November 11, 2005

Pieces of the Puzzle

Each lifetime is the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.
For some there are more pieces.
For others the puzzle is more difficult to assemble.
Some seem to be born with a nearly completed puzzle.
And so it goes.
Souls going this way and that
Trying to assemble the myriad parts.

But know this. No one has within themselves
All the pieces to their puzzle.
Like before the days when they used to seal jigsaw puzzles in cellophane.
Insuring that all the pieces were there.

Everyone carries with them at least one and probably
Many pieces to someone else's puzzle.
Sometimes they don't know it.
Sometimes they don't know.

And when you present your piece
Which is worthless to you,
To another, whether you know it or not,
Whether they know it or not,
You are a messenger from the Most High.

[Used from Lawrence Kushner's book "Honey from the Rock" pg. 69-70]

We are all doing the the work of God whether we realize it or not. I hope that my "worthless" pieces will be blessings in your life and yours in mine.... let's not wander about unless we do so with grace and mercy!