I love working on all kinds of puzzles, including jigsaws. I gain satisfaction as I feel like I am ‘participating in the painting’ of the picture. It also gives me a sense of accomplishment, and my years of assembling jigsaw puzzles have also improved my problem-solving skills. As a teenager, I enjoyed the slow process of searching for another piece to insert into the developing picture. But tonight, I am hurriedly building the puzzle as if in a race or a competition. I’m trying to finish it just to be done.
Shifting my position on the edge of the couch to release tension in my neck, I realize I am doing it again. I pause to acknowledge what is actually happening. Why am I rushing through this? Relax and embrace the act of puzzling. Enjoy the process. Don’t take the fun out of it! I chastise myself. Then, a revelation hits me! As an author working on several writing projects, I struggle to organize my writing into a usable book form. I have many pieces that I arrange, shuffle, and re-shuffle.
The similarity is striking, and the difference is huge. The jigsaw puzzle box shows a picture of the completed goal, while my book doesn’t. In my writing, I am the creator of the puzzle, and the Holy Spirit is the inspiration. He sees the big picture.
Jesus, I SURRENDER to you – so you can help me to slow down and enjoy the journey of writing a book. Help me to seek your guidance. Open my eyes to see the big picture. Enable me to focus when I feel scattered, and not rush the process. Intervene, Holy Spirit. Help my brain organize the pieces into a masterful piece that is reflective of you, just as this puzzle is reflective of a magnificent sunset over the mountains.
© 11/16/24 T J Kutscher. All rights reserved.
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I love your analogy of using a puzzle comparing it to the pieces of life. My friend is a genius with a big big heart. xo