{"id":12124,"date":"2020-03-28T05:20:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T10:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=12124"},"modified":"2020-03-28T05:20:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T10:20:49","slug":"god-sees-the-big-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=12124","title":{"rendered":"God Sees the Big Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dear friends of mine, sequestered like the rest of us, found that putting a jigsaw puzzle together is a great way to make the most of this at-home time. They chose a 1,000 smaller-pieces puzzle. Far more challenging than 500-pieces like I usually choose! They started off all gung ho \u2013 displaying on FB when they completed the frame. I know how that feels as my family and I are puzzle fans also. Getting the frame completed gives the foundation for completing the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s usually at Christmas that we\u2019re all-in with getting a puzzle put together. It\u2019s displayed on a table area or kitchen island. We can\u2019t help ourselves \u2013 every time we walk past that area, we have to stop and find at least one piece. Such satisfaction comes finding that piece that opens the door for other pieces to pop in. And then the big ta-da \u2013 when someone gets to put in the last piece. Oh, the thrill of accomplishment!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But, not so, for my friends. The last piece was never found. She said: \u201cAargghh! We have one missing puzzle piece. How is that possible?!?\u201d Her husband said: \u201cWe finally finished the puzzle, only to find there is a missing piece! ? Still enjoyed it enough that we have already ordered another.\u201d Their frustration didn’t stop them from carrying on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, so it is with us \u2013 we don\u2019t let disappointments stop us! My friends had the box lid which showed the 1,000-piece puzzle \u2013 all completed. And, we want God to show us our lives: \u201cPlease, Lord, show me how this situation \u2013 this time of isolation \u2013 this time of fear \u2013 this time of worry and uncertainty \u2013 this time of disappointment \u2013 PLEASE show me how it\u2019s going to turn out! I don\u2019t want it to end up with missing pieces.\u201d In real life and in puzzles, God works all things together for good — but He has a perfect way, a perfect plan, and a perfect time, and He will not be rushed. He just asks us to trust Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The outside-of-the-box puzzle picture gives us hope for the finished product. But, it sure seems overwhelming when we first dump out all the pieces on the table. Similarly, we love the picture God presents in His Word of what we may become, what our future looks like, but often our patience gives way before the final picture is put together. God certainly wants us to try! So why don\u2019t we? Let\u2019s keep stretching and trusting and seeking Him Who has the BIG PICTURE already in action. Let\u2019s let God\u2019s grace keep helping us become the best-put-together puzzle we could ever be! We can trust God that He is working on our behalf \u2013 even when we don\u2019t see any evidence that He is. That\u2019s what faith is!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus looked at them and said, \u201cWith man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.\u201d Mark 10:27<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear friends of mine, sequestered like the rest of us, found that putting a jigsaw puzzle together is a great way to make the most of this at-home time. They chose a 1,000 smaller-pieces puzzle. Far more challenging than 500-pieces like I usually choose! They started off all gung ho \u2013 displaying on FB when…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15192,16937,16938,16936],"tags":[16932,2446,1210,16935,1739,1769,267,16931,2149,16933,2872,6357,16934,10619,1279,6360,3208],"class_list":["post-12124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-big-picture","category-jigsaw-puzzle","category-missing-piece","category-puzzle","tag-1000-piece","tag-big-picture","tag-blog","tag-box-lid","tag-challenging","tag-christian","tag-faith","tag-finished-product","tag-foundation","tag-frame","tag-frustration","tag-jigsaw-puzzle","tag-mark-1027","tag-missing-piece","tag-nothing-is-impossible","tag-puzzle","tag-satisfaction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12124"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12129,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12124\/revisions\/12129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}