...is there a spider in my shoe?

Being in a hurry, as usual, I realize it is time to go get Joseph from the Mother's morning out program and Jena has fallen asleep on me while I'm on the computer. Joey has me on assignment to find out how to start him a blog or a free website for his ministry. So I quickly grab my purse with Jena in my arms and I remember that I have some slip on shoes outside the door. These shoes have suffered many days with me. I love these black slip on shoes. But while I'm rushing to lock the door and pull it behind me with my big purse and holding a 2 year old, I slip on my faithful shoes. And quickly I think, almost in a panic, is there a spider in my shoe? Could there be? Sure I think. I move my toes around and I don't feel anything unusual, so I continue on to the car to try and put Jena in without waking her up. I figured that if a spider was going to bite me that it would happen quickly since I did disturb his nice warm spot. Thankfully, I haven't found a spider or bug in my shoe that waits for me outside everyday.

This got me to thinking that I should not take things for granted that maybe one day there will be a spider in there and it might decide to bite. So this also got me to thinking about my children and how they take many things for granted but as they get older they will start to understand what that really means.

Everyday we see the news and more and more children are being taken from their families cause of kidnapping and normally the end is not good. I don't even like for my kids to play on the carport by themselves without me being right there. My husband and I were just talking about when we were kids and we would ride our bikes or walk to the store with our friends and thought nothing of it. And neither did our parents, cause they let us go.

We have to watch for the wolves in sheep's clothing. Not only for ourselves but for our children. We should pray and pray for our children,and our families for God's protection. Cause one day you may have a spider in your shoe.

Blessings to you!