While the Glue is Setting, the Clamps are Needed.

I needed to glue two bits of wood together recently.

It was an easy enough task to do. Apply the wood glue. Bring the wood together, then apply the clamps, making sure the wood is correctly lined up. After any excess glue is wiped away, then leave alone, for the glue to set.

As I looked at the wood with the clamps on them, the thought,
“While the glue is setting the clamps are needed.” came to my mind.

For the two pieces of wood to become one piece, the the clamps are needed. The clamps apply a strong pressure, that then means that the bond the glue makes will be better, because of them and the pressure that they bring.

It made me think, “Are there times when we are feeling that we are caught in a clamp that we would rather not be in?”

I dare say that we can all go through difficult times at some point in our lives. But is it that sometimes the difficult times, can be the things that make us who we are?

Now it may not be that Our Lord God has brought the clamps to our lives, (or He might even be the One to bring them,) but regardless of how they came, what if He is using the clamps to allow a glue to set within us?

If there is any truth to this idea, then, can we try to see these clamps (situation we are in) in a different light?

Instead of just fighting it, could we try to ask, “Lord, is there something that You are trying to teach me through this?”

If there is a lesson to be learned, then could it be the sooner we learn the lesson, the sooner the clamps can be removed???
Or even if the clamps do remain, will we be able to come to a place where we are no longer bothered by them, even if we continue to not want them?

Once the glue is set, then hopefully we will be a better version of ourselves, as we allow Him, our Loving Heavenly Father, to have His way in our lives.

Father,
No one really likes it when we go through tough times.
Please help us go always look to You for Your help and guidance.
Help us to let You have Your way in us, so that we can then be more like how You see we could be.
Thank you that You are there for us, to help and guide us.
Our Loving Heavenly Father.
Amen.