Perfectly fitted for a lowly station
This article uses the example of dung beetles—specifically their remarkable physical design for processing animal waste—as a vehicle for theological reflection on God's providence and wisdom in creation. Minderhoud argues that observing how God has equipped these humble creatures for their lowly station teaches believers about God's care in fitting each person for their own calling in life, making it a meditation on vocation and divine design.
In the USA, approximately 1.4 billion tons of manure are produced annually by the 9.8 billion heads of livestock and poultry.1 Dung beetles, tiny insects that recycle animal feces, remove about 30% of the agricultural dung. The 8,000 different species of dung beetles live in all continents (except Antarctica) and serve more than agricultural environments, being found in all sorts of habitats, from farm fields to prairie grasslands to deserts. Such a creature, with such a lowly task as eating...
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