At LAST An Analogy!
So, you've probably been wondering -- where are all these great analogies, HUH, Nana....????!!?!??
Okay....get off my back. Here's one...
In preparation for my recent WLS surgery, (and the subsequent Desmond-less state -- for those who don't know about Dez....well, he deserves a post all his own!) I picked up some boredom-buster sorts of things. I knew I wouldn't be able to enjoy my studio, because it's been neglected too long and been the hazardous waste dump for all the OTHER rooms of the house....
You know how it goes....
"Hey, Honey (or Mama)....? What do you want me to do with THIS?" ....asked my some quasi-helpful loved one bearing a handful or an armful or a wheelbarrow-full of UFOs (Unidentifiable Frivolous Objects).
To which the standards response is a "Put it in my studio.", neatly trimmed with bookend SIGHS.
" Put it in my studio. "
The first sign translates as "Why don't they ever JUST ONCE think what they might do with it WITHOUT asking me?" and the second sign -- eversomuch more sincere reads "Good grief, but there's going to be a ton of crud for me to deal with when I finally HAVE to go face it!"
But I digress......
I bought a puzzle at Dollar Tree. I LOVE jigsaw puzzles. Love them.
This one, however, is kickin' my rather expansive backside!!! Only a thousand pieces....a rose-covered mansion or manor house.... with too much greenery and granite. Ack!! Then add in the fact that Dez tries to dissect it for me at least once a week!!! Phooey!
But here's the analogy.....I was sitting up late one Saturday night, working on this puzzle. I'd picked one piece up, literally hundreds of times, and studied it against the photo on the box. (BTW -- the savings that made it a $1 item to begin with is that there's no accuracy between the borders of the photo and the actual borders of the puzzle!!! Aggravating!!) I was utterly convinced that that particular piece did NOT belong in this puzzle. I've never been to a puzzle packing plant -- and have no idea how their packaged, but this piece HAD to have jumped ship and landed in the wrong box.
The next morning, I was waiting on my husband to meet me at the car for the ride to church. I happened to walk over to the puzzle, once again picking up that odd-shaped and seemingly miscolored piece, when I looked down and saw a spot --- could it? --- naw, couldn't be!!! -- sure enough. It FIT!
Amazing!
Then a short while later, the guest speaker read a passage as he began his message. A scripture so familiar I could quote from memory. And one that held no particular meaning to me, other than it's inclusion in the Word of God. Then he began to expound on it and BAM!!! could it be? -- did he know? -- WOW!!! Just like the puzzle piece, this scripture FIT MY LIFE....what I was going through at that very moment.
And the analogy was born...
You can stare at something repeatedly, but it remains unnoticed or unimportant until it suddenly becomes significant in your life. Once it has meaning and can plug in.....then everything is neatly fit together and shows you that YOUR perspective of the big picture is skewed. But God sees the beginning from the end. He knows what you're going to be going through -- so much so that He had just the answer you need penned centuries before you were born, knowing full well when, where and how badly you would need it.
Isn't He wonderful?
Okay....get off my back. Here's one...
In preparation for my recent WLS surgery, (and the subsequent Desmond-less state -- for those who don't know about Dez....well, he deserves a post all his own!) I picked up some boredom-buster sorts of things. I knew I wouldn't be able to enjoy my studio, because it's been neglected too long and been the hazardous waste dump for all the OTHER rooms of the house....
You know how it goes....
"Hey, Honey (or Mama)....? What do you want me to do with THIS?" ....asked my some quasi-helpful loved one bearing a handful or an armful or a wheelbarrow-full of UFOs (Unidentifiable Frivolous Objects).
To which the standards response is a "Put it in my studio.", neatly trimmed with bookend SIGHS.
"
The first sign translates as "Why don't they ever JUST ONCE think what they might do with it WITHOUT asking me?" and the second sign -- eversomuch more sincere reads "Good grief, but there's going to be a ton of crud for me to deal with when I finally HAVE to go face it!"
But I digress......
I bought a puzzle at Dollar Tree. I LOVE jigsaw puzzles. Love them.
This one, however, is kickin' my rather expansive backside!!! Only a thousand pieces....a rose-covered mansion or manor house.... with too much greenery and granite. Ack!! Then add in the fact that Dez tries to dissect it for me at least once a week!!! Phooey!
But here's the analogy.....I was sitting up late one Saturday night, working on this puzzle. I'd picked one piece up, literally hundreds of times, and studied it against the photo on the box. (BTW -- the savings that made it a $1 item to begin with is that there's no accuracy between the borders of the photo and the actual borders of the puzzle!!! Aggravating!!) I was utterly convinced that that particular piece did NOT belong in this puzzle. I've never been to a puzzle packing plant -- and have no idea how their packaged, but this piece HAD to have jumped ship and landed in the wrong box.
The next morning, I was waiting on my husband to meet me at the car for the ride to church. I happened to walk over to the puzzle, once again picking up that odd-shaped and seemingly miscolored piece, when I looked down and saw a spot --- could it? --- naw, couldn't be!!! -- sure enough. It FIT!
Amazing!
Then a short while later, the guest speaker read a passage as he began his message. A scripture so familiar I could quote from memory. And one that held no particular meaning to me, other than it's inclusion in the Word of God. Then he began to expound on it and BAM!!! could it be? -- did he know? -- WOW!!! Just like the puzzle piece, this scripture FIT MY LIFE....what I was going through at that very moment.
And the analogy was born...
You can stare at something repeatedly, but it remains unnoticed or unimportant until it suddenly becomes significant in your life. Once it has meaning and can plug in.....then everything is neatly fit together and shows you that YOUR perspective of the big picture is skewed. But God sees the beginning from the end. He knows what you're going to be going through -- so much so that He had just the answer you need penned centuries before you were born, knowing full well when, where and how badly you would need it.
Isn't He wonderful?
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