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Picture this…
God’s got the box
Throughout our lives we encounter many people and situations. Some things make perfect sense and some things we just don’t get. I try to look at life as if it were a puzzle. Each person, each experience is a piece to our puzzle. Some pieces fit right into place, we know exactly where and how they fit. Others we may have to wait for other pieces to come along before we can tell where they go. Some give us a clue and some leave us clueless. Have you ever seen one of those puzzles, that when put together, can be connected to other puzzles to make an even bigger, more elaborate picture? Well, that’s kind of the way it works with people. Each person has his or her own puzzle going on and at the same time they’re connecting with others. But they all have one thing in common…God’s got the box! You know what I mean. When you buy a puzzle, you don’t just get a box full of pieces without a clue as to what it will look like. They give you a picture on the box to show you the finished puzzle. If God showed us the finished product of our lives and all the pieces which make it up, we would be overwhelmed and probably tuck tail and run. So, instead, he gives us pieces here and there as we are ready for them. So when I get discouraged because things aren’t making any sense, I tell myself it’s just another piece. Somehow somewhere it does fit. When I’m ready, he’ll show me how. In the meantime, I just have to trust and remember that God’s got the box.
Ripples on a pond
I was talking with a friend of mine one day about how our kids were growing up so fast. Hers was getting ready to go off to college and she was having a hard time letting her go. While trying to offer some kind of encouragement an image came to mind of ripples on a pond. This is what I shared with her, maybe it will be of some help to you. You’re standing beside a pond with a pebble in your hand. You don’t have the strength to throw it, so you reluctantly let it fall from your hand. It hits the water’s edge sending a wave of ripples dancing across the water. But the ripples are going out and away from you. Now imagine taking that pebble and throwing it with all your might. Out it sails into the middle of the pond. Its landing starts a wave of ripples that go out in all directions, even back towards you! Our children are like pebbles. If we hold them close, they can still impact their world. But how much more of an impact will their lives have if we let them go? If done through the strength of God’s love, they’ll come back to you, just like those ripples on the pond. |
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Singin' for Jesus...
