I Just Don't Get Why God Made Ticks

I get the snake thing.

Eve needed a serpent

To tempt her to the apple

To be thrust out of Eden

Into work

And sin

And sorrow

And childbearing.

The snake I get.

The lion makes sense too.

They’re for Daniel

To keep him company on that cold night

To provide their den as shelter

And give warmth

And playfulness.

Lions are for the lamb to lie by.

Lions are good by me.

The locust and frogs were for the Egyptians

To punish them for their selective hearing

Their inability to hear Moses:

“Let my people go”

Their inability to let his people go.

Frogs and locust were annoyances

Forewarners of worse to come.

God created all creatures

And he had a purpose for each one.

But

The ticks I can’t understand

They had nothing to do with Eve

And Daniel and lambs get no good out of them

And if they’re punishment I’d like to know

What in heck did I do so very wrong?


Over.