And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

Luke 22:19-20

I’m not much of a puzzle person, but I have plenty of loved ones who are. They enjoy the sorting of colors, the separating of shapes, to first form a border and to gently search for the pictures to slowly come together. Then after putting it all together, they admire it, take a picture and then take it all apart for the next time, or the next friend or family member to say, “Hey, let’s do this one!”

I think one of the reasons I’ve shied away from putting puzzles together is because of the experience of getting to the last couple or even the last piece to complete, and it is simply “not there”. Perhaps it got knocked under the couch, or on the floor and under the rug. Maybe it fell down between the sofa pieces, or the baby or the dog ate it. I don’t know about you, but for me there is something frustrating about not having that last piece to complete all the time, effort, and hard work put into making the puzzle “picture perfect”. After all what kind of photo would that be for social media with a missing piece?

If you notice above I mentioned “work” rather than pleasure. I think this must be the root of my problem in the puzzle world. My perspective sees the puzzle as work, rather than play, fun, relaxing, sharing, and just sitting alone or with someone to spend time together. The LORD really chastised me about this. Somebody loves me for who I am, not what I can do. I know for certain my children and my grandchildren do, I know for certain I have some friends who know “the real” me, and they still love me and want to spend time with me. Most of all I know the LORD loves me, and He tells me He loved me even before I knew about putting puzzles together.

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.  In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know.”

Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

John 14:1-4

At the Last Supper, Jesus shared information using communion as the sacrament. It wasn’t about learning more about the bread and the wine, it was about what would be done for the world, past, present and future. He would become the missing piece to gain eternal life.

Jesus would pour out Himself to give opportunity for those who would come, sit down, fellowship with Him, follow Him, and most importantly trust Him. His message for them and us is; If we don’t understand the missing pieces, if we would continue to search for HIM, we will always find Him.

We see an example of this in the story of Peter. At the Last Supper he sworeto defend and follow Jesus, no matter what. Jesus quickly rebukes Peter letting him know that he didn’t have all the pieces yet. Peter would in fact deny Jesus not once but three times within the next few hours. Peter didn’t have all the pieces to the puzzle— yet.

We occasionally find ourselves in circumstances when we believe we have everything sorted out perfectly. It might be a relationship at home, work or in the context of serving others. It could be an illness, an unplanned mishap, a painful encounter, or simply our own perception of what we ought to do or not do. The majority of the time, living is not easy nor perfectly understood, but  we can find peace without having all the pieces perfectly in place if we allow Jesus to lead and guide our search. Sort the pieces that are in front of you and ask Him, to fill in the rest. He will always answer us when we call out to Him.

You are one of God’s Treasures and created to have a happy & healthy life!
Marlene 
from ashes to beauty…
Cinderella Released Ministries

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