i was at my sister's house over labor day weekend eating my brother-in-law's famous smoked ribs. my sister loves to put puzzles together. on her dining room table she had set out the pieces for a 2000-piece puzzle. i could see how she had started by putting the "edge" pieces together. she would randomly place loose pieces in the middle of the puzzle. these pieces were not connected to any other pieces ... they were just there waiting for another piece that would fit.
what i found interesting about this was that my sister did not spend much time trying to find out exactly where that piece should go. in time she knew she would find the place for this piece.
when it comes to god's will this approach can save us a lot of heart ache. as you seek god's will pieces of the puzzle will surface from time to time. you know god is trying to tell you something; you just don't know what. you get anxious and immediately try to figure out what he is trying to tell you.
a better approach would be to place this piece of the puzzle on the table and continue to work on the edges. in time you will discover where this piece goes. for the time being focus on the edges.
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Xclnt illustration. I must share this with some of my seminary students who are struggling with God's will re vocation, calling, mission, etc.
Have u read Friesen's Decision Making and the Will of God?
It is spot on.
um abraco, caro amigo.
sam w
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