Taking Ls From Spiders

My wife is terrified of spiders to the extent that she inadvertently began the “Kiki Challenge” from the Drake video a couple of years ahead of time! If you’re not aware of it, this is when Drake gets out of the moving car and dances alongside it; NHTSA recently discouraged the practice for the obvious danger. We were returning home from a doctor’s appointment one morning in her car when a spider had found itself walking across the windshield looking for a way out. Seeing it, I had taken a swing at the spider from the passenger seat and missed leading for the insect to crawl from the driver’s side where I couldn’t end it. As she drove up the recently opened interstate ramp, my wife’s eyes got really big and she unlatched the seatbelt as her attempt to escape its clutches. Fortunately for both of us, she slowed the car down to a stop just off the far-right lane for me to execute the critter.  To many people, a harmless spider that happened to fall in thanks to an upward tilted moonroof was just a wayward creature; however, I was entrusted to eliminate the fear.

Did I yell ‘Westside’ after killing the spider? You better believe I did!

Me killing spiders at home pic.twitter.com/l3xtRgJ6s1

— A. Cedric Armstrong (@cedteaches) July 30, 2018

In Matthew 7, Jesus teaches that we should bring our needs to God, trusting Him with our requests. To illustrate this example, give verses 7-11 a read below:

7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you;

8 For every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

For loving parents, the answer is obvious. But Jesus answers anyway, challenging us to not lose faith in our Father’s generous goodness. I cannot imagine loving my daughter any more than the present moment yet Jesus assures me that even the best earthly parent’s love is eclipsed by God’s love for us.

Whether we pop trunk on spiders that made a wrong turn or find ourselves facing shutoff notices from the utility companies, we can rely on the Father for all of our needs.