Stupid spider!
The one I am referring to had been spinning
a web between the side view mirror of my car and the driver’s side window for
most of the summer.
Whenever I rolled down the window, the web collapsed. Whenever I drove the car, the web would get
shredded by the air flow alongside the car.
Spiders eat the insects that get stuck in
their web. I kept wondering how in the
world this one could survive? After all,
no web, no insects, no dinner!
On top of that, why couldn’t the spider
figure out the futility of spinning its web in such a bad place? Ok, so spiders may not be stupid, but they
probably can’t think or assess a situation to make it better. If they could, this one should have figured
it out long ago that it just wasn’t working.
Hmm, sounds a bit like me! At times, I live in my own little world,
oblivious to the bigger things going on around me…
The Lord spoke to Job after he and his
friends pontificated on all they thought they knew about God and His dealings
with man: “Who is this that darkens
counsel by words without knowledge?
Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and make you make it
known to me. Where were you when I laid
the foundation of the earth? Tell me if
you have understanding”. (Job 38:4)
There are things I don’t understand and really
can’t understand. Does this mean I give
up trying?
The Psalmist wrote: “O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes
are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too
marvelous for me. But I have calmed and
quieted my soul…
It sure looks like I shouldn’t be overly
occupied with things that are beyond me.
Instead, I should calm and quiet my soul and let God be God.
And I certainly shouldn’t be very
spider-like either, that is, repeatedly spinning a web only to have it collapse
or be shredded by the wind!
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