So it was Saturday night when the whole thing went down. If you know me, you know I am NOT a fan of spiders. I can handle little bitty ones, but anything over an inch and I'm gone. I had just finished a 4 hour band practice and couldn't wait to get home and get in the bed. As I always do, I tried to call my husband to let him know that I was on my way. Every time I tried to call, it went directly to his voice mail. So I cranked up my music and went on my merry little way home fully expecting him to be up when I got home as he is ALWAYS the last one to go to bed. The porch light was on to welcome me as always since it was however 11:00 at night, but I was not expecting the giant size of my hand black spider that was glaring at me now as if to say "my dinner has finally arrived". I looked down at my half naked, yet perfectly pedicured feet as they are always found in 80 degree weather on the first day of summer and decided that it was just too risky. The spider would surely mess up the polish on my toes (not what I was really thinking, I'm just trying to make this story as interesting as possible). I tried one more time to call my husband to no avail.... straight to the voice mail. In my desperate attempt to get into my home, I began to yell at the top of my lungs... ADAM!!!!!!!! ADAM!!!!!!!!!!!! HONEY?!!!!!!!!!!! ADAM!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!! SPIDER!!!!!!!!!! My desperate attempt was just met with silence and the darkness of the night.... and now maybe the distant bark of a dog trying to join in my cry. The spider didn't move. Just sat there licking her lips just waiting for her moment to enjoy the feast before her. I could have gone out into the yard to look for a stick, but we have only lived there for a month, and the neighbors warned me about snakes so there was NO way I was going to do that. I would just be asking for my death sentence and nightmares for the rest of my life.... not that I wasn't already living out one at the current moment. As I was standing there looking around my yard for a possible solution, I realized what my weapon would have to be. Luckily, I am a hospitable person and just happen to have a nice little welcome flag in my garden. I pulled it out of the ground and reluctantly went to face my Goliath with whimpers escaping my mouth frequently. I raised my welcome flag weapon and with a shout unto the Lord, I landed perfectly on my enemy spitting that spider in half......just like David. What happened next was the most horrific scene of my life as about a thousand baby spiders went scattering everywhere. I began to scream bloodly murder just sure that someone would come running to my rescue.... but again.... silence and darkness ruled the night. So finally I had to make a decision, I would have to jump onto the porch and ring the doorbell and jump off, so with crawling skin over the sight that I was seeing, I asked for bravery and did just that. Still, silence. By this time, I was sure that the spider had eatten my entire family, including the child who was sleeping over since no one would come to my rescue. Finally, with everything in me, I ran onto the porch and with dancing feet, I unlocked the door to my safe haven and ran inside only to see the sleepy face of my husband coming around the corner..... thank GOD you're alive! I grabbed the wasp and hornet spray from the cabinet and proceeded to hopefully save my neighbors from ever experience the same horrific episode that I just faced.
Matthew 8:26 says that He replied, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
I know that I was bigger than that spider, but fear had overtaken me. Now that I think about it, I get sucked into that frequently don't I? Maybe you're like me and it's easier to see the hugeness of your situation rather than the invisible promise that God has given to us. He hasn't given us a spirit of fear but of Power, Love, and a SOUND MIND!!! Think about that... sound mind. That's hard to come by in our world nowadays isn't it? We need to remember that there is a God who has paid the ULTIMATE price for us and will protect us, we just have to claim it sometimes. Don't be afraid to rebuke the enemy when he throws fear and failure our way.. in fact shout it out! My friend Todd, recently reminded me that if we try and rebuke the enemy with our mind, it won't ever work. He can't read minds. Sooo.... open up and yell at the enemy. Let him know you are serious about it. He has to flee. You're covered by the blood.
You are loved!
You're friend.... the Spider Slayer
Christy
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