A Tangled Hose

Have you ever tried to untangle a tangled hose?  It has a mind of its own, as noose after noose refuses to budge, no matter what you pull. It even bops you on the head.  Frustration, and challenge ultimately lead to success:  an un-kinked hose neatly on its rack.  Life can be a tangle hose...job loss, illness, loss of appetite, depression, all kinds of unwanted kinks in our lives.  When our determination wavers, we might call upon Mary, Un-doer of Knots, or go directly to Jesus:  "Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you>" (Jn 16:23). The tangled hoses come and go; there's always another time, even after unravelling it, it's never "for good."  No, it tangles again.  And Jesus is always there to untangle it with us.
Bro. Rene