Sunday, April 09, 2006

Only One King

Okay, this is the best example I could think of, which just goes to prove that my thoughts need to be more virtue-centered, but here it goes: Jason and I watched a show all about King Cobras that, thought I am not a snake fan, was amazing for a lot of reasons. It was very obvious to us that this creature, like all others, was designed and taught by God to be an example of His wisdom and creativity. But what I found "humble" about these snakes is this: when a King Cobra runs across another "king" in his territory, they both do a ritual to see who is "greater." We all know there can be only one king per kingdom, and these snakes realize that someone has got to go. They don't fight it out, but they do a very strange sort of dance together. It's sort of like a thumb war: whoever can pin the other to the ground is better. And as soon as that happens, the losing snake slithers off to find somewhere else to live. Now I know there's animals out there who just fight each other to the , but just a dance? No round two? No trying to buck the ritual? Nope. In essence, the snake says "I submit to you. You're better than me. You have the right to be King here and I don't." Imagine if we all were that simplistic every time we came across God!

2 Comments:

Blogger Linda said...

Nice example... even though it was about snake.. (yikes.. pretty creepy to me)
I especially like your thoughts about it not coming back for round 2.. (that's pride in full form.. )

5:40 PM  
Blogger Julia said...

Sorry I've been slow on the draw life's been crazy around here. I like both examples, both horse and snake. I racked my brain on this one b/c like you both said they seem a little silly sometimes or overly obvious. I guess I should post my example though, not just put it in a comment...

12:27 PM  

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