NTM - New Tribes Mission | Planting Tribal Churches

I needed a broom. Again.  After cleaning and packing all day, I walked out on the front porch, only to find what I thought were massive cobwebs stretched across the railings.  I grabbed the broom and got ready to take a whack.  But then I saw her.  Right in the middle of the “cobwebs” was a spider the size of my hand.  Her body was a dusky blue with gold iridescent spots on it.  Her legs were black, shiny and graceful.  And then, I noticed her web, an intricate, stunning, carefully woven web.  As I looked at each delicate thread and how it was connected to another, I wondered, “how did you build this beautiful web?”  After several minutes, my focus shifted to the background.  My home.  My pretty yard with the tanget and palm trees.  Extending beyond, I could see tiny grass huts scattered throughout the 10,000 foot mountains that rise up out of the Goroka valley.  My mountains.  I love them.  They always remind me of the faithfulness of God – strong and present and immovable.

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