March 26 - “Snail theater: Act two”

Today allow me to complete the snail theater experience.    Now, later on Micah made an appearance in the snail theater.  He too wanted an opportunity to see the creatures crawling and sliming.  Alas, however, the earlier crawler had awakened from his self-induced coma and had no doubt raced to safety of the grass.  And no others were active.  Undaunted, he forced his way, with some small assistance from a wilderness guide (me), into the natural habitat of the beasts – Nani's plants.  There he found more study opportunities than he knew what to do with.  Each was carefully removed from its hiding place under leaves and on stems and placed on the concrete.  Micah gave each of them about a count of four to get moving.  And the tiny slimers simply refused to cooperate.  As the count of four came down, so did Micah's sandal.  Interesting study technique.  Go right to the source of the slime.  Requires zero patience.  Takes care of Nani's varmint problem.  Micah's a hero.  Zip.  Zap.  Done.  And sadly, done with it was the moral about patience that was developing quite well with Zak and Caleb and Nani and the little slimer that was earlier making his way across the porch.    Another moral?  How about this: Have you ever known a problem exists, but when you think about it, and feel particularly motivated spiritually to deal with it, it's not really an issue right then?  So you just forget about it and move on, right?  Next time search out the source.  Get someone to help you find it if you have to.  Dig deep and pull the slime-maker to the surface.  You know it's just eating away at you, leaf by leaf, often unseen.  Don't wait for it to slowly extend its feelers and begin to move around, leaving the trail of slime and sin in its wake, in your wake.  Crush it – confess it - before it can escape back into the recesses of your sin nature, only to resurface later again and again.  Then fill that snail-shaped void with the Holy Spirit.  Give him control of every part of your life.    1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says, "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body."   Father, give me the courage to face the slime-makers in my life and get rid of them.  Amen.