The Knot
I have a problem. I freely admit, it drives me nuts! It's knotted shoestrings. There...I said it.
"Knotted shoestrings drive me crazy!"
Children have an uncanny ability to ignore a knotted shoestring. They will go about their business--WITH A KNOT IN THEIR SHOESTRING!
Not too long ago, my grandson had a knot in his shoestring and when I asked to help him get the knot out, he resisted. I grabbed the shoe right off his foot, quickly used a fork to loosen the knot and worked it out in a matter of seconds. I handed the shoe back to my grandson feeling PRETTY proud of my skills.
There may have been a "Ta-Da" with arms extended. That part's a bit foggy, but it sounds like me.
There may have been a "Ta-Da" with arms extended. That part's a bit foggy, but it sounds like me.
I was shocked when my grandson wasn't impressed with my abilities to annihilate knots!
You know what? He had grown accustom to having the knot in his shoelace. He liked it that way. He had learned to manage quite well with the knot.
You know what? He had grown accustom to having the knot in his shoelace. He liked it that way. He had learned to manage quite well with the knot.
I couldn't believe it! Is there anything better than a snug, newly tied, unknotted shoestring? I think not.
Life's spiritual knots are something like shoestring knots. Sometimes we are unable to get the knot out by ourselves. We need the skillful hand of someone bigger and wiser to apply His knowledge to the mess.
Life's spiritual knots are something like shoestring knots. Sometimes we are unable to get the knot out by ourselves. We need the skillful hand of someone bigger and wiser to apply His knowledge to the mess.
At times, like my grandson's knotted shoestrings, I too have tried to maneuver through life with spiritual knots that I thought were unnoticeable to anyone else. I had learned to manage quite well with the spiritual knots...here, there and everywhere.
My grandson taught me this about knots. The longer we ignore them, the easier they are to live with and soon we manage our lives around the knots.
I needed help getting rid of my spiritual knots, just like my grandson needed help getting rid of his shoestring knots. He couldn't get those knots out alone and spiritually speaking neither can we.
I needed help getting rid of my spiritual knots, just like my grandson needed help getting rid of his shoestring knots. He couldn't get those knots out alone and spiritually speaking neither can we.
Lamentations 1:20 (MSG) tells us what life is like when we choose to live with spiritual knots.
"O God, look at the trouble I'm in!
My stomach is knots,
my heart wrecked by a life of rebellion..."
When we hand our knotted, messed-up lives over to the Lord, this is what we have to look forward to. Lamentations 3:20-25 (NLT) says this...
I will never forget this awful time...
Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this:
The faithful love of the Lord never ends!
His mercies never cease.
Great is his faithfulness;
his mercies begin afresh each morning.
I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;
therefore, I will hope in him!”
The Lord is good to those who depend on him,
to those who search for him.
You don't have to live with knotted shoestrings, and you don't have to live with Spiritual Knots either!
Are you ready to ask for help with your knots?
His mercies begin afresh each morning!
Are you ready to ask for help with your knots?
His mercies begin afresh each morning!
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