The Spiders are Back!!!

                               



Today seemed like a normal day but than everything changed.  There seemed to be a parade of spiders in my life today.  The weird thing was that I killed them.  I even killed them without doing a spider dance or having to do my kung fu move.  I was trying to do laundry, sweep the floor and wipe down the counters. They just walked right out in front of me except for the one that met its demise in the washer.  I was a little aghast as I took the wet clothes out and saw a dead spider  in the bottom of the washer.  A little shiver did run through my body as I thought of the possibility that I may have carried that spider in my arms with the clothes as I brought them all the way from my bedroom, down the hall, around the corner, through the front room, dining room, kitchen and finally into the washer.

I think that I kept that spider dance and screaming inside because I saw those spiders before they saw me.  I had the upper hand as they boldly walked into the path of a spider hater!  They were invading my space but I had time to formulate a plan and smash them before they wandered out of reach. I just stomped them!  I probably do need to admit that I would not have been so brave if I saw the same spiders in different angles or if they had been just a smidgen bigger.  I do have to admit that if one had swooped down from the ceiling, or had run across my foot, or if one was in my shoe or landed on the chair beside me I would have done the spider dance.

I think sin is like that. It parades right in front of me with the smells, sights and memories.  It even swoops down unexpectedly with no remorse.  It invades my space with many shapes, forms and angles.  My response is much the same with sin as it is with the spiders and their evil ways of trying to catch me. I might think that I have the upper hand and I might stomp around, scream, cry and or run.  I might try to stomp my sin out but I can't get rid of any of my sin with out my Savior.  He is my stomper!  He stomped out my sin and yours when He went to the cross!

Today might seem like a normal day but it can change.   Jesus want to be your Savior and stomp out your sin!   He can turn your normal day into an extra ordinary one!!

John 3:16-17

New King James Version (NKJV)

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

John 14:6

New King James Version (NKJV)

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Covering My Blemishes

                                                   

I am always trying to figure out a way to cover my blemishes, my warts, my age spots and well you get the picture.  I use foundation to try to hide the imperfections on my face.  The problem is that I apparently have the kind of skin that the foundation just melts away, sometimes even before I get to to where I am going. I have used the liquid kind, the powder kind and the kind that says it will last all day.  None of them have worked.  I keep trying though.  I want to keep those blemishes covered. If I could find the right maskI would just wear a it.

I do a good job though of hiding the blemishes of my soul.  The hurts, the frustrations, the imperfections and the sins.  The problem is I apparently am the kind of person that mask the things within my soul. The mask I put on seems to hide those hurts, frustrations and sins but they are still there.  That mask, just like the foundation I use on my face, is temporary.  I have to let those hurts, frustrations and sins melt in the hands of my Jesus.  He takes them and covers them with His blood.  He wants me to drop the mask and let Him be the foundation of my life.

Do you need a Foundation?

Isaiah 28:16

New King James Version (NKJV)

16 Therefore thus says the Lord God:

“Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation,
A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;
Whoever believes will not act hastily.

Proverbs 10:25

New King James Version (NKJV)

25 When the whirlwind passes by, the wicked is no more,
But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.