Over the weekend it was another hot one so our family pulled out some jigsaw puzzles out of the closet we hadn’t put together for a while.
There were 300 pieces regular size so it was one we knew we could complete in a couple of hours. We turned the box upside down and started turning all of them from the cardboard brown side to the bright and colorful side.
We also looked for the end pieces with a straight edge to make the border. I always like to make the border first.
Do you have borders in your life to set biblical boundaries in for protection and obedience?
Or do you need to step out of your own little box and have faith?
I think each person answers “yes” to one or the other or both of those questions at certain times in life depending on the circumstance...they are important questions to ask ourselves sometimes.
While we were putting the puzzle together, my husband held up a piece and said, “You know…our life can be like a puzzle piece.”
Our daughter asked, “How?”
He said, “We sometimes question God why He allows certain things to happen in our lives. But God can see the big picture even though we can’t see it or understand it all the time. See, this is just one puzzle piece but it’s an important part of the entire puzzle. We are like being that one puzzle piece. God has a special purpose for allowing circumstances to happen and He has a special purpose for us in His big Story…or his big puzzle.”
Lesson learned from putting a puzzle together.
I thank God for the ways He can teach our kids and give us reminders about Himself in ordinary, and even fun, activities like putting a puzzle together. (#713)
#714 gift of a story… the story my husband told of his “mishap” at 3am when he took our son to church to leave for camp.
#715 Roger, the greeter, at church and his story he shared with me.
#716 an email from a Christian sister and her steadfast encouragement
#717 Our dog Levi’s 3rd birthday and the party our daughter threw for him.
#718 hearing that unoffered prayers are worse than unanswered prayers
#719 a morning spent with special friends
#720 hearing with a smile about the book of Titus
#721 gift low - friends’ basement filled with enormous opportunities of imagination
#722 gift high… bloomed sunflower risen high over head
#723 gift far away… son far away at camp…please pray for safety and him knowing Jesus even more.
Lovely!
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