A Place in the Universe

Mairi Perkins November 12, 2026 4 2

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Matthew 6: 26-29 (NIV-UK)

26 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? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

28 ‘And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labour or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these.

How many times do you find yourself before God with the why question… we have all been there, be honest!

Sometimes such a big question and oh so angry… Challenging God. Sometimes a little question that seems so small and insignificant. Is anything insignificant to God? Let him be the judge.

I was reading today’s scripture, drawing, journaling, praying into it and I suddenly had a why moment. Why God…? It took me by surprise because I simply wanted to ask “God, why did you create the wood ant?”. I felt God was saying “Well why not create the wood ant…do you have something against the wood ant?”

God chose to create the wood ant just 4-10mm in length. You don’t just notice them, you have to look for them and he gave them armour to protect such a tiny being. A home built high and proud and thousands of helpers to journey through life with. All creatively sustained on a banquet of aphid honeydew.

Why did God create the wood ant? Next time you are in a forest clearing on a bright, warm, sunny day enjoying the splendour of nature. Stop… Look down… it is there, the tiny wood ant in all his grandeur… and so is God.

Prayer:

God of the mighty and the small, reassure us of our place in your mighty universe.

Amen.