[Essay] Dragonflies Flying Down from the Sky

"Twinkle twinkle, sparkle sparkle, little white snow flakes Floating down from the sky becoming dragonflies Shimmer shimmer, sparkle sparkle, pretty dragonflies Coming to me, bringing me joy, sitting on my finger tips God's grace is given to me it's at my finger tips Splendid colors pretty colors painting my heart beautifully.

Twinkle twinkle, sparkle sparkle, pretty dragonflies Come to us, bring us joy, sit on our finger tips Ask of God, ask with faith, this is God's reply Splendid colors pretty colors painting our hearts beautifully."



In Romans 1:20 is recorded as the following: "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse." Through swarms of dragonflies that appear at the summer retreat, we can discover God's mysterious power and divine nature, and renew the grace of God the Creator and the love of God the Father.

Amazing abilities endowed to dragonflies

A dragonfly has a pair of compound eyes each of which consists of roughly 28,000 ommatidia. A compound eye is the convex eye, consisting of numerous separate light-sensitive units (ommatidia). Strangely enough, the shape of each ommatidium is hexagonal. Hexagon is the most stable and well-balanced of polygons.
Therefore, without turning its head, a dragonfly can see front, rear, left, and right side at the same time. It can spot a moving object at a distance of 20 meters, and something in a fixed location at a distance of 37 meters. Scientists studied the eyes of dragonflies and invented optical camera lenses which have 360 degree view. If it is deployed on a commercial scale, endoscopes which can sense minute changes inside a human body, and cameras which can shoot tiny movements with 360 view angle.
BBC news reported on July 14, 2009 that a dragonfly became a champion in an insects' marathon. It means a dragonfly is the insect that can fly the farthest distance. A biologist in the Maldives found after a 10-year long research that dragonflies can fly much farther. He found that dragonflies travel 14,000 to 18,000 kilometers from India to Africa every year. And 800 kilometer wide sea was included in their routes. It means they have to keep on flying a distance of 800 kilometers without taking a rest. It has still remained as a mystery how dragonflies could cross the sea and fly such a long distance.

God's special love displayed through dragonflies

While Moses was leading the Israelites out of Egypt, the Pharaoh was faced with the ten plagues because he refused to let them go. Among the ten plagues, how did swarms of flies and hordes of locusts appear and cover the whole land of Egypt instantly? (Exodus 8:21, 10:4-6)
The land of Goshen the people of Israel dwelled in escaped from all the disasters because God separated the land from all other lands (Exodus 8:22). And while passing through wildernesses, they ate manna and quails that came down from the heavens (Exodus 16:13, 31).
God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow; He is manifesting proofs confirming the existence of the spiritual realm. Those who attend the summer retreat can experience His manifestations of signs and wonders.
Swarms of dragonflies fly down from around the sun like snowflakes, and eat harmful insects including moths and mosquitoes. In addition, the dragonflies are not afraid of men but sit on their bodies. This fact assures us of the delicate love of God, existence of the spiritual realm and the authenticity of the Bible.

"I am running a lodging house around the Muju Resort. For the last a few years Manmin Central Church visited here to hold the summer retreat, and each time I saw something amazing. A myriad of dragonflies appear around the lodging house and harmful insects including mosquitoes and moths disappear. But those insects reappear after their summer retreat came to a close." - Mr. Wool Park



Many brothers and sisters at the 2009 Men's and Women's Missions' Summer Retreat had a happy time with swarms of dragonflies that suddenly appeared and sat on their parts of the body

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