Puzzle Pieces
I went to a Women's Retreat last weekend. This was the first Women's retreat i've been on and as I realized, the first retreat or camp that I've been to in a long time that was for me and I had no leadership obligations. I was excited for a weekend to just spend refocussing on my relationship with God and also have some good time with my sisters-in-law. I did get some good refocus time and I did get some really good sister time. But like always, God had more in mind. Now, like I said, I've been to a lot of retreats and camps in my life. Being the good, Christian girl that I am, I got to this retreat, I looked at the lineup of the sessions and automatically assumed I knew everything that was going to be said throughout the weekend. Well, we know what assuming does....The thing with God is that no matter how much you think you know or have heard, there's always more and being imperfect and messed up, sometimes we can hear the same thing over and over and never get it.
This weekend turned out to be one of the best weekends I've had in a long time. God showed himself to me in ways He never has. The speaker was relatable to every age group and situation....she has even broken her back, just like me!. I learned in new ways what it means to be truly loved by God. The main scripture of the week was Psalm 139....how many times have we learned that one? and yet, this passage that i've heard so many times spoke to me like never before:
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you. " (Psalm 139:13-18)
I love that. God had all of our days planned before one even happened. The analogy she used really spoke to me. Our lives are like a box of puzzle pieces. They seem all messed up and scrambled. Each piece, individually, makes no sense. Some pieces are prettier than others. Some are blank, some are dark, some are light, and some have patterns. However, all of the pieces somehow fit
together and only God knows how and sees the bigger picture. So all these pieces of life right now that make no sense and just seem like a big mess, will eventually make sense and create a beautiful picture....and that picture is GOOD! That picture is more beautiful than I can imagine. It says in Romans that the picture will be good- "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28) and in Habakkuk, we learn that the picture is more beatiful than I can even comprehend. "For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told." (Habakkuk 1:5) It's so beautiful that if someone told me what it was a picture of, I wouldnt believe it.
Lastly, I was reminded that all it takes for God to create that masterpiece, is to choose each day that I am going to serve God that day. "But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”
So Choose to serve God each day and accept his unconditional love. His thoughts for you are so vast, they outnumber the grains of sand...now THAT's love.
This weekend turned out to be one of the best weekends I've had in a long time. God showed himself to me in ways He never has. The speaker was relatable to every age group and situation....she has even broken her back, just like me!. I learned in new ways what it means to be truly loved by God. The main scripture of the week was Psalm 139....how many times have we learned that one? and yet, this passage that i've heard so many times spoke to me like never before:
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you. " (Psalm 139:13-18)
I love that. God had all of our days planned before one even happened. The analogy she used really spoke to me. Our lives are like a box of puzzle pieces. They seem all messed up and scrambled. Each piece, individually, makes no sense. Some pieces are prettier than others. Some are blank, some are dark, some are light, and some have patterns. However, all of the pieces somehow fit
together and only God knows how and sees the bigger picture. So all these pieces of life right now that make no sense and just seem like a big mess, will eventually make sense and create a beautiful picture....and that picture is GOOD! That picture is more beautiful than I can imagine. It says in Romans that the picture will be good- "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28) and in Habakkuk, we learn that the picture is more beatiful than I can even comprehend. "For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told." (Habakkuk 1:5) It's so beautiful that if someone told me what it was a picture of, I wouldnt believe it.Lastly, I was reminded that all it takes for God to create that masterpiece, is to choose each day that I am going to serve God that day. "But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”
So Choose to serve God each day and accept his unconditional love. His thoughts for you are so vast, they outnumber the grains of sand...now THAT's love.
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