Finding the Puzzling Piece

Have you ever imagined your life like it is a big picture scattered in a hundred piece puzzle? I see mine like that. A big beautiful picture, and everything are bits that make up the whole picture, some of the spaces are bigger than the other. Most of the time, we try to fit some piece into the wrong place.

For instance, there's this huge space that appears inside of us when we've had a face off with a loved one, family, for context sake. We run off in search of other ways to fill that void rather than reconciling, thanks to our proud pride. We try making family out of others, weighing them with so much responsibility. Or we look for habits we can cultivate, just to fill up that lack. I'd be bursting your bubble to say it won't work. Time can't heal some things, on the contrary, it reminds you of it because truth is, nothing fills that void. Family, solid relationships, and other important life consistuent.

We all keep screaming "no one is irreplaceable" however, that doesn't apply to this funny picture called life for pieces like family, and GOD. I couldn't come up with other important stakes, so you would have to broaden this with what's important to YOU in life that money (or other look-alike society is trying to come up with these days) can't replace.

I'm going to drive this home by bringing it closer to the GOD factor because the big space we keep thinking money or other stuff would fill, is reserved for HIM in all of us. Whether we know him now or not. Think about it, there would always be space for the author in his book right? I'm sorry that a lot of persons, on their quest to explain HIM without a revelation has completely ruined HIS message to you. How are you sure I'm not selling you a half baked pie too?
Well, GOD confirms his message through the Holy Spirit, so I'm going to leave the convincing part to Him.

Are you happy? Don't answer immediately. Let this one sink.

I asked myself this question during the week as I fixed my eyes on the screen, watching a faith based movie. In the movie, the guy who wasn't a believer taunted the believer with questions, then concluded with "everything I own I made for myself, it wasn't handed over to me by some bearded guy in heaven...," the believer asked "...well are you happy?"

I asked myself too and I'm taking each day to give myself an answer. It's a long YES.
For context again, I don't have a job (yet), spending my savings to the last hundred and I'm not filling the shoes that my peers are filling at the moment... still, I'm happy. So happy that I haven't cried or questioned GOD in the last two months. I'm happy because I no longer see my joy being sustained by factors within the realms of this earth. Nope!

This is crisp truth. Life would always come at you, and GOD won't always shield you from them because HE is a FATHER, not a magician. Your dad let's you manoeuvre your way through some difficulties he naturally would have helped you with, or save you from, just so you become tougher. I remember when I was about to enter the university, my mum and I went to see the bursar for some fees advice. They talked for a few minutes and the man said to my mum "No Ma, she can't possibly be coming from home". My mum almost fainted since she couldn't imagine her baby girl living miles away from her, just to register the fact that I was happy though. Now if she wasn't restricted, I trust my mum would have loved to live in the hostel with me. You get the gist?

At some point we all must grow. A coach doesn't play in the match, but he is as pensive as the rest of the players because he probably desires victory more than the rest of them. He knows it will be tough of course, but imagine his disappointment when you miss an open opportunity to score.

Why this piece is important in your picture?

It's the same. HIS love is the same, you need HIM. Forgive that family member, Forgive the friend (you know the one), and seek what's most important because life is ridiculously SHORT! Nothing here is consistent... obviously!

You see, we all carve our life lessons from life's experience, so a little vulnerability  is required right?

Since 2017, my dad took the liberty to ALWAYS send retirement related articles to me. In all the thousand articles he has sent, the moral was the same everytime.

They all start to grow old and one thing becomes priority ; fulfillment. It doesn't matter how wealthy or influential they were, it was the same. Fulfillment in this context is peace in contentment while having the correct life consistuent in place. I believe wise, big daddy Solomon, having so much soap, felt the same way when he let out "vanity upon vanity..." and an answer ensured in 1Tim 6:6-8.

The presence of the father is a constant factor in our lives, HE steers us through the path that leads to peace. A picture isn't complete when there's a big puzzling space right in the middle. Although I told my dad to stop sending those articles because, I haven't even "lived the life yet". It's the same regardless of whatever phase we're in at the moment. 

Take HIS hand and be in the sanctity of peace. Walk his path because HE always gets it right. Always.

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