I am one of the people who really enjoy doing puzzles. 'Really enjoy' doesn't accurately define how it is for me. It is as though my brain NEEDS them, and finds doing them relaxing and satisfying. I love IQ tests, crosswords, sudoku, kenken, even jigsaw puzzles. I like real life puzzles, too, like figuring out the ideal proportions for furniture details, what the run and rise had to be to make all the stairs consistent for the little staircase in our playhouse, how to take a rectangle of fabric and fashion it into the picture I have in my head.... I actually have a hard time turning my brain off at night if I haven't given it enough exercise during the day. Well, or if it is trying to figure out something that is puzzling it, for that matter. It can be a problem.In one of my reflective moments, I was thinking about how the Lord teaches and shows us things. We know from reading the New Testament that He used lots of symbol and allegory, word puzzles, to teach. We who don't have Him here talking with us all the time have nevertheless been given a world that teaches and bears testimony in the same way. All around us are clues to decipher, puzzles to unravel, hints too clear to be mistaken, all telling us these types of things: He is there, He is real. We have a Savior who loves us, atoned for us, gives us experiences that teach us in ways that words can't. We are here on earth for a season and with a purpose. This is the most satisfying puzzle I work on as I live my life: Seeing how the pieces fit together so perfectly into the grand scheme.
