The Puzzle Called 'Life'

   Here I am sitting, on a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon, not along the shore of the beautiful Great Lake Superior, but in our backyard.  I planned this writing back in April, looking forward to writing this from the beautiful beach of Herbster in Northern Wisconsin.  But I didn’t make that trip.

   The good Lord has a way of changing our plans, even those good and Godly plans. This message is all about “His plans” for our lives.  I had my own plans but they too all changed when I became a believer 50 years ago. I believe it was the 2nd Sunday of June, 1969, praise the Lord!  It was after church when I was waiting for the bar to open.  I was sitting in the parking lot playing with the car radio, when I came across Dr. Bruce Dunn, preaching like Billy Graham, then the invitation came.  I gave my life to Christ.

   This message of “Life’s Puzzle” has been on my mind this past year, using the idea that life is so much like that 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle, that just needed to be explained.

   I pray and hope you reading this will get the thought. Now I don’t expect you much younger folks to all “get it.” I didn’t either, until I reached age 82!  I guess we just need to get to the 9th inning of life to really understand,  if you are trying to live for the Lord.  The Lord’s ways are not a ...

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