Yeah, totally, they should be thankful. Case in point in
Sympathy for the Demon, he accepts his powers back in order to vanquish Barbas. Just as he had another chance to live free from being evil...the fact that he sacrificed that chance in order to save the sisters just showed the good he had in his heart.
Had no idea Piper was afraid of spiders, I could totally relate. I squirmed when those spiders showed up.