The Spider and the Saint

Ron Gallo

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When was the last time you or your friend looked at a spider or an ant, and learned principles that you can apply to your Christian life? Or even read it in another Christian book? Here, Ron as a former park ranger shares his experience of what God has shown him over the years when exploring nature.
Did you know when you see an object like a cigarette butt, piece of paper, or twig on a web, the spider is telling God’s saint’s aspects on Christian living from Proverbs chap. 30? Just constructing the web, its perseverance, stewardship, and adjustability will tell God’s saints how to live the Christian life. Like in Ron’s other books, Balance (Volume 2) and the children’s book Charlie the Spider and Friends, God uses the most “unlikely” to unveil his principles of walking with him as his saints.
Other gems Ron shares for Christian life’s principles is about “the garden,” the seed, learning from darkness, God’s vitamins, and many other fantastic wisdom and understanding emeralds in short bullet points. Whether in quotes, jokes, or commentaries, Ron does not sugarcoat anything so that the reader can get the truth about God.
This is a must book for the sinner, the saint, and society.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Religion

Informations

• Publié par: Xlibris US
• Date de parution: 21 novembre 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781664196995
• Langue: English

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THE SPIDER AND THE SAINT
RON GALLO

 
Copyright © 2021 by Ron Gallo.
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2021921961
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978-1-6641-9701-5

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CONTENTS

Preface
Great Gems from the Vault
Introduction
Chapter 1God’s Multivitamin and the Start
Chapter 2God Uses the Small Things
Chapter 3God Uses Everything and Everyone
My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I’m happy. I can’t figure it out. What am I doing right? (Charles M. Schulz)
If you rent something, let’s say a vehicle, a machine, furniture, etc., who knows more about the product—you or the renter? If it is the renter you say, you’re right. Now we rent God’s body, which includes his heart, lungs, liver, brain, etc. Yes, the brain is included too. We don’t own anything. So who knows more about the product? As Paul Harvey used to say, “And now you know the rest of the story.”
Chapter 4The Darkness Is When He Works Best
“When kids are young, they play doctor, firemen, and police officer. When did you ever see a kid play accountant even though he may be one years later?” (Comedian Jackie Mason) source: http://www.jokes4us.com/peoplejokes/comedianjokes/jackiemasonjokes.html
“There are no failures, just delays.” (Ron Gallo)
God is not in the “maybe” or the might; he is in the now. Nothing alters his plans, even though man tries each day. God has a plan for you, so stop trying to be someone else or what people are trying to change you to. This will alter God’s plans for you. Be the piece of the puzzle that is cut out for that particular shape, that will fit into his plans for your life. We will not see the picture of the finished product of the puzzle on the box until we understand that God works one piece at a time.
Chapter 5The Spider and Great Spiritual Tips/Quotes
God uses the spider to teach us about life. Yes, I said it correctly; the most hideous thing on earth, many would say. Not a beautiful swan, a spring robin, or a cute puppy. Once you understand that God works in the opposite, like he said, “Look and be childlike”; he never said be like an adult. Even the Lord mentions to man to look at one of the smallest creatures, the ant. See this and other supertips and quotes that I wish will bless your days.

Thoughts for Today
My father used to tell me do one thing in life and be the best at it versus twenty different things and only have time to be just good.
Do you want to enrich your child even more? The library is good, but also bring them to an assisted living center. Let them just sit there and “listen” to the wisdom of others who have hundreds of years of invaluable experiences.
When I go fishing for largemouth bass, I learn more from the fish I don’t catch than from the ones I do. In life, God will teach you from your fears more than your fans, more from your tragedies than your triumphs.
When I was growing up, we used “our imagination” as many of you adults can remember. Few can afford much, so we used whatever we had on hand to play sports, play outside, etc. We also learned to “listen” to our elders and learned “wisdom” from them. Many of today’s kids use a cell phone and are used to pressing buttons to get what they want at the touch of a button. This not only diminishes their social skills but also their reasoning/thinking, problem-solving especially later in life, when they face issues that cannot be “solved” with the touch of a button.
Chapter 6Spider Wisdom and other Treasury Gems


Thought for Today: It doesn’t matter what the world does today. I know of only one who spins the top (world) each night, for another day tomorrow. I rest in that. (Ron Gallo)

Thought for the Day: The spider teaches us patience as well as perseverance. We need to be patient and wait on God for all our matters.
PREFACE
I wrote this book to give the reader more wisdom to God’s challenges to us in our daily life, to become the best we can be. How the saint can learn from the spider, how God picked the smallest creature, the ant, and the most hideous, the spider, and tells man to look to them for wisdom, that’s incredible. But remember, God always uses the smallest, the weakest, the simple, the outcast, the sick, heavily downtrodden, the lowly, the rejected, the child, the things or people we cast to the side, those are the things he uses the most. This is a sequel to my first book called Balance , which I dedicate to my wife Joanne who gave it its name. I bless this will also enrich you in God’s wisdom and help you in your daily walk with the Lord from my experiences both good and bad (where the bad shaped the good), to learning about how God uses the most unusual creatures, the spider and the ant, to teach us about life. I would like to dedicate this book to my children, Austin, Logan, and Savannah who put up with their dad through his crazy times. LOL.
Even though I throw in many gems of wisdom like my first book called Balance , I also add wisdom about how God uses the spider as an example of how we can follow our daily Christian living. God uses this hairy, probably most would say on this planet one of the top three in most hideous, creatures if it fell on your shoulder off a tree. But like the snapping turtle and bulldog, even though ugly to most, they are beautiful in many ways and very wise. God always takes the opposites of how man thinks, that is, the child, the weak, the lame, the outcast, etc., to become the mighty and bring them forefront into the picture. The proud and boastful God hates. Remember the next time you say you “did something,” the fact that you had to open your mouth and move your arm and leg to achieve that something, God gave you the ability; it didn’t come from man or yourself, and we didn’t talk about breathing.
The saint is in God’s image, but look to the small spider to get wisdom for they are wise.
There are no sugarcoating in any of my books. I don’t give softball pitches to people; they miss the ball.
Ron Gallo
GREAT GEMS FROM THE VAULT
I have also included other “gems,” many from my other books that will help enrich your walk with Christ.
A wise man listens—less talk. An egocentric who talks is insecure, but finds no wisdom and understanding because he is talking.
Guys, we listen, but do we really hear? For a guy who goes into a store, how long does it take him to pick out a greeting card? How about with a lady? Guys are black and white; ladies need to get a feeling. A guy picks out produce at the market if it looks good; a lady can look at a strawberry, blueberry, or a tomato and see if it would match her outfit. Guys, listen/hear more from your wife. Ladies think different than us guys and can give a better perspective on things that we cannot see. Don’t question her choices. Remember, you were one of them. LOL.
Your children are not your own. They’re on loan from God. You don’t own your heart, your lungs, your brain, your arms, your legs. Do you know of anyone who has a deed or title to these? We just rent them from God for a period, and eventually, like a parent says to his child, all toys have to go back in the box.
It’s not seeing with your eyes that gives you fulfillment and joy, but seeing with your heart (Ron Gallo).
Once you understand that he knows my name (Isa. 43), then it doesn’t matter what any person or situation dictates, like a child doesn’t have to be big and bad or be afraid for he/she knows who their backup quarterback is. Do you?
Know thyself, who you are. Not your name, where you reside, or work, but who you are in God’s kingdom.
It’s normal to follow human nature. You don’t have to have a class on lying or stealing; even kids do it. What goes against the grain is following and understanding God. Yet we want to learn and understand many things in our lifetime, but why not the wisdom of God? Understand his mind; you will others.
The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I’ll never be as good as a wall (Mitch Hedberg). Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/mitch-hedberg-quotes .
You never hear a guy say “I fainted,” but “I passed out.”
If you had only one breath in life and it was on a credit card, how would you use it? Would you ask for an extension of credit? Our entire life is just one breath compared to eternity. How are you managing it? For God, not yourself.
You only get two sets of teeth, two arms, two eyes, legs, two ears, but only one heart and brain. Use them wisely, they’re on loan. God only gave us all one heart, how come not two, like he did with legs, ears, and arms? God figured your legs need to take you to places, your arms to receive and pick