Being in a tangled mess can be painful and we often try to fight our way out! But in most situations I find that if we calm ourselves down, take a breath, and ask for help. We can get ourselves unstuck or untangled.
Life Lessons From Hudson!
“Hudson is stuck! Hudson is stuck!” I hear the neighbor girl shouting into my backyard! Then I see Hudson come around the corner…
Even though at first she was panicking and in tears, feeling like she would be forever stuck in her brother’s batting helmet, all she needed was somebody to gently and lovingly help her out of the mess! (Well, I’ll be honest, I did giggle and snap a picture first)….isn’t that what any good mom would have done?
Have you ever been stuck? Maybe you are in tangled up in something right now? What mess are you stressing over? What are you panicking about? Who do you go to when you need help getting untangled from your own messes? Who do you trust?
I have told you these things so that in me you will have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world!”
Jesus said this in John 16:33
You see, we all have our troubles! In fact, we will always have troubles and go through hardships while we are here on this earth. We just have to learn how to navigate those hardships when they come along.
I think, we can learn a lot from children. What do they do when they are scared, in trouble, hurting, or stuck in a mess? They submit! They let the people who love them and care for them take over and they trust that it will be ok.
Whose gentle love calms you and helps you find your way? Who do you trust? Are you willing to submit so that the one who love you can get you out of the messes that trouble you?
Whatever your trouble is: stress, anxiety, fear of what is next, a new job, relationships, family stress, medical diagnosis, COVID-19, all of it! There is One who loves you more than anything and that has your best interest at hand. The One who you can trust and that will show gentle love. That One is God!
I think we can learn alot from how Hudson allowed me to help her get untangled from her brother’s batting helmet. She did 3 simple things:
1. Ask for help
When Hudson came to me crying, ” I can’t get out, I’m stuck!” I reassured her that she was ok, then she calmed down. All she needed was to hear from somebody who loves her that she will be ok! And when she saw me giggle and take time to snap the photo , she too smiled a little at the silliness of her entanglement!
We do not have to go through our struggles alone! We can rely on those who love us, by simply asking for help!
2. Believe
She came to me because she knows I love her and I care for her! She trusts me to help her when she is in trouble! We too can feel the same gentle love when we believe in God’s love for us. Although we often believe that we can handle everything, we also need to believe that God has a gentle love like no other, just for you and for me! We can believe in him for any difficulty we face.
3. Submit
For some reason we all hate this word. But the word simply means to yield or surrender to someone of authority. You see, Hudson submitted to me. She gave up the struggle, or yielded her trouble to me. She let me get her out of the batting helmet! She realized that as soon as she quit fighting the helmet, and submitted to me, I was able to easily, gently, and lovingly slide her arms right out of the mess she thought she was stuck in.
When we ask for help, believe in it, and submit the situation to God. He can do the same for us!
“So Why NOT?” What do we really have to lose by choosing to believe in God, asking for his help, trusting him, and submitting our lives to him? There is really no risk to believing in God. But, there is a huge risk in not believing!
TAKE ACTION: Think about something that is troubling you right now. Ask God for help! You may not know what kind of help you need, but He does! Believe that He can handle it. Then, submit! Just stop trying to fix it and let God handle it!
Thank you for this! It was a great reminder for my Monday!!!