Thanks, Lori. Yes, there are always new tangles popping up, some of our own making, and some just from life. Either way, I’m glad God does help us navigate through them and out of them when possible.

Thanks, Floyd. I imagine you had to comb out a few tangles in your day, too, with your daughters and maybe even your own hair. 😉 I finally have mine short enough again that I barely even need a comb at all.

I don’t miss combing out those huge tangles. My youngest daughter (now 21) still doesn’t like combing them out either. But better her than me now. 🙂 My hair is so short that I don’t have tangles. Praying your time with Jesus is enlightening!

In responding to David above, I was reminded about my earbud cords always getting tangled. My husband and I laugh about how they form knots in the night with no prompting. Sometimes it seems life’s tangles pop up just as mysteriously, too.

Once again, your comment itself could be a blog post. Beautiful story about your necklace. I especially resonate with your point of not fighting the tangles so much but loosening the knot so it can work out easier. It made me think of my earbuds. Somehow the cords get tangled up into knots all on their own. ha (Actually just googled that and found this: “Physicists finally explain why your earphones are always tangled” http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/seriouslyscience/2014/06/18/scientific-explanation-earphones-always-tangled/#.WA_YqneZORs) 🙂

Another thing resonating here is to keep the tangles from forming in the first place. Yes. When I travel, I’ve finally learned if I’ll carefully wrap my cords instead of just throwing everything into my bag, I won’t have to untangle them later. Doing the the same in our spiritual lives is a great analogy.

That’s a good observation, Bettie…our patience (or impatience, in our case, ha) in one area is often reflected overall and shows us what we need to work on in general. My husband is much more patient than I am, too. And even when he is patiently working on untangling something, I want to take it away and give it a shot, even though I’d tired of it in a few seconds. 🙂