4.3.12 The Missing Pieces

At the beginning of my dad's sermon this Sunday, he shared the story of the missing puzzle piece. A man named Jack Harris spent 7 and a half years doing a 5 foot wide, 5,000 piece puzzle depicting 'The Return of the Prodigal Son'. As he neared completion, he discovered that the puzzle was missing one piece. He contacted the manufacturer only to find, to his great disappointment, that the design was no longer made. Upon hearing his plight, the company had one of their expert puzzle designers individually create the missing piece to allow him to complete his dedicated endeavor.

My dad expounded that some of us have worked so hard in an area of our lives only to find that we are missing pieces of the puzzle. All of our effort creates an incomplete, even distorted picture if it is not completed. He said that we can trust the expert designer who will skillfully create these individual, perfect pieces to complete the puzzle.

In our lives, we have felt like Aimee has been a mystery, a puzzle. Our idea of what her little life would be like has been replaced piece by piece with another image. We are starting to see the new picture outlined, but are still missing so many pieces. We know that the expert designer will provide us more insight to this mystery as the months and years continue. What a reassurance to know that He created the story of her life before it began! As much as we would like to understand it all right now, we know we will someday see that He is so good to guide us through it piece by piece.