THE SPIDER...IS IN KINGS' PALACES (Prov. 30:28)

This is an excerpt from this morning's journal ... 

"One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple." (Ps. 27:4)

I remembered those early mornings in Iwatsuki I went down to the church building. I picked up the key when nobody was there, let myself in, and walked around the sanctuary. Time stopped as I prayed and sang out loud knowing NO ONE would hear me. And I sat sideways on any chair along the wall, putting my feet up on the chairs, reading my Bible and writing my journal.

I saw that tiny jumping spider at that time, God telling me about how Jesus came into the world to lovingly die for and save His lost creation--would I do that for a condemned bunch of spiders who, if I sent my child to rescue, in their form, KILLED him? I knew I'd just crush them. But when I shared this with a friend, she said it was a little different because they had the imprint of God on their souls to begin with; they weren't just spiders. (?) I must confess I don't understand the heart of God, but my human heart would find that insufficient to merit mercy for what they had done to my son! Anyway...

Returning to "those mornings in the church chapel"...isn't that what God wants His child to do every morning with Him? To close the door of her room and heart to the world, to have exclusive "Father-and-me" time? To shut the eye and with the heart, lean back against the wall and lift up feet on chairs in an empty, quiet room and pray and sing?

The Psalmist said, "Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud, and he shall hear my voice." (Ps. 55:17)

Let's make no mistake about it. When someone does this 3 times a day, it is NOT that PERSON we should focus on as being "anointed" in any special way.

He is only one of the little spiders who has realized there is a GOD Who for some reason loves him and has chosen to be merciful to him--just a spider!