Spider Webs

The other day, I was getting into my car and I walked through a spider web. It was – well if you have ever walked through one, you know – it was yucky. I spent the next five minutes of driving trying to get whatever remained off of me. The only thing that really helped was getting my mind off the webs and onto wherever it was that I was driving.

So – other than to remind you just how sticky and clingy spider webs are – why would I relate this?

It got me thinking. Most emotions are like spider webs. When you spend a lot of time around people who are angry (or people who are happy), you end up feeling those feelings of anger on you until you can “get them off”. It is as if the people we spend time with have the ability to impose their emotions on us (and I would guess, we on them). It rarely matters when we are around happy people, who really minds being happy (other then Emo kids)?

It also struck me that when we praise and worship God, we are creating an atmosphere that can infect those around us – even those who have no real desire to praise or worship. I’m not just talking about music here; I’m talking about the attitude with which we live our lives. Being around someone who is prayerful and listening to them, will make you more prayerful (at least until you get distracted and forget about it). Being around and listening to someone who lives their life with an attitude of worship, will make us live more worshipfully.

So – what are you listening to, when you turn your radio on? What am I listening to right now? Honestly, I’m listening to some pretty angry and depressed music. Maybe I need to reconsider that. Maybe I’m allowing these spider webs to stay on me while I walk through the rest of my life.

It’s certainly something to think about.

Out.