Puzzles

Our lives are a puzzle - literally. Each lesson learned, each experience, every person we meet are one piece to the puzzle. We don't understand what the puzzle is going to look like when it is finished - kind of like trying to put a 500 piece puzzle together without the picture on the box - so we can't understand how all of our life is working together. Our frustration comes in when we try to cram pieces in places where they don't belong. No matter how bad we may want them there, if God doesn't want them there, they will never fit. It is very difficult building a puzzle without the picture on the box to look at.The key to remember is that God is the puzzle maker and His pictures are always beautiful. The picture of our life will not be complete until we are in heaven with God. He will then show us how everything fit together for His glory and beauty. Right now as I look at my life all I see are some very oddly shaped pieces with no edges and no real understanding of how it is all going to work together. I must trust that God is giving me just the right pieces when I need them and that they will fit together perfectly. It's all part of learning to walk toward Jesus.