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My Life As A Spider


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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