Biblical Lessons from a Spider

     My second oldest grandson, Lincoln’s favorite pretend superhero is Spiderman. He was thrilled to meet him at Disneyland. This opened the door for a little grandpa - grandson education, so we spent some time learning about spiders.

     Spiders are experts at staying connected to their web.  A spider’s first connection is called the “bridging contact”. This is a long fine thread that is connected to a first anchor point. As the spider unwinds the thread it ultimately reaches a second anchor point. 

    Once the bridging thread is anchored at both points, the spider begins building “walking threads”.  These are threads that have no glue and will be used for the spider to walk freely across the web.  While the spider knows what threads are safe to walk on, his prey do not. 

     Added to these are “temporary scaffolding” silk structures.  When the web is complete, it becomes the spider’s source of food & nutrition. It also gives the spider the ability to use all of his eight legs to “STAY CONNECTED” TO HIS WEB”.

 I share this story about a spider and his web to ask you to help me list all the potential contact points each of us has to our church. For example, Sunday morning worship is a contact point. Wednesday evening Bible Study is a contact point.  

    I am hoping you will respond to this blog with additional contact points our church already has and potential contact points we can develop.  Also, share the contact points that are most valuable to you. The more contacts we have, the less likely we are to stray or fall out of fellowship. Let’s set a goal of identifying at least ten contact points we have or can have to our church. Let’s have fun with this first challenge. Also, feel free to also use the comments section to ask questions. 

Blessings to all of you.