Still “Tinkering around the edges”

Once again I asked the Lord “What are you doing?” this morning. I had been reading online news from around the world, focusing on Israel, Iran and the Middle East.

“I’m still tinkering around the edges,” he answered. “But now I’m sealing them.”

“Not with tape, glue, or needle and thread,” he continued. “With fire. With the fire of my Spirit. When I stop this fraying, the edges won’t ravel so easily in the days ahead.”

I had to think about that for a while. I remembered writing a post in 2017 about God’s “tinkering around the edges.” A great deal has changed around the world since then, especially right now in the Middle East. Obviously the Lord’s actions have also changed.

Here’s what he’d told me back then when I asked that question:

I was just wondering what the Lord was up to this evening, wondering if maybe he’d like for me to do something different from what I was doing (reading stuff online), like pray, study, or what… when he said, “I’m tinkering around the edges.” Huh?

“When I see a loose thread, I’m pulling it.” Loose thread? What does that mean? I asked.

Some loose threads lead to knots, he said. Knotty problems. Knotty emotions. Knotty headaches and heartaches. So, I’m carefully pulling the loose threads, untangling the knots.

I suddenly visualized knotted muscles, knotted nerves, knotted relationships, and now a gentle scarred hand, painstakingly and patiently untangling those knots, soothing as he goes.