Seasons Are Like Puzzles

Puzzles; we have at some point in our lives put one together, or tried and got angry and put the pieces back in the box and shelved it for later, sold it in a garage sale, or donated it to the Thrift Store, Goodwill or Salvation Army. They can be 10, 500, 5,000 pieces. Regardless of the size as you take them out of the box and look at them for the first time, you wonder how it will all fit together. I always jump in and find the corner pieces. As the pieces are spread out you start looking at the edges of each individual piece to see what will fit together. Soon, a picture develops, yes we see it on the front of the box, but imagine for a minute if you didn’t see the picture on the front of the box, nor had it at all. Would you be curious or frustrated?

Now, think of the pieces of this puzzle as events happening in the Seasons of your life. Seasons in this case are not the typical Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. These are Season’s God has you go through in your life. We have all gone through them and yes there are more on the way. They can be long, short, stormy, calm, and yes even tranquil, it is all up to God. Each one, he develops in his unique way just like a puzzle. Imagine how many puzzle pieces he has to deal with each day? What if he has the same reaction we do with puzzles…he tried to put it together, but got angry and shelved it for later? Or worse donated it? If you sit back and think about it, it is scary. He will never do that, but I think you get the picture.

Our job is to realize he has put us in certain Season’s for a reason and when he is done putting the puzzle together the Season will be revealed. Realize too that he might start another puzzle before the previous one is complete. Have you ever had multiple puzzles going at once? He has billions! Do you have full FAITH and TRUST he knows what he is doing or are you going to try to put the puzzle together YOUR way? Be careful he might put you in a box and shelf you for later!

The choice is yours.