~SPEAK IT LINUS!

Who ever said a little boy with a blankie can't possess the wisdom of the ages?

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~LOOKING FOR A SIGN?

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~WE REJOICE IN IT AND IT DOES NOT DISAPPOINT US...

Romans 5:1-5

*Photion reblogged

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~CLINGING

For most of the day, I have felt likened to a small bird clinging to the wings of a loving Savior who loves every single beautifully created human being beyond our minds’ comprehension. My prayer on this night is that we will let His love shine in our lives and let Him mold our hearts to become more like His own--that we may become transparent so that all can see the wondrous work He is working to complete in each one of us.

Travel light. Live light. Spread the light. Be the light.

~By a girl named Staley, whose blog I've just
discovered on tumblr.com.  As I'm sure you can tell,
she is a beautiful writer ☺~

Oh, and if you would like to find out what the origin of her unique and beautiful name is, it's on this page!

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~EARTHWORMS: THE HEART OF THE MATTER

"But God also prepared a worm!"

~Jonah 4:7a~

This morning I pinned a funny little photo onto one of my boards on pinterest.com, and in so doing, I realized I had no idea if the earthworm had a heart.  I did an AOL search in order to find out; one of the links I pulled up served as a reminder of the creativity and ingenuity of the design of living things, and it also provided an example of the dichotomy between appearance and reality.

Here is a quote which I culled from the
 earthworm write-up which I pulled up:

Here's something very interesting about segmented worms: If an explorer-naturalist from another galaxy came to Earth with the assignment of collecting an "average Earth-animal," after studying everything from the lowliest sponges, jellyfish, and flatworms, to us humans, there would be a fair chance that he/she/it would choose to take back an annelid....In other words, segmented worms stand about midway between the simplest and most complex of Earth's animals.  That's because in terms of animal complexity about half of all animal species on Earth are less complex than segmented worms, while about half are more complex. Of course we humans are the most complex. With regard to earthworms, one point for backyard naturalists to keep in mind is that earthworms are by no means "average Earth annelids"...Among the annelids, earthworms are very special because they are super-streamlined, stripped-down, no-nonsense, fairly highly evolved critters.  For instance, the front ends of "average annelids" such as those found in the oceans generally bear mouthparts, eyes, and antennae-like structures. On the other end there may be another set of antenna-like projections, and, in between, each segment may bear a pair of foot-like appendages. Earthworms bear none of these typical annelid accessories. In fact, earthworms, at first glance, appear to be no more than long, segmented cylinders tapering to both ends.

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Worms don't seem to be held in very high esteem by many people; consider this ubiquitous children's ditty.  As a matter of fact, I have just slithered upon an even better example of this state of affairs.  Notwithstanding, according to my research, the answer to the question, "Are earthworms important?" is as follows...

Certainly what earthworms do isn't simple in ecological terms. The great naturalist Charles Darwin, after making a careful study of them, wrote this:

"...it may be doubted if there are any other animals which have played such an important part in the history of the world as these lowly organized creatures."

"History of the world," he said

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Now, if  anyone, for whatever reason, decides to call you a worm, you'll know to take it as a compliment!

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Here is a great photo of an earthworm on flickr.com!

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*When putting the face and spiffy hat on my earthworm in the photo at the beginning of the post, I realized I didn't know which end was the head and which was the tail.  Blessedly, I was able to pull up that info. as well ☺

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