Pieces of the Puzzle

“Each piece has a place that all comes together to create a beautiful picture.”

Loren Thornburg

Jigsaw puzzles can be a fun activity.  I have learned there are different ways to approach puzzles.  Some people put the pieces together by shape, some by color and some can see both color and shape together.  Each one sees the pieces on the table differently.  For me there is something about having the final picture in front of me that helps.   There is also something about the picture that helps me see that in the midst of pieces everywhere there is a way for them to all come together.  Sometimes it can seem like they will never find their place like the pieces of our lives.  It’s hard to see how this season, job, or experience has any relation to where I’m headed.  Yet, what I’ve found in looking back is that they all come together in a beautiful way.  It’s just hard to see through all the pieces.  

“Many, LORD my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare.”

Psalm 40:5 

You can get lost in the pieces if you stay there too long and miss what the pieces are creating.  Whether it’s looking at the picture or the box or seeing the bigger picture we need this for more than puzzles.  God calls us to it.  We see all throughout scripture the call to look to Him, the One who created this puzzle of life and the pieces of your life.  He knows how to put them together for a beautiful design.  The God who has done many wonders, too many to recount, is the One who wants to be the author of your life and of the picture the pieces are creating.  If we let Him He can take our pieces and make them into something wonderful.  Each piece has a place.  Even the pieces of your life can come together for something beautiful.