Bugs

I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth. -Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948)

The religion of Pantheism believes that human beings are one with all things, and that God is in all things. In pantheism the Universe, or nature, and God are equivalent.

Now, whether Mohandas Gandhi included God in his brotherhood of all things or not, it immediately brought to my mind the verses in the Bible where rebellious man changed the glory of God into the image of a bug.

"Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things (bugs!)." Romans 1:21-23

We've all hear the saying, "familiarity breeds contempt".

"Wherefore doth the wicked contemn (scorn) God?" (Psalm 10:13)

In the Body of Christ, we have a familiarity with God as "sons," but let us always be careful to give Him due praise and always realize that He is outside of His creation; He is God and we are His creation.