Moles, spiders and ants

Moles love to burrow tunnels in our backyard.  Patting down the mounds makes everything look smooth, but in a day, that mole shoves its way around the yard searching for good roots and worms to eat.

Spiders spin cobwebs overnight on our deck.  I usually end up with sticky fibers across my face as I head out to water the potted plants.

Ants send out scouts to find food, sometimes at the upstairs sliding glass door where Sarge’s food dish sits – sometimes they find their way into my kitchen. 

Moles, spiders, ants.  What do they teach me?  As long as I have a mole in my back yard, he’s going to keep digging and eating my plants.  As long as I have a spider, he’s going to build webs.  As long as I allow a few ants to wander, I can expect an invasion of ghastly numbers.

How like sin.

Do I pat down the mounds and leave the mole? Sweep away the cobweb and leave the spider? Squish an ant or two and leave the hive untouched?  

God, give me the strength to go to the source and, in Your strength, remove it.