Life is a Princess Puzzle

Well, maybe not a princess puzzle, but life is a puzzle. I was watching my two oldest daughters working on a puzzle yesterday and it really got me thinking. As I was watching them I saw how they could look at most pieces of the puzzles and they could tell what part of the puzzle they were holding. They might be able to tell that the piece in their hand was part of Cinderella or part of Belle. They could find other pieces that might connect together with their piece, but when they focused on just the piece in their hand they were not able to see the whole bigger picture. It was only as they began to connect pieces together and stop focusing on just one little part that they were able to see what the picture really was.

I think this happens a lot in life. So many times we come across something in life that we get stuck on. We focus our attention on this one thing in our life so much that we forget to see the bigger picture. Every thing that we experience in life fits into our bigger picture. Some things that we experience might not be a great piece to our puzzle. It might not be the pretty piece or the sparkly piece or a piece of the main picture, but without all of these pieces our life picture is not complete.

We need to remember when we get stuck on focusing on just our little piece that God is looking at the bigger picture. He sees how each little piece connects together to complete the beautiful picture that is our life.

Another thing that I was reminded of is that God is in control and He puts the pieces together. We need to follow God's leading. My daughters could not force two pieces to fit together that were not made to fit. And we cannot force our life along and end up with the beautiful picture that God has in store for us. We need to follow God as he gives us piece by piece.