This morning we had some excitement. I was working on the computer when Polly wanted to go out and as she trotted out the door, a snake slithered in! Imagine my surprise! I've never had much testing to my natural response to snakes, but, respond I did. I ran in the opposite direction yelling for Michael at the top of my lungs! I probably scared him half to death, because he came running from upstairs to see what the commotion was all about.
It wasn't a terribly big snake, but, it was still a snake, and, to make matters worse, it was inside MY house! Michael ordered me to grab Polly who was, by this time, back in the house also wondering what all the fuss was about, so that he could attend to the business of ushering the critter back outside. He opened the door, grabbed a broom, and carefully swept the snake back out the door. When all was done and the snake was safely outside, and things were calm, I kissed him on the cheek telling him he was "my hero".
Later, I was reflecting on what had taken place, remembering the Biblical illustration of the snake in Genesis. Our snake was black as coal. It made me think about the darkness of sin. It also caused me to give thought to what had happened. When I saw the snake, my first impulse was to run the other way. Hmmm. The Bible tells us to flee from sin. It also directs us to resist evil in 1 Peter and in James, and if we do, Satan will flee from us.
I wonder, sometimes...if I run from sin as quickly as I ran from that snake this morning? I know that we become new creatures in Christ at the moment of salvation, but, still, there is the flesh which must be crucified on a daily basis.
I was glad it was Saturday and that Michael was able to come to my resuce. I am ever so much more grateful that one day years ago, Jesus Himself rescued me from sin and death. He truly is MY HERO!
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