Vonnie Ewing Lopez - In The Chaple

In The Chapel

A PLACE FOR ME

Life is a big puzzle that on my own I can never figure out. I enjoy the challenge of a puzzle, but life is the one that always befuddles me. Just when I think I've got all the outside edges put together, you know, that should be the easy part, then life throws in an extra turn and I have to start all over again.

You know how it is with puzzles, you always think somebody lost one of the pieces, "There's a piece missing here." Or you find a really weird piece that doesn't look like it belongs to this puzzle.

The odd piece that never seems to fit in my puzzle of life is me. I can find places for friends, family, children, husband, work, and chores…but where do I fit in? I always have good advice for people and feel free to give my opinion to those who ask, and even some who don't. "Oh, you should try getting involved in this area. You'd be great at that! I think that's your specialty." It seems so easy to figure out, and I often find it difficult to believe that they didn't know it all along.

But then, that's the whole mystery to the puzzle of life. We are all struggling in our own world to find a place that we fit in. "Where do I belong? Where do I fit in? What's my purpose?" When we are looking through our own eyes, the answers to these questions can be impossible to see.

When you've been up all night trying your very best to put the puzzle together and none of the pieces seem to fit, wouldn't it be wonderful if the original artist of the puzzle would stop by and say, "Oh look, this one goes here. Yes, that odd shaped one goes over here in this place."

And yet, that's exactly what He does. Even when we have spent all our energies trying to figure it out on our own and we've been staying up late messing things up and putting pieces in voids where they don't even fit…When we've finally had enough and we are big enough to admit out loud, "That's it. I give up. I can't do it on my own. Can You help me, please?" He shows up…the painter of the picture…the designer of the plan…the architect of the future…And He gently whispers, "This is the way, walk ye in it."

Scripture
Isaiah 30:21
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Prayer
Lord, I don't know why some things are so hard for me to figure out. I don't know why sometimes I questions the plans You have for me. I wish I could just walk everyday with the same assurance that each step is ordered. But sometimes I fail to truly believe that. Sometimes I find myself trying to make odd pieces to the puzzle fit into spaces that don't fit. But I'm asking You today, Lord, to make the crooked place straight. Give me understanding beyond today. Give me strength to hold on to the promises You have already made.

I thank You for the plans You have for me. I am grateful for each and every step that You have already ordered before me. I love the fact that You have a purpose for me…yes, even me. Let me rest in that promise.

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