Safe from harm

Being afraid of spiders is a pretty common fear, but even scarier for me was waking up with a spider bite. This happened one morning when I woke up in my dorm room just like any other day. However, this time I woke up with a suspicious bite—though I didn’t know that at first.

It was pretty early in the morning, and I was just preparing to do my workout. However, when I stepped out of bed, I felt this pain I couldn’t identify. Since it didn’t seem to come from anywhere, I went to the gym anyway and got my workout done. When I came back from the gym, however, it was light enough that I saw the bite for the first time.

I was scared, and it got to the point where the bite was all I could think about. I went through the school day as I normally do, but the pain grew increasingly worse. At one point, some of my friends noticed that my leg was swollen and red. They began to talk about it. They were convinced that I needed to get the venom out.

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TeenConnect: Your Healings
A healing on Halloween
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Where do I belong?
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Finding my worth
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Tackling the rapids
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The answer to friend problems? Love!
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Love heals homesickness
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Course correction
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A quick healing
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Would I ever see my dog again?
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I didn’t have to miss out
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A quick healing at camp
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A God-directed role
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Off to practice—trusting God
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After the break-up
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A healing of homesickness
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Love others? How hard could that be?
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Prayer on the way to the peak
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Deserving of love
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Attitude adjustment

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