Whithersoever

Worms do not interest me particularly, and most I find rather disgusting. The inch worm caterpillar, however, I think is kinda cute and less repugnant than most.  I especially like that they are harmless!  Did you know they are also called "measuring worms?"  Most importantly in the circle of life, inch worms turn into Geometer moths!

What advice would the inch worm have given Joshua before he led Israel into the Promised Land?  Joshua, Israel’s new leader, faced a land filled with mysterious inhabitants and fortified cities and God said to him, "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest." (Joshua 1:9)  Consider the inch worm: he’s not very big and moves its slender body in a looping motion, covering mere inches of ground at a time.  Why is it we sight in distant mountains & rivers wondering how we’ll manage them?  An inch-by-inch (moment-by-moment) attitude will serve us so much better; trusting each inch/moment to The Father.  Now, I don’t know where “whithersoever” is on the map but God promises to be there and His promises are true … whithersoever!

By Thine unerring Spirit led, we shall not in the desert stray;

We shall not full direction need, nor miss our providential way;

As far from danger as from fear, while love, almighty love, is near.  -- Charles Wesley