The Wonders of God’s Creation
The mole is a little animal that thinks it is hidden from every eye, but it doesn’t know about God, its Creator, whose eye is always on every living thing.
Seldom more than eight inches long, the mole is a little bundle of energy, always active and leading a very busy life. You might call it a living, digging machine, which the Creator has prepared for this kind of life. To help it bore through the ground, its head is attached to its body without any apparent neck, and it has a pointed snout which helps it dig through the soil. Then, too, its front feet, which do the digging, are twice the size of its back ones. They are equipped with spade-like claws with which it not only digs ahead, but throws dirt out behind as it moves along.
Its fur also has a special design. It looks and feels like velvet, and is made up of short hairs that lie smoothly in any direction in which they may be rubbed. This enables it to move forward or backward in the tunnels without getting its pretty coat full of dirt. Although it has eyes, they are not of much use underground, so God has given the mole a very sensitive sense of smell and extra-good hearing, to find its prey moving around through the soil.
This little fellow spends all its waking hours either enlarging its burrows or hunting worms and other food. It always stays underground except for very short trips outside to get green plants and grass. Its diet wouldn’t appeal to us, because it eats worms, insects, spiders and snails. If given the chance, it will also eat a mouse, frog or small snake, adding a salad of roots or green vegetation.
Tunnels are always wide enough for two to pass, and lead from one feeding ground to another, with a living area in between. In fact, as a safeguard, two circular rooms are made at different levels that connect to each other. When danger threatens, the little animals can escape through any of the many runs that begin in these rooms. Since it likes a lot of water to drink, it makes little wells in the passageways, so that it doesn’t have to go outside.
People with lawns and gardens often consider the mole a pest, but it does have a special place in God’s creation. It helps to control many harmful insects, and also improves the soil by loosening it as it digs.
How instructive it is to see the wisdom of God in providing each of His creatures with the special needs of its environment. Have you ever considered His goodness in proving for your needs, too? We are told: “God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:1919But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19). Most blessed of all, He knows the need that each person has for deliverance from sins and judgment. He has also provided a Redeemer, His own beloved Son, for all who put their trust in Him. “Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world.” Galatians 1:44Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: (Galatians 1:4). If you have not yet done so, accept this wonderful gift today and thank Him for it.
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