Where is the end of that rope anyway?

As a Mom, I find myself unraveling some days. We joke about "getting to the end of our rope, tying a knot, and hanging on." We don't have to live like that! God doesn't want us to live like that. He wants us to live life more abundantly...every day...all day long.  There is a song that says..."Throw out the lifeline to someone today..."  Many of us don't have a strong lifeline to throw out...it has become weathered, weak, and frayed.  We can't help others...because we have nothing in our own lives that is strong...we are always on the verge of snapping...letting loose.  We joke about it...but it isn't funny...it is a sad. 

We have heard the saying, "A three-fold cord is not quickly broken."  The important thing to remember...the cords are twisted together!  Intertwined...unified...strong.  When one part of that cord is all by itself...there is weakness.  One strand doesn't have the same strength as three strands.  Cords that are not cared for properly will fray and break.  I've heard and watched many different illustrations of what the "three cords" are or can be made to represent in a a Christian's life. 

Wife, husband, God.  Church, home, school.  God the Father, Holy Spirit, Son. 

 And in those illustrations...God is always part of the rope/cord.

One thing I know for sure...when we leave God out of our lives and out of our homes...things begin to unravel.   We will do fine for awhile.  But eventually...through our carelessness and neglect...the cords with unravel and fray...a little at a time.  We begin to grasp at whatever we can as we feel things slipping out of control...our control.  We get to the end of our rope...and it is a mess...then we start to call for help. 

Why is it...that the last thing we do...is the first thing we should do?! 

We wouldn't have to tie so many emergency knots...if our rope was strong enough to begin with!  I'd rather live with the peace that comes from knowing God...intertwined in my daily thinking and living...than with all types of knots that come from disobedience, fear, and worry.