Psalm 95 we read: “Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord… For the Lord is the great God… In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him… Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for He is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.” God, who made the tiny ants, also made the huge big elephants, and He also made us. And just like He takes care of nature, He takes care of us too. He holds us in the hollow of his hand.

If God can make a tiny ant build a house that can’t even be kicked over by my 2 future football stars (!!), just imagine what He can do through you… May 2015 be a year full of amazing things for you.

God bless,
Nanda