OVERCOMING YOUR FEAR OF SPIDERS

Hollywood made a pretty bad movie about it –
“Arachnophobia”, but for some the movie was excruciating –
if they even went to see it. The cast certainly was amazing:
John Goodman (“Roseanne”), Kathy Kinney (“The Drew
Carey Show”), and Jeff Daniels (“Dumb and Dumber”).

But it doesn’t take a movie to frighten people who
suffer from arachnophobia. Spiders can be anywhere and
everywhere. That fact alone strikes terror into the hearts of
those who hold this phobia in their minds.

This author has never really had a problem with
spiders. When I see them, I find the closest shoe and send
them on to spider heaven. I don’t want them crawling all
over me, but if I see one, I don’t get freaked out. Now show
me a snake and it’s a different story. So I understand!

God did not make spiders cute and cuddly. He did not
make them fun or even interesting – well, to most people.
After all, they just kind of crawl around and lurk in dark
spaces occasionally spinning a web for you to get all over
your face if you walk through it. Around Halloween, this can
be great – handmade decorations! But at other times, it’s
just a nuisance.

Then you have to consider those spiders that are
poisonous. Media outlets have made all of us increasingly
aware of the dangers of brown recluse spiders and the
physical damage they can wreak on the human body. Then
you have to consider the deadly Tarantulas, and other
poisonous spiders that can be lurking just underneath your
house.