Imagine yourself one day sitting with God. In the table, there was an empty puzzle frame lying. You wondered what had God wanted to say through this, so you asked Him, "God, what is the meaning of this?". With His gentle voice, He answered, "Just wait and see, my child". He first took five puzzle pieces from a 1000-pieces puzzle box and put them in their places. "Can you see the picture?", He asked. And you answered, "Of course not". And yet He took another five puzzle pieces and asked the same question, and you answered no.

One by one, He went with the puzzle pieces, and when the 999th piece is set, He asked, "Can you see what it is?". You answered, "I can start to see, but there's still one piece missing". And He put the final piece into the puzzle frame. What you saw was a beautiful picture of you and Him, enjoying your perfect moments together. You see the beauty of His hand's work, He never put a piece in a wrong place, not even once. You saw the breathtaking picture, and then you look at Him, and see Him smiling at you.... =)

The puzzle frame is our life's frame. Sometimes, when God put down a piece of His plans in our life, we complained. Because we cannot see the full picture of what God is going to make through us, we complained and asked Him why does He let us suffer and why does He let us experience those and these things. Sometimes, we also complain too about God's placement of the pieces. We say that "this doesn't belong here" or "that belongs to me so don't take it away". Sometimes we went so far as to push the wrong piece ourselves into our life frames, and what do you get when you push by force a puzzle piece to a wrong place? A broken piece.

We have to let God do His work in our life, because He knows the whole picture of our life, and we don't. If we surrender our lives to Him, He will gently put the pieces one by one into our life, and His placement is never wrong and He never fails. If we wait patiently enough for God to complete His plans, we will one day see the whole picture that He's planning to make all along in our life. And you can be sure that it's a beautiful plan He's carving for you. Do not fear about the future, if you feel that you cannot see where your life is heading to, pray to Him, and ask Him to do the puzzle for you. This is an important message, especially for Mee-a, Chees and Iyem.


"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." (Rome 8:28, NKJV)


••• Thursday, December 25, 2003 •••