We are not helpless...

Sometimes when you talk to people having difficulty don't you just want to do something to fix the situation they are in? Don't you just want to give them money or good advice or make the problem go away?

I like when things go right. I like order. I like tidy. My house is tidy right now. My desk at work is tidy. But tidy doesn't always mean things are right. The proverbs say, "Where there is no ox the stable is clean". I take that to mean that things are tidy when nothing is happening.

Life gets messy when something is happening. Even when you are working to put order to life, it can be messy. Sometimes it is messy for a while. Sometimes putting things back in order before the deeper mess is cleaned up is a mistake; stinky perhaps. Being in a mess can create a feeling of helplessness. But we are not helpless.

We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works. It just takes time, sometimes.