Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding; Proverbs 3:5
My family and I put this puzzle together that our daughter received as a Christmas gift.
It was a rather difficult one since there were a lot of flowers that looked like they could belong to any number of the tea cups. I would try to make a piece fit, only to be frustrated that I couldn't find the proper placement of it. Later, I'd realize it went in a completely different area.
This complex puzzle made me think about life. We have our ideas of how things should go or "fit." When circumstances don't meet our expectations, we become frustrated.
I then thought about this verse in Proverbs. I need to trust God and know that His ways are beyond my understanding. And that's good. Because in the end, when we see the puzzle (or life situations) being completed, we know His ways are best and for our good.
I love looking back on how I thought things were supposed to work out and then finding out God had a completely different plan. His ways really are so much better than mine. ;-)
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