The Ant Mentality

Day 144 of Photo Inspirations — The Ant Mentality
Yesterday was such a spectacular day.  We appreciated it so much more because it was a day without torrential rain.  On our morning walk, we were set up for noticing nature — the cactus growing on a neighbor’s rock, the new flowers planted by another neighbor, the beautiful flowers planted so meticulously around our clubhouse……and crossing the road where we walked, was a line of ants.  I sang out “The ants go marching one by one…hoorah, hoorah!”  And my friend told me about an ants’ video that she had seen —  working as a team carrying a piece of food.  Before long, some of those ants moved to the back as another group of ants took over and gave relief!  Teamwork!

What an amazing God we have — He was so intentional with His creation — I love how He uses props to teach us valuable lessons.  Quite possibly, He created ants..,..yes, for food for some of His creatures, but for you and I — to pay attention to their ways of living in community and teams:

1.   Ants are driven by purpose — obviously the ants my friend talked about had a sole job description of finding food for the colony.  That purpose is what they gave their time and energy into.  All for one!  One for all!

2. Ants work as a team —   they work together to achieve something great.  Teamwork makes the dream work!

3. Ants have a time to rest and a time to work — ants have to work with the natural seasons. So in summer they gather their food and in winter they hibernate. Hi ho. Hi ho. It’s off to work we go!

4. Ants think big — ants can seem like one of the smallest and insignificant insects on the planet, but the colonies they build and the contribution to their society, is MAJOR!   “Little is MUCH, when God is in it!”

6. Ants carry workloads they can handle — although they’re small, ants can handle up to one hundred times their weight.  We will never know our limits unless we push ourselves to them.

7. Ants serve one another — living for just ourselves is a lonely existence. Serving people goes that one step further and asks ‘what can I do for you?’ The little things matter.  No one can do everything, but everyone can do something!