BornoftheSpirit- Amen sister. I couldn't have said it better myself. His time is our True time. I'm so glad to see the strength in your faith. I discover each day I'm getting stronger and stronger and there's no doubt that He uplifts me daily and sometimes hourly.
I carry in my pocket a small plastic box that contains a single piece of a jigsaw puzzle. I like to use it as a conversation piece. A typical conversation goes something like this. Can you look at this single piece of puzzle and describe the whole picture to me? Of course the response is "No". Now imagine that this single piece of puzzle represents one day, one month, or even one year of your life. In the present tense we have no way of knowing the purpose of this single piece of puzzle. But you see God painted the picture, cut out each piece. He knows what the significance of this simple single puzzle piece represents. Now we must trust that God's plan is perfect and that no matter what trials of life we experiece, they have a purpose, a reason. He builds His children for a battle against pricipalities, against forces so strong we could never have a chance of succeeding on our own, but we are not alone, for He has promised to be with us. You see we have already won the battle. That's where we hear the challenging word "Faith". Our faith must be in His perfect plan for us in our lives, in His faithfulness to us to keep the promises that He has promised us. I often think, "Oh yeah of little faith", and it reminds me of sinful man and what sin has and is doing to the world. Satan and his angels are a powerful foe, but we're on the winning team.
Ok, enough preaching. I agree that things will happen in His time, that a new relationship might be in my plan, but like you I hold to His unchanging hand and patiently wait and follow. His will be done!
Hello ComesoonmyLORD,
This is the description I see for your puzzle piece. Your puzzle piece symbolizes each season you go through in your life. The entire puzzle is symbolic of God's plan for your life. There are many pieces in one puzzle. In faith, step by step, and in obedience to God, you walk down the path God has chosen for you. Piece by piece God fits the puzzle pieces together as you go through each season in your life. Finally, when all the pieces are fit together, we see the craftsmanship of the Potter. We see our lives as God has molded and shaped them for us. We see the straight and narrow path, and walk down it. Each step we take down God's chosen path, is a step of faith. Each time we take a step, God enables us to see more and more clearly the person who He has molded us into - who we are in Jesus Christ, and our responsibilities regarding the edification of the church and glorification of God. In obedience to God, we chose to yield to our old ways, and instead, chose to take on the characteristics of Christ. By allowing God to work through us, these characteristics now become magnified and the glory of God shines through us like a beacon for all to see. We begin to understand what God has called us to do, and in obedience to God, we continue down that path.
I believe God has given me this word for you. I feel in my spirit God saying He has given you a brand new life made out of brand new puzzle pieces - puzzle pieces that have never been marred or used before. Through faith you accepted those puzzle pieces, which represent each season in God's plan for your life, and you started on a new journey. You stepped out in faith and started down the path our Lord has mapped out for you. If you continue down God's chosen path, our Father in Heaven will paint a far more beautiful picture than the first, and you will see it unfold, giving praise, glory and honor to God all the way through your walk with Him. This is God's blessing to you.
I describe my life, my dreams and my hopes as a stained glass window. After my husband died, my stained glass window shattered, and all the pieces went crashing to the floor and scattered. All our hopes and dreams we had built together as husband and wife, our life together as a Christian couple, and (what we thought) God's wonderful plan He had for us as a Christian husband and wife had been shattered all around me and I didn't know how to put the pieces back together.
When I allowed God to put the pieces of my life back together, He showed me that it was not the same stained glass window that had just shattered beneath my feet. He was not going to use the same shattered pieces of the stained glass window of my life to piece my life back together. Instead, He gave me a new life, a new beginning in the plan He has chosen for me. He has chosen to use brand new pieces of stainded glass that have never been shattered before, and from them, build an even more beautiful stained glass window for my life.
Just thought you'd like to know, I really feel a spiritual connection with you - kindred spirits.
