Ripples in a Pond – They Can Put us in Danger

Greetings Dear Reader,

Yesterday I mentioned the Túngara Frog who uses ripples to aid in attracting a mate.  Whenever we communicate we do so by cause a form of disturbance in the environment.  Keep in mind that disturbance is not necessarily negative. 

When I say kind words to someone I create a disturbance in the air.  The disturbance is not bad of good.  It is just a disturbance.  When we do things that are good to others we create ripples in the universe.  There are, however, those who will take advantage of those ripples.

The Fringed Lip Bat is a predator who takes advantage of the ripples created by our aforementioned amorous frog.  When the frog sends out his mating ripples into the universe the bat uses the ripples to echo-locate his way back to the frog and eat him

What the frog sends out is good but it puts him in danger.  The frog is in peril not because he does anything wrong but because a predator uses that act to hunt him. 

We are warned that when we do what is right we will be rejected by some because of our good deeds.  This cannot deter me from doing what is right.  It must, rather, embolden me to see the cost and the need of putting good things out there. 

Even if there is negative cost to love and kindness to others I must be willing to pay it.  That is part of following Christ.  There will be Fringed Lip Bats but that is not how I am to measure seeking life.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store."