KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
Doodlebug
THE ANT LION is a little insect whose larva (also called a doodlebug) lives in regions of dry or sandy soil...
It digs a pit about 2 inches deep and waits for ants to fall in. It is equipped with a highly sensitive alarm system that picks up the slightest vibration. A single grain of sand falling into its hole can activate it. Anchor-like appendages under its body enable it to grip the soil as it struggles with its victim. Even more remarkable is its complex mouth that forms a kind of "drinking straw," ideal for sucking fluids. When an ant is trapped, the ant lion injects it with paralyzing drug and then with digestive juices that allows it to feed on its prey.
The eminent French zoologist Pierre-Paul Grasse says that Darwin's theory of natural selection can't explain the "avalanche of...chance occurrences" necessary for such a creature to evolve. Grasse's research keeps pointing toward a Creator, even though he himself remains an unbeliever.
KneEmail: "O LORD, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions" (Psm. 104:24).