Some of you may be wondering about Mr. Spider. I wrote about him in my blog on October 1st and 11th. The first time he appeared, he was at our kitchen window but he was probably a good 3-4 feet from it. He didn’t appear the next day but was back the following day and had spun his web closer to the window. This time, he was probably two feet from it. Again, Mr. Spider was gone only to appear the next evening spinning his web from the edge of the roof down to the bush below. He had been feasting on unsuspecting insects each time the sticky web was built. I could imagine the grasshopper I saw in his web was out and about, thinking he was invincible and BAM ! , there he was caught never to return to his little family waiting on him at home.
I didn’t see Mr. Spider yesterday and I hoped he had decided the days were getting cooler and the nights even colder so he would find a nice, warm spot somewhere beneath the bushes and spend the winter there. Not so…..Mr. Spider is back. But, this time, Mr. Spider is a bit too close for comfort. I turned on my kitchen light above my sink last evening and there he hung suspended in that almost invisible web. And, he was not more than an inch from my window.I automatically stepped back realizing just how big and menacing he was. The light from my window was shining on his beady eyes as he stared back at me. 
I didn’t move and neither did he.We just stared at each other for a few seconds and I quickly turned off the light and prayed the window was tight so I wouldn’t find him clinging to his web above my kitchen sink the next morning.
Later that evening, I again began comparing Mr. Spider with Satan. First Satan seems pretty far away and doesn’t seem to present much of a threat. Then, he quietly moves a little closer, but not so close that we fear him. Before you know it, Satan is right next to us; staring at us; waiting to see what move we will make. And, if we let our guard down and open the “window”, he is there in our home wreaking havoc in our lives; turning child against parent or parent against child; tearing families apart through drugs, divorce, etc.; offering bigger and better things if we will only follow him. And, too many times, he is stronger than our resistance and we give in only to discover that Satan was a liar and a thief. He lied about the good times and he broke away the family ties that God had bound together.
How often do you listen to the lies of Satan? How often are you tempted to throw caution to the wind thinking there are better things out there to experience? How often do you give in to peer pressure to try alcohol or drugs? All of us need to draw closer to each other; spend time bonding and talking; really talking as a family or as a man and wife. For once Satan comes in and sits down, too often, he is there to stay.
I’ll have a bit more tomorrow about this but meanwhile, remember:
“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8
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