Faith.

Faith is like ironing out a wrinkled shirt.

We get all frazzled and stressed out, wrinkled up and wired, and then God starts peeling our fingers away and ironing out the situation. 

The moment we begin to uncurl our fingers, open our hands and let go is the moment God begins to show His control, His provision, His blessing.

The other day I had Asher flopping around in my sling, laundry detergent in my right hand, and dragging our huge red tub of dirty clothes down the long hallway to the laundry room with my left hand. I was bending over keeping the clothes in the tub, Asher clearly getting annoyed with mom for flopping him around; our maintenance man happened to be walking by in the hall and asked if he could help (as clearly I was struggling), but my first instinct was to say no I got it under control, I'm a mom I can do it all, how dare he even ask, who does he think he is . . .this all went through my mind in a matter of seconds. I even said no thanks I got it. Then immediately God reminded me that was my prideful human instinct to say no to help and I DO ...need ...help.

I stopped, I let go of the red tub and said yes thank you for offering.

If I can't let maintenance Greg help then I will never let God help.

The point is ladies, I need God's help.

When I'm all frazzled and my "shirt" is getting all wrinkled, God graciously reminds me to let go and put my faith in Him. The point God is making is we can't see the BIG picture, we have no idea what is ahead when we take that step forward, we have no idea what is below when we take that trust fall, we have not a clue what is around the corner waiting for us.

It's usually not logical what God is asking us to do but if we OBEY, if we take that step, we will see why He is asking us to trust Him.

Question is are you willing to admit you need help?

I hate to be so brutally truthful here, and I wouldn't be saying it if God wasn't teaching me the same, but it's just ugly pride that makes you think you can do it all. It's not attractive, it's not cool; it's not righteous, it's not humility. People want to help and you aren't proving anything to anyone by saying no to help. You're just making the people who want to help, feel like they can't measure up to your superhuman abilities to perform when others clearly cannot do as well as you.

My lovely friend, let God peel your fingers from your tight grip and experience the joy of accepting help from friends and from God.  

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"Lace is always delicately and beautifully woven when the worker himself is in the darkness and only his pattern is in the light. . .If we focus our faith on God the Weaver, we will someday know that the most exquisite work of our life was done in those days of darkness." -Linda Dillow

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We don't know what's ahead, what's below, or what's around the corner, but we need help. It pleases God to accept His help and put our total faith and trust in Him.  

Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.