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Recently I had this pet scorpion who we'll call 'Scorpy'. A friend gave it to me just over a month ago & it was still kinda small. Scorpy is not the one on the picture above by the way, that's just the same breed because we didn't really get to take pictures together. Scorpions make cool pets & one reason is because of their feeding time. Scorpy fed on small geckos(butikis) & green grasshoppers & these hoppers were his favorites. I never really had to buy my pet food cause I would just look for em up on the walls at night. I'd catch em & put em in Scorpy's lil aquarium, wait & watch him eat. Sometimes he doesn't eat as fast but when he does, it's pretty exciting. Except for some reason, he didn't use his stingers to feed which I found weird cause instead he would just use his pinchers & put the food in his mouth like it was a sandwich. The lizards he ate but the hoppers he fed on faster. Now about those green insects, for some odd reason exactly only one appears on the wall once every 2 or 3 days. I remember it started at New Year's Eve. So it was strange that they appeared only one by one & at the exact same time it was feeding time for Scorpy. If they hadn't come, finding lizards small enough was also hard & if I didn't find, the poor scorpion could starve to death.

So heres where I'm getting at with my funny lil but big lesson. The green grasshoppers seemed Godsent, like the Lord provided for my pet, to send one at a time, just in time. I was reminded of this passage:  

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Matthew 6:26

Although it didn't say Scorpion on there, you pretty much get the picture. So it was as if the Lord were telling me; "look at your scorpion, it does not sow or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds it these green grasshoppers!" Why is the Lord telling me that? Let's just say I'm a point in my life where the financial state seems to be sort of struggling at the moment. Supplies are running low also cause I had this one regular good paying hosting job which just came to a stop late last year & so I'm still adjusting without the monthly checks it gives(I mean this was almost half my monthly income). There are times it get's tough but God reminded me through this to not allow any worry to settle in. That I should just remain faithful & obedient to Him & He'll take care. That I should smile even if there are even ifs. That this is an opportunity to put more of my trust in Him.

Btw, Scorpy just died recently when I left it some worms to eat which was supposed to be the regular food stuff you get for pet scorpions at the pet store. We had this 2 day retreat & when I got back, there he was dead. I'm guessing it died of starvation because it chose not to eat the worms for some reason. Maybe because he only wanted the green grasshoppers. He was just that committed or dependant on it to keep him alive.

For me, I realized that I only want what comes from God or I'd die(& I'm fine with that too). Mas masarap din talaga galing sa Lord. Without God's grace & provision in my life I'd be a goner just like Scorpy but then again I know He wouldn't let me. I'm alive & well so far & because I trust in an awesome God, I believe I'm gonna continue being like this for a while. I mean how much more valuable are we to Him than insects right?

 25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?

31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:25, 31-33