The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out. But I, God, search the heart and examine the mind. I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things. I treat them as they really are, not as they pretend to be. [Jeremiah 17:9-10 (MSG)]

At times, life is a bit like a jigsaw puzzle. It gets muddled and disconnected; nothing seems to fit together and we can’t see the whole picture. Puzzle pieces will never fit together if they are the wrong shape and size. Have some parts of our lives become so important that other elements have been crowded out? Or, have certain areas of our lives been neglected and become too small, leaving an empty place in our hearts? Moreover, if pieces are missing, no matter how hard we try, the puzzle simply won’t be complete; we’ll never feel fulfilled. Have areas of our lives been lost or forgotten? Today, let’s look at our own personal puzzles and analyze how the parts of our lives fit together.

Father, fill us with your Holy Spirit so that we can make sense of the confusion of our busy lives. Help us examine our priorities. Show us what parts of our lives are out of proportion and help us find any that have been misplaced. Let us never forget the most important and largest pieces: You, prayer, and faith.

When we can’t piece together the puzzle of our own lives, remember the best view of a puzzle is from above. Let Him help put you together. [Terri Guillemets]

What happened was this: People knew God perfectly well, but when they didn’t treat him like God, refusing to worship him, they trivialized themselves into silliness and confusion so that there was neither sense nor direction left in their lives. They pretended to know it all, but were illiterate regarding life. They traded the glory of God who holds the whole world in his hands for cheap figurines you can buy at any roadside stand. [Romans 1:21-23 (MSG)]