All Wrapped Up And Wounded
This will be the first year in the seven years of tending my
gardens here, that I have had several
big spiders building beautiful webs. I'm
not sure what kind of spiders they are , so I've been very cautious around them.
Though I think spiders
are highly interesting I would not want to be bit by one of them. A grass spider looks like a brown recluse, so
because I cannot tell the difference between the two, I had to make a decision to kill any spiders
that resemble a brown recluse. I have
never been afraid of spiders but have always been interested in learning about
them. God made them and I'm sure there
are many things we could still learn and may even find uses for them that have never
been thought of. Hopefully never the type of discoveries that
cause regular people to turn into villains that resemble them.
Some spiders are very poisonous and a bite can turn into a
serious wound or even kill a person. So
if a spider happens to be on my person, better believe there will be a reaction.
I think of the time our family was visiting
my mother's home. I was getting into the
bathtub and when I sat down a giant spider jumped onto me and I started screaming and water was flying everywhere. Don't worry I got out alive and unbitten, but
the bathroom was soaked with water.
My husband managed to come in and kill the thing. Since then I have been more cautious before
getting into the bath tub while visiting my mother.
I love the different patterns of the webs the spider
weaves. They are especially beautiful in
the morning light with a small amount of dew on the threads. Some webs are more sticky than other webs. It depends on the kind of spider the web
belongs to. I have watched a spider spin her web, she stays busy until her masterpiece is done. Then she sets in the middle and awaits for
some unexpecting fly or other insect to
get caught into her sticky web. Then she
will run to wrap it up in her silky threads and there it is in a tomb of silk awaiting
to be eaten.
The creepiest thing about
some spiders is that they don't like to eat the crunchy outside part of
it's prey. It likes to suck all the
tender juices out of it's victims body and leaves the crunchy part like some
people like to leave the crust on their bread.
I'm reminded of sin
when I think of a spider. She spins a
web that traps her victim and the only way out of her trap is by some
miracle. That's why we should never mess
with sin. If you start messing with its threads, you're going to get stuck and it will suck you dry of
your spiritual health and abilities. You
will be wounded and possibly not survive but will be all wrapped up in a life
of sin. A life in which you may never find a way out of . All wrapped up and wounded.
If you have found yourself all wrapped up in the trap Satan has spun for you and you
cannot find a way out... your miracle lives.
Jesus is the miracle you need.
Christ has set many free from the bonds of sin. God's desire for you is for you to be free from sins hold on
your life and be transformed in your heart.
He has provided the way through Calvary.
He will bind your wounds. His Word is the doctor of your soul. If you have wandered away repent and return
to the arms of the Savior through repentance and re-dedication of your life to
God. God is the God of second chances and will be joyous at your return and will welcome you as did the father of the prodigal Son. He never stopped loving him and never stopped wanting him to return home.
Luke.9:11
And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.
Susan Y Nikitenko
September 10th, 2014
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