Ants

After a week of bad weather and travel disruptions, I had a full agenda lined up at work. It was Monday and I was ready to jump in. I sat at my computer and noticed a couple of ants crawl across the desk. Smack! Then a few more. Smack, smack! Where were they coming from? I lifted up my phone and out ran at least 30 ants. I yelled for help. We used bug spray and I began to clear off the desk. I killed ants, cleaned and tried to answer emails for the next couple of hours. I placed everything back on my desk and watered my plants.

Within 30 minutes the ants began showing up again. I stood up and started searching for the source. I found literally hundreds of ants crawling out of one planter. Once it was taken outside, I had to spray again. Then I cleaned a second time, even having to empty a filing drawer they had invaded to escape the water. Outside I pulled the plants out of the container and found their home in the styrofoam peanuts under the plastic insert that held the plants. Aside from an anthill, I have never seen so many ants!

Proverbs 30:24-25 There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise: The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;

Yes, I might be able to end an ant with a smack of my hand, but what they lack in individual strength is more than compensated for by the sheer force of numbers. I spent the entire day fighting with them. Still, good came from it. My desk got the cleaning it needed and I was able to reorganize my workspace to hopefully make me as efficient as the ants.