Ants and life!!

Why is it that we as human beings are forced to share living spaces with so many undesirable rodents, pests, and other vermin. So what if they were here before we were. Did God really BEHOLD a skunk and say, "it is good", or how about a raccoon, or an armadillo? I'm sorry, but there are certain species in God's created order for which I have absolutely no respect. Ants used to be on this list, the axis of evil, right there with roaches and rats. However, a recent home invasion of ants has revealed something to me. I was enjoying a bowl of honey bunches of oats (yes honey bunches of oats) when I realized that underneath that beautiful crunch and satisfying almondy ecstasy, I was actually SHARING this breakfast with several friends. And not friends like Jennifer Anniston and Matthew Perry, friends like I probably might throw up now how many did I actually swallow I want to move to a place where I don't have this problem friends. Yes indeed, there were Ants all over my cereal. So I proceeded to throw it away, and then check my cupboard, and realized that these Ants were all over the food cabinet. And that's when it hit me, Ants make us do inventory. Ants make us sweep. Ants make us clean, wash, scrub, dust, vacuum, wipe, and do all of those things we maybe should have been doing before they showed up. Ants have a way of making us better people (0kay maybe not). But here's the truth, so many of life's annoyances have an interesting way of pushing us to correct things that have been wrong for a very long time. The annoyance reaches a breaking point (ants in your cereal), and then something must be done. Then you realize that beyond getting rid of ants, your cupboard is just cleaner, and you realize you have some un-opened macaroni that's still good, and that overall the recession hasn't left you without food altogether. So here's to Ants, because we can all use time to reflect, sweep, pause, clean, wipe, and do inventory.