The most beautiful frogs in the world are so deadly that the natives of Central and South America use the poison from their bodies to paint the tips of their arrows. These frogs, appropriately called arrow-poison frogs, are found only in tropical America. One of them inhabits the island of Cuba. It is the world’s smallest frog, measuring less than one-half inch in length.

The striking beauty of these frogs, appearing in such colors as yellows, reds, emerald green, and black, is thought to be a flash of warning to all predators. If an animal preys on the beautiful frog, the result is certain death.

The kokoi frog, an arrow-poison type that lives in Colombia, contains in its body the most powerful poison known to man. One one-hundred-thousandth of an ounce of it is enough to kill a man. No wonder it has been said that simply to be pricked by the tip of one of the Indians’ poison arrow is enough to kill you.

The poison from these frogs has just recently been found to possess a very useful drug that may actually save life. This chemical acts much like the chemical your body produces in the adrenal gland that is very important to the healthy functioning of your nervous system. Wouldn’t it be exciting if the arrow-poison frog were to become a life-saving animal instead of such a messenger of death? It all depends on how it is used.

It was much the same way when the death angel passed over Egypt. For some it meant death. But for those who believed, it meant life and release from slavery. Again, those in the wilderness who looked upon the cross, lived; those who scoffed and refused, died. God’s way is beautiful, but it can’t be tampered with and twisted to fit our own ideas of what is best. It is best in the simple way that God presents it. When we believe in Jesus, we pass from a condition bringing death, to a condition bring everlasting life.