Jigsaw Puzzles Drive Me Crazy
I have never been a fan of jigsaw puzzles. I know some of you are ... maybe even a lot of you. I have seen pictures posted of completed puzzles and have felt just a twinge of envy. I am very impressed with a person’s tenacity to put a 500 to 1000-piece puzzle together. I have a very limited attention span ... and I am terribly impatient. Either those two things are really the same, or they are very closely related. But the bottom line is that I don’t have the ability or interest in sitting down to try to match tiny pieces of cardboard to other tiny pieces of cardboard.
The very interesting thing though, to me, is that our loving Father is committed to working on the puzzles of our lives. It may take years for one little piece to be put in place ... but He wants us to be whole and to be a complete picture of His love and grace at work in the details of our lives.
Within the last few months, I have been deeply touched by connections with a couple of very special people. I never expected to hear from them, and of course, life would have continued to go on if I had not ... but the blessing and joy of receiving those unexpected gifts would have been missed.
I also just recently spoke with a dear friend about something that has given me great heartache since the passing of my parents nearly thirteen years ago. Being able to express my sorrow and grief like I never have before ... and receiving such understanding and wise counsel ... was another piece of my puzzle being put in its right place.
He is a good, good Father. He is patient enough ... loving enough ... committed enough ... to work on us and in us until the puzzle is beautifully complete.
“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3
“And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28
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