i think after today, i think i may respect spiders more due to the way God designed them, although i still despise them for their hideous looks...

when i walked outside my house today, i heard a loud buzzing noise coming from above me from the large tree in front of my house. thinking it was a bee, i looked up, and saw what looked like an incredible sight; a spider was wrapping a trapped bee in its own webbing, spinning it horizontally as it worked, its 8 legs rapidly spinning it... the bee was obviously trying to call for help, but no bee came, and afterward you can guess what happened; the buzzing died down and the bee died. then i saw the spider actually unweb its large web that it had set up and began to carry the now-dead bee away... when i came back from a 10 min drive and looked at the exact spot again, the entire web, the spider and the bee were gone... amazing...

why is this so amazing? well, i could reflect this with a christian perspective or simply marvel at what God has created; i'll do the 2nd 1st. often we just think of spiders as hideous creatures who just lounge near their web, waiting for prey to come along or running out of unexpected areas in houses to freak out light-hearted girls(or jeremy :D). but for me to actually see this creature at work on its prey and how ingeniously it bagged the bee, killed it(it was almost funny how it spun the bee around, disregarding its buzzing or fearing its stinger), then carried it away along with all its webbing(compare this to a game hunter who pitches his tent on the outskirts of a forest, then goes in, shoots a deer, wraps it in a trash bag then unpacks his tent and moves everything out), was just incredible... you might even characterize that spider as being fearless; in some cases that came to my mind, because you could see that the spider did NOT fear the bee's stinger OR the other bees that mightve come, which brings me to christian reflections from this; you can either see the spider as a strong christian, and the bee as satan, or you could see the bee as a christian, and the spider as satan; the 1st is that God is so friggin strong, he enables you to fearlessly put away the devil, unafraid that the devil can summon as many of his minions at you as he wants(in the spider-bee case, all the summoned bees would probably just get caught in the webbing too); the 2nd is that even if Satan is able to gangbang upon you, you are able to call upon God, and he will call his angels to come help you out(in this case, let's ignore the fact that the summoned bees would probably just get caught in the webbing)

i don't get how ballers can wear wristbands up at their elbow area; i tried doing it, and i felt like i was cutting off my circulation; then again, if i just stretch out the elastic band, in a few games here and there it'll probably feel pretty comfortable to wear.

casting crowns' song, "if we are the body," intrigues me; well, the lyrics do; they go, "if we are the body, why aren't his arms reaching? why aren't his hands healing? why aren't his words teaching? ... why aren't his feet going?" this is basically a new way to say an old teaching; you come to think about it, the body of Christ is at times one really pathetic body; arms cramping up, feet collapsing, etc... we're supposed to be reaching out, doing what God wants us to do, and yet we don't; it's like an arm which is perfectly healthy but flops all over the place when you want it to do something, like pick up a pencil...

the other new song i heard which really intrigues me is jonah33- faith like that:

I have read about the days of old
About the men who followed You
And how they saw the supernatural
And became the chosen few
So I come before You now
Tearing off my earthly crowns
For this one thing I have found

CHORUS:
I want a faith like that
To see the deed rise or to see You pass by, oh I
I want a faith like that whatever the cost
I'll suffer the loss, oh, I
I want a faith like that

I'm not looking for a miracle
Signs and wonders or thing s thereof
I caught a glimpse of what You want for me
And what I have is not enough
I read the story one more time
Of those who gave to You their lives
With mo fear or compromise

CHORUS
I want a faith that can move any mountain
And send them to the seas
I want a faith that can break every stronghold
That keeps You, that keeps from me