I HATE SPIDERS! OK – I said it! I hate them with a passion! I was working on the computer this past Friday morning when all of a sudden I heard this blood curdling scream from Cathy. She was yelling, “David! David! Get in here!” I immediately ran into the rec room to see her pointing and screaming, “SPIDER!” I looked and sure enough there was this huge (and I mean huge) spider sitting on the floor beside the chair.At first I thought Cathy was faking me out and trying to scare me but when I realized she wasn’t . . . my knees got wobbly. As she screamed, “Get it! ’ I grabbed my shoe and threw it at the spider. It didn’t move! I cautiously crept closer to it and only then did I realize it was a fake rubber spider! Then I felt really stupid . . . but my insides were still shaking.
Alright . . . who planted that stupid spider in our house? I figured it had to be my daughter Jamie since she was the only one over the day before but when I called her she swore she knew nothing about it (amidst her laughter)! Our small group had met at our house on Wednesday evening and I wouldn’t put it past any of them to do it either but even so, why didn’t we see the spider before Friday morning? I don’t know who planted that spider to scare me but I want to tell whoever it was – it worked! And I’m determined to find who the culprit is and when I do – watch out!
This incident made me think back on the many times in my life when I allowed fear, worry and doubt to fill my mind about things that later turned out to not even be real. How many times have I worried about problems that ended up never even happening? God's Word says in 2 Timothy 1:7, "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, of love, and of a sound mind." I need to apply this scripture more than ever whenever fear creeps in and tries to rob me of my joy! I think I also need to remember it next time I see a spider!