The story is told of the daughter of a puzzle maker who was working on a 500 piece puzzle of the world. She was very excited as she was halfway finished with it. As she hurried upstairs trying to move the puzzle to her room, she accidently tripped and fell in full view of her family. To her dismay, puzzle pieces were now scattered all over the floor. As her father saw her situation, he couldn’t help but feel her frustration. Walking over, he extended his hand, placed the puzzle box in her hands, and helped carry the broken world to her room.
How many of our lives can be portrayed by this little girl’s predicament. On the one hand, many of us started out with high aspirations to put our world together. However, on our way, something happened and now we are constantly reminded of broken plans and dreams. If we are honest we must admit that things don’t always go as we had planned. As Robert Burns said, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” To make matters worse, we seem to fall where others can see us. However, in these times instead of giving up on our situation we need to do as the little girl did.
After getting up and walking with her dad, two hours later the little girl exclaimed from the top of the stairs, “My world is back together again!” How was she able to get it together?
1. Though she was down, she refused to stay down. From time to time, we all experience unplanned situations that knock us down. But as my dad always says, “No man is beaten because he gets knocked down, he is only beaten if he stays down.” Understand that the Father’s hand is ready and able to help you get back up again.
2. She received a picture that would enable her to get it together. After getting up, her father put the box in her hands. Remember that every puzzle has a picture on the box that shows what it’s supposed to look like. In the same way, our Father gives us a picture or vision for our life. Unfortunately many of us disregard the picture. Imagine how difficult it would be to put together a large puzzle without a picture. In the same it is difficult to assemble your purpose without a picture or vision.
3. She let her Father help put her world back together again. Instead of trying to do it all by herself, she trusted someone who had experience with puzzles. Our Father, can be trusted and is an expert at putting worlds, and lives back together again.
Never feel that your world has to stay torn up. It’s not too late for God to help you get it back together again!
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