all tangled up...

I am constantly amazed at how God uses the smallest of details to prove something to me. Yesterday, as I was getting my outfits and jewelry ready for my senior pictures, I found my all-time favorite necklace that I wanted to wear in the pictures. The only problem was that this particular necklace was all tangled up. It had several knots and was a complete disaster. I was absolutely determined that this tangled up necklace would be untangled immediately! I began to untangle this piece of jewelry that was all tangled up. It required patience....and this "not-always-patient" girl was ready for it to be fixed and untangled!

As I was untangling this monster, I felt like God spoke to me SO clearly, "Megan, YOU are this tangled necklace. That is you. I've had to untangle you so many times, and it's required patience. You are still a work in progress, with a knot in your chain here and there."

It was unbelievable and undeniably true! I AM that necklace...and my life has been so tangled up in the past, and still is in some aspects. My chain still has knots in it...it's no where near perfect. I may seem like I have it "all together," but I assure you, I don't. I am a big 'ol mess....and a gigantic work in progress!

This is what completely blows my mind:
*God can take your tangled up life, and untangle it.
*God can take all of your knots, and unravel them.
*God can take all the pieces of your life and make something good out of them.
*God can take your "mess" and turn it into a masterpiece.

Here's what I know for sure: I am a tangled up MESS that God is slowly but surely untangling little by little. Every now and then, I take one step forward and two steps back, but God has been SO patient with me. I am hopeful that one day God will use my tangled-up-life for His glory!