A Bug Collection: Four Stories from the Garden

A Bug Collection: Four Stories from the Garden

by Max Lucado
A Bug Collection: Four Stories from the Garden

A Bug Collection: Four Stories from the Garden

by Max Lucado

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Overview

This adorable compilation includes four complete stories from the best-selling Max Lucado's Hermie & FriendsTM brand. A $60 value now available in a new size that's perfect for storytime.

Hermie: A Common Caterpillar -- It's about being special.

Flo, the Lyin' Fly -- It's about telling the truth.

Webster, the Scaredy Spider -- It's about being brave.

Buzby, the Misbehaving Bee -- It's about following the rules.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781418575984
Publisher: Nelson, Tommy
Publication date: 08/05/2007
Series: Max Lucado's Hermie and Friends Series
Sold by: HarperCollins Publishing
Format: eBook
Pages: 124
File size: 3 MB
Age Range: 3 - 7 Years

About the Author

About The Author

Since entering the ministry in 1978, Max Lucado has served churches in Miami, Florida; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and San Antonio, Texas. He currently serves as the teaching minister of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. He is the recipient of the 2021 ECPA Pinnacle Award for his outstanding contribution to the publishing industry and society at large. He is America's bestselling inspirational author with more than 150 million products in print.

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A Bug Collection

Four Stories From the Garden


By Max Lucado

Thomas Nelson

Copyright © 2005 Max Lucado
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4185-7598-4


CHAPTER 1

Hermie was a common caterpillar.

Now, as a rule, caterpillars aren't very exciting. But Hermie was even more ordinary than most.

He didn't have stripes, and he didn't have spots. He had nothing but smooth green skin and a bunch of feet.

He ate common leaves and squirmed through common grass.

Hermie was just a common caterpillar.

But Hermie did one thing that wasn't common. He talked to God. Hermie and his friend Wormie would ask God, "Why did You make us so common? Other caterpillars have stripes. Some have spots."

God would answer, "I love you, Hermie and Wormie. But I'm not finished with you yet. I'm giving you a heart like Mine."

So they felt better ... until they met Antonio Ant carrying a big pine cone.

Antonio Ant was smaller than either of them, but on his shoulder was a big pine cone. Hermie and Wormie were amazed at Antonio's strength.

"Wow!" Wormie said. "How do you carry such a heavy load?"

"God made me strong," replied Antonio.

Hermie and Wormie felt sad. They asked God, "Why can't we be strong like the ant?"

God's answer was kind. "I love you just the way you are. But I'm not finished with you yet."

So they felt better ... until one rainy day when they saw Schneider Snail.

"You need a house like I have," said Schneider.

"That's your house?" Wormie asked.

"It sure is. Watch." And with that ... Schneider pulled his head into his shell. "See, it's nice and dry in here."

Hermie and Wormie wondered why God hadn't given them a cozy house like the snail's.

God reminded them, "Be patient, Hermie and Wormie. I'm not finished with you yet."

That made Hermie and Wormie feel much better ... until they saw Lucy Ladybug.

"You have such pretty spots!" Hermie exclaimed.

"Beautiful!" Wormie agreed.

"You are very kind," Lucy replied softly. "But I had nothing to do with it. This is the way God made me."

Hermie and Wormie wanted to be grateful for the gift God had given the ladybug, but it was hard. Both of them felt so ... common.

That night, underneath the bright stars, Hermie prayed. "We're sorry, God. We know you love us, but we don't understand why You made us so ..."

"Common?" God finished the sentence.

"Yes, common," both caterpillars said at the same time.

"Remember," God told them. "I love you just the way you are, but I'm not finished with you yet. I'm giving you a heart like Mine."


(Continues...)

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