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Comedy scene:  Laurel and Hardy are trying to break into a house by climbing through a window.  They fumble, stumble and tumble all over each other repeatedly.  Finally, fat man Oliver Hardy makes it into the house … only to find Stan Laurel waiting for him inside.  In response to the obvious question, Laurel grins his huge. hapless, big-U grin and says, “Well, the front door was open, so I just walked in.” 

 

Well, I have had a boatload of troubles over the last few weeks — some huge and mean like elephants with belly aches; others annoying like a swarm of gnats.  I fretted and fumbled, dug in my heels, worked harder, worked smarter, schemed, plotted, etc.  And I prayed to beat the band — talking to God, pleading with God, yelling at God, telling God to go away, offering deals to God.  (I even considered offering him my first-born, but Jonny’s wife might have had a few objections to that … at least most days.)

 

And then, these huge, insurmountable problems … well, they just dissolved.  No, they didn’t actually go away; my problems are still there.  But they’re not problems anymore.  They’re no big woof.  I think God kind of sat back, cleaning his nails, maybe whistling a happy tune, and when I finally shut up (yes, it happens, though not often), He nudged me around to the unlocked front door of his gentle power and quiet might and suggested, “Have you tried this?” 

 

My point:  I awoke this morning with a joyful laugh and concerns that had melted away.  What more can I say except, “Well, Lord, that’s another fine mess you’ve gotten me out of.” — jri

 

“May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble,

            –    Psalm 20:1-4