Pulling on knots

This morning as we got ready for church,

I was helping my four year old undo the knot in her

sweater string. 

"No!"  she yells.   "I can do it myself".  And in the

interest of time, I continued to try to fix the, now

even tighter knot.  This battle over control of the

knot continued for a minute or two more.  Finally

I "won" the battle and she let go, only to reveal a

tiny knot that would take many minutes to get

out.

After, on the drive to church I thought of the many

knots in my life.  How I played the role as the stubborn

child grasping and screaming for control.  The more

I pulled away from God the tighter and worse my

problem knot became. 

As the pastor spoke of surrender I  thought a lot

more about my own personal knots.  The truth

was so plain.  The knots that I held onto with all

my might, trying to fix myself, became an

entanglement that took days, months and years

to get untangled.  The ones I surrendered to God,

loosened my grip on, gave over completely to God,

well, they were resolved with out anger, without

heartache.  I just loosened my hold, God took over

and the knot unwound itself by Gods hand.

Whats your knot?  What have you been trying to

undo that has left you, crying, bitter, resentful,

hopeless?  Let it go, let the Lord take it over.

Stop and surrender that knot today.

Stop pulling and let God have His way.