Living in the Gnat Zone
June 8, 2008
It certainly will not be the first question I ask God when I get to heaven, but I want to know why God created gnats. I used to think gnats lived everywhere. This is not so. There is an imaginary line of demarcation called the gnat line. The northern line runs through central Georgia and Alabama while the southern line runs parallel to the Gulf of Mexico in the Florida Panhandle. It is wonderful to live below the gnat line but it is also wonderful to live in the gnat zone. It would not make much sense if people left this section of country because they did not want to put up with the inconvenience of a few gnats.
People miss out on so many blessings because they refuse to learn to ignore simple little things. We often start the day full of hope for relaxation, only to have it spoiled by a presence of something that could easily be ignored. Let me tell you about a few gnats that are in my face everyday. Rising gas prices keep swarming around my head daily. Now that I think about it the price of everything is rising. The political landscape certainly isn’t shaping up the way I want it to. Think about this. Gnats only bother you when you are standing still. Many of the things that bother us in life will take care of themselves if we learn to count our blessings and enjoy the many things God has given us the opportunity to enjoy. The reality is that problems like gnats won’t go away. We have all been richly blessed by God. Are you enjoying the day God has given you or fretting over the cloud of gnats that are following you around?
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