Have you ever wondered how all the loose ends would be pulled together? In the past few months I have been watching God pull the connections of my life together in the most beautiful way. I look at it as a tapestry of faith.
I marvel at how God orders our steps and directs our lives. We are rarely aware the significance of events as they happen or people that our paths cross.
Do you believe that God has a purpose for your life? Look around you. Examine the people and look deeply. Realize they are made in the image of God, as you are. You may not see it now, but these that you are reaching may one day in fact be a needed blessing to you in the days and even years to come.
Cast your bread upon the water.
I recently was made aware of a young couple I know were in the midst of transition. I called them told them I was praying in their behalf and gave a few names to contact. As I was getting off the phone, this person said to me, "I really appreciate it." My response to him was, "I have always heard it said, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. If I were in your situation I would want someone to help me."
As I pondered this, I realize that I have many times been in this situation in some degree and God has always had someone there to help. I want to encourage you to help those you know you can. Don't be so wrapped up in your own life that you neglect to do good things for others.
It will come back to you. Without doubts in time every good thing you do will come rolling back into your life. The other day, not sure how it came up, but my wife and I were talking about what we want people to say about us when we are 80 years old. I told her, "I want people to cry when I die." It would be my desire that I could be a blessing to people that when I am gone, I would be missed. If you come to my funeral fifty years from now, don't shout, bring a box of tissues.
All jesting aside, the same God that orders the events of morning and evening, orders your steps every day. The days are so regulated that you can set your clock to it and track it on a calendar. This same God is doing what he can to order your affairs if you will work with him, wait on him and trust him.
Life with all of it's connections and circumstances are the substance that our life is made of.
Almighty God will pull all of this together, what you thought of as loose ends and scattered moments to assemble a wonderful picture that is your life.
Be encouraged enough to encourage someone else. Blessings we give have strings attached. They will come back to you when you need them most.
In Him, By Him, Through Him,
Scott Phillips
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