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Puzzled
by Kevin Corbin (Kevin's bio)
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Over the years, I've had an on again off again love affair with jigsaw puzzles. I would work on them compulsively and do puzzle after puzzle, then stop and not do another for years. There were times when the kitchen table couldn't be used for eating because there was always a partially completed puzzle underway.
We tried doing them on boards, but then finding a spot to keep the board was always a hassle. The boards just fit best on the table. We tried the roll up felt puzzle maps but they never seemed to work quite right.
I'm told there are now jigsaw puzzles made of thick foam which keeps the pieces together better when they have to be put away for a while. Perhaps I'll try one of them one day.
There was always a sense of satisfaction in finally completing the puzzle. Every now and then though, when we got down to the last few pieces we'd find that one was missing. That proved to be very frustrating. There was nothing that could be done about it either. Even if you bought an identical puzzle just to get the missing piece, you were still left with an incomplete new puzzle that was missing the piece.
Something similar happens with God. He created us with a piece missing in our spirit.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV
We try to fill the void with many things but none of the seems to work. Money; power; fame; sex; drugs; possessions; careers; adrenalin sports; marriage; repeated marriages; extra-marital affairs; children and more get thrown at the void. All fail to perfectly fill the hole. There is only one thing that can fill that hole, a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
The blessing of course is that the void tells us there is more to life. It helps us to seek the fulfillment and can lead us to being restored to God our Father through Christ.
Until next time rejoice in the fact that He left us something to cause us to search for Him.
Hallelu Yah (Praise God)
Be blessed
Kevin
Copyright 2005, K.F. "Kevin" Corbin. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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About Kevin Corbin Kevin is a Canadian author, Bible teacher and pastor. He came to know Jesus as Lord and Savior while in his mid 30's. In addition to writing devotionals (read by more than 30,000 readers daily in over 180 countries, six days a week), Kevin is pastor of "the cowboy church" in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada. "the cowboy church" is an evangelical fellowship (affiliated with the Evangelical Free Church of Canada) ministering through country music and informal fellowship on Friday nights.
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