The puzzle

So I used to like to put together puzzles as a kid. I would pick out puzzles that had cool designs on them, mostly sports or cars but some were based on shows I liked. There was a He-Man puzzle that I liked that was about 300 pieces that was quite a booger to put together because so many of the characters looked alike. So you could realistically have 20-30 pieces that looked very much alike. Last night I got home from our softball game to Alexa and P.J. sitting on my parents' living room floor with puzzle pieces all over. They were working on a puzzle together.
If we truly think about our lives as a puzzle, if we see each day as a piece of that puzzle think about the building process that God goes through. He has the box top with the picture of the finished product and we are just taking it one piece at a time. Each day is another piece of your earthly puzzle that you will one day trade in for an eternity of heavenly wonder.
Think about the longevity of your life, Right now I have been alive for 11,865 days and that is a lot of puzzle pieces. Let's say I make it to 50 that's 18,250,70 will be 25,550, and if I made it all the way to 90 that would be 32,850 days. That is a huge puzzle. Each day is ordained for us and planned out by God. He knows our mistakes and our triumphs in each of those days and we need to trust that God has started that puzzle and He won't stop putting it together until His good works are fulfilled in our lives.
Philippians 1:6 "Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."
There you have it, God started that puzzle and like my 2 little girls He will not stop working on it until it is complete, whole and in the image of all He created you to be.
So take today's piece, give it to God, glorify Him and know that it is part of His plan unraveling in your life.
Thanks for reading and have a great day! Say an extra prayer today as I will be in Jacksonville with Kiara Carmichael a 14 year old in our youth ministry who is having back surgery at 1pm.