"Do you untie knots?"

[My friend Roy used to sit on a park bench for a few minutes each morning. He liked to watch the kids gather and play at the bus stop. One day he noticed a little fellow, maybe five or six years of age, struggling to board the bus. While others were climbing on, he was leaning down, frantically trying to disentangle a knotted shoestring. He grew more anxious by the moment, frantic eyes darting back and forth between the shoe and the ride.

All of the sudden it was too late. The door closed.

The boy fell back on his haunches and sighed. That's when he saw Roy. With tear-filled eyes he looked at the man on the bench and asked, "Do you untie knots?'

Jesus loves that request.

Life gets tangled. People mess up. You never outgrow the urge to look up and say, "help!"
Jesus had a way of appearing at such moments. Peter's empty boat. Nicodemus' empty heart. Matthew has a friend issue. A woman has a health issue. Look who shows up.

Jesus, our next door saviour.

"Do you untie knots?"

"Yes." ]

Extract from "NEXT DOOR SAVIOUR" by Max Lucado