Today, I saw a spider web in our bathroom. In the spider web was a small brownish red spider. Understand, it is in the dead of Winter here. It was way up in a corner and it had weaved a small web. The little guy (or gal) was waiting for a big bug to come along so he could catch and eat it, but that was not likely to happen. There are not too many bugs running around in January. Now, if it were down in our basement, that might be another story all together!The thought occurred to me…. You can keep knocking down spider webs or you can kill the spider and get to the heart of the matter.
Too many people are only dealing with the webs in their lives. They never get to the cause of the webs. No matter what kind of new “spider web knocker downer” device we might invent to get rid of spider webs, unless we kill the spiders, they will keep reoccurring. Dealing with just the effects of the problem is not good enough. We must get to the heart of the matter.
Trying to get people to change their ways, their attitudes, their habits, etc… is not good enough. They must die out. They must have a spiritual heart transplant if they are ever to get real victory in their lives. Sin and selfishness must be dealt with directly and only Jesus can change a person’s heart.
But, that is His specialty!
Being the nice guy that I am, I didn’t have it in me to kill the little guy. So, I caught him and sent him on a long journey. I figured if he could survive the trip from the toilet bowl to the septic system outside, and the 10 deg temperature, he deserved a chance to live.
Wasn't that nice of me?
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Very nice of you to let the poor thing live. Good thoughts, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYour story reminded me of a young lady I worked with at the school for the blind. She was very kind hearted and thought it was a good idea to let the mice we caught loose. The only problem was we used sticky traps and she was cutting the cardboard around each foot and letting them loose with a new pair of booties. We would find them dead from hunger a few days later.
ReplyDeleteI love reading your post and seeing your comments on others. I have always respected your peacemaker attitude while always holding firm in your beliefs.
In his message last night our pastor made a good point, "You can't get rid of a problem if you keep ignoring it. If you want to resolve it, you have got to get to the heart of it. Other wise it will always be there no matter how much you ignore it." Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Good post.
ReplyDeleteExcellent post. You're right about that. I can vouch for that even in marriage. When I or my husband have something that bothers us, we have found it helpful to come out with it and talk it completely over. In times past though, we would just not talk about it and hope it would go away. Sooner or later though, those same things would come festering to the top because it wasn't dealt with. Covering or ignoring something will NEVER make it disappear. Only by getting it out HONESTLY on both parts will rid it out. I like your easy to understand posts. Keep it up!
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