Spider Waiting

"Wait patiently for the Lord, be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord." Psalm 27:14

It is 5:45 am.  The sun has begun to soak the field with its warmth.  I am sitting on the veranda watching as the grass turns a rich shade of green after the early morning grey has been washed away.  At 5:15 am the birds had started their singing and squawking so by now they are in full swing.  Nature is noisy in a quiet sort of way.  As I am looking out and contemplating the field, I notice a lump of black just a few yards from the steps of the veranda.  I lean forward in my chair.  Sure enough.  There is a big hairy tarantula sitting in the grass.  He is so big that I have no problem making out the shape of his body and the position of his many legs.  But he is just sitting there very still. 

 Oh well, I hear a flock of parrots passing overhead.  They are incredibly loud and not at all pretty in their, umm, I don’t think I can call it a song.  They just seem to like to let you know they are passing.  I can see their green heads and yellow beaks as the beat their wings and fly towards the river.  It is my time for devotions so I want to get back to my prayer time.  As I go to lower my head, my eye once again catches the spider.  He is in the same place and still not moving.  What is he doing there?  Why doesn’t he move?  He must have some place to go.  I find myself getting impatient for him.  Get going.  Move along.  What can be keeping him in that same spot?


And then I remember the verse I had just read.  Psalm 27:14 – “Wait patiently for the Lord, Be brave and courageous.  Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.”


A tarantula in the middle of the field with birds flying overhead…….waiting.  


A woman on the veranda with a crazy day ahead with so much to do and so many people depending on her………….waiting.  Thank you, Lord!