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Topic: Escape (01/02/06)
My teenage boys have a tendency to wrestle. I know that’s not uncommon for boys. But it amazes me (OK, and it scares me a little bit too) to watch them. My youngest has gotten a lot taller in the past year and is now within just a couple of inches of my older son. He is, however, about 35 pounds lighter; thus, the underdog. But, he has a way to escape his brother’s hold. He relaxes. Yup, that’s pretty much the extent of it—he relaxes. I think it’s a double-jointed thing with him. The shoulders sort of fold up, and he can usually escape the grip. My older son has figured this out by now, of course—after all, they’ve been doing this for years—but now and then he can still pull a fast one on his older brother. It’s a lot like life, really. When something has us in its grip and we can’t seem to escape it, we should just relax. Relax and let God take over. With his help, we can escape the grip and pull a fast one on the thing that is holding us down.
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Jan Ackerson
01/09/06
What a marvelous little lesson! A mini-devotional, rich in meaning.

Maybe start a new paragraph with "When something has us in its grip," to separate the lesson from the illustration.

Well done!
Katherine Douglas
01/09/06
What a wonderful way of looking at it. If we could all just learn to relax through uncomfortable grips. I am going to make an effort to do this.
Linda Watson Owen
01/10/06
This is a real gem!
Karen Heslink
01/10/06
What a tidy little analogy. Thanks for a lesson taught through the actions of children. How often we overlook their wisdom!
Andria Cook
01/10/06
A little more discription of the relaxing technique, the fight and a little humor added here and there would make this peace ready for submission to a chicken soup for the soul book!
Jeffrey Snell
01/11/06
Great lesson! Nice job of taking a simple real-life example and applying uncommon sense!
Marilyn Schnepp 
01/12/06
A very good object lesson. I would suggest making this into three paragraphs; thus making it a little smoother read. But a very good "Piece"...I liked it!
LINDA GERMAIN 
01/16/06
Nice analogy. A self defense instructor on TV said the best way to thwart a potential molester who tries to get you in a car is to just SLUMP like jello. It is more effective than fighting. You have the beginnings of a very good lesson/ devotional; just a little more "white space" please - for those of us with tired eyes. :0)