Slugs
One of
life’s little mysteries
Little conundrums
Horrible,
slimy things
Walking to
school with Dani this morning
It had been
raining
Well
This is England
The newly
laid, tarmac cycle path was covered with Slugs
Slimming
around
Our walk became
a slalom event
Of massive
proportions
As we tried
to dodge these wonders of creation
“Urgh”
“Yuck”
“Horrible”
As Dani so
eloquently put it.
My wife
loves Dahlia’s
In fact it
is sort of a family tradition
Her
Grandfather,
Was a
champion Dahlia grower in the Weald,
His
Dahlia’s were renowned.
So we
thought we would follow in the family tradition and grow some of our own.
Well, not
from seeds,
Just buy a
few from the garden centre.
Little did
we realise
That this
wasn’t just a matter of planting them in garden border
It was a
call to war!
The start
of a full scale military campaign
Against a
formidable enemy
Slugs!
It started
with a few minor skirmishes
A leaf
nibbled here
A flower
tampered with there.
So we took
the offensive
Brought in
the artillery
The big
guns
‘Slug
Pellets’.
And for a
few days we basked in the victory
Until…..
A few more
leaves were nibbled
And then
Overnight
Our Crimson
Red Dahlia was
Devoured
Consumed
Disposed
off
Gulped down!
So in
desperation we tried
Smashed egg
shells
Placed like
trench barbed wire around the base of each flower
But
It had no
effect
The slugs
continued their night manoeuvres
And with
all the magnificence of well marshalled guerrilla campaign
Feasted on
our lovely dahlia’s
We were
beaten
Humiliated
The garden
slugs had won.
They look
harmless these little pests
Look as if
they are helpless
Even
pitiable
But given
the right circumstances
In the
right environment
They are
deadly
Ruthless
Dangerous
We can be
drawn into things in our life that seem harmless
Trivial
But these
things can end up consuming our time, resources and energy
Away from
God and all he has provided for us.
In the
bustle and busy pace of life
It is easy
to get
Distracted
And be put
off course.
Like Peter
as he walked across the lake on the water
The best action
Is to keep
our eyes and focus on Jesus and his grace.
And in the
words of the old hymn
“The things
of the world will grow strangely dim.”
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