The Spiderweb of Life

I am reposting two blog entries; because they lead to some thoughts I have been working on for weeks.  These thoughts have to do with how the Holy Spirit communicates with us.  The spiderweb's construction and purpose seem to fit with the Holy Spirit's ways of connecting.

I know, that probably doesn't make all that much sense to you.  However I invite you just let your thoughts come along with my journey.

Spiderweb of Life

24 And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind." And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind, and the cattle of every kind, and everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good (Gen. 1:24-25)

My mind is playing with one of God's tiny creations -- the spider and its delicate looking web.  And how God uses the possibilities of what 'tiny' offers.  

Today's blog will give you some insight into how this pastor’s mind works early in the morning when it is trying to listens to God.  

I am thinking about spiderwebs; because when I took my dog Jake out this morning to water the lawn, I saw a spiderweb on the hedge by my sidewalk.  It was almost perfectly symmetrical.  It is amazing to me how a thing so small is able to construct something so perfect.  Spiderwebs have always fascinated me.  They are so dedicate looking and yet so tough to break without getting caught. 

So I came into the house and googled how a spider web is created.

So, you may be wondering, what does this have to do with God and faith?  Well, for one thing, everything on earth has to do with God.  And the way the spider builds her web reminds me of how God’s Spirit grows our faith from birth to death.  Starting from a tiny seed, that becomes bigger and stronger, grows ever so slowly through life towards death.  

When I look at a spiderweb I see the movement of time it take to build -- or weave.  As all of lifes experiences and struggles, building one beside the other.  A conglomeration of many knoxs and lengths that are woven together into one’s life.

What isn't usually seen, by the human eye, is how the spider has carefully placed the structure points together with the bridge threads, anchor thread, frame threads and other points to secure the success — the strength — of her structure.   

The web is usually constructed at night in most cases.  

My analogy, in all of this, is that the spider is God. Who places each structural points to secure the web.  The center is God’s foundation point. The web itself is our life. The circles represent how God moves us through our lives with his careful assistance. The circular shape and connecting threads are the path of our living.  At the center of the web God holds it all together.

God is also the web in my imagination. 

When we stay connected to that perfectly built web of bridge threads, anchor thread, and frame threads. And if we don’t try to break the cycles -- our life is secure in God’s care.  But even when we try to break out, from time to time God, like the web, is there to pull us back in.

I don’t know, I think that gives us a fairly good imagination about how our faith unfold.


More tomorrow