Puzzles

Who can solve

the puzzle of life?

All the tiny pieces—

the incomprehensible piles

strewn across the table—

plague the mind.

We know there’s a picture there—

somewhere,

but how

and where

and when

do the pieces fit?

God knows.

Take the piece He gives you,

and lay it at his feet.

One by one,

the pieces will fit

somewhere.

A strange skeleton

will take shape—

a mix of

sad colors

and empty space—

foreshadowed beauty,

if only we knew.

And what if the piece in your hand

doesn’t fit

anywhere?

Keep it,

off to one side,

with all the other

mysteries—

needs for unknown days.

Every piece has a place

in God’s work—

somewhere.

And then—

when we finally see

the whole picture—

it

will

be

beautiful.