Do you ever feel like you are at the end of your rope? Sleep deprivation, attitudes, emotional breakdowns and differences of opinion in our family of six can keep me hopping... to say the least. I just read The Message paraphrase of Matthew 5:3 where Jesus says,"You're blessed when you are at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and His rule". Okay... so I am really blessed right now!!! But the truth is... the longer I live the more I can see clearly that I am not able to do this life thing on my own. I REALLY need help and more of God's rule.
But the question is... do I go right away or try on my own? I have to admit that often I try to find words and ideas to solve problems on my own or to go to the person and try to fix it and then go to God after. But just the other day as I was tackling teenage attitude and feeling in that zone of "how do we get through this" I prayed for God's help as I was talking (okay this is a new multitasking I haven't tried before)...and man... the difference was amazing. I had ideas on what to say where no ideas were there before and they listened! Things actually went smoothly through! I guess that is why God says to "pray always"... it works! Thanks for always being there, God!
