Esther

“So also in our own lives, we may well have no idea what God is doing. He may seem hidden and remote, refusing to answer our prayers and to give us what we so earnestly ask of Him. Wait! The end of our story has not yet been told, and who knows how the pieces of the jigsaw that at present seem to have no logical connection with one another will ultimately come together? Even though we cannot see God acting, it does not follow that He is not doing anything. God’s work is not all slam-bang action; sometimes it is a quiet faithfulness to His promises in the seemingly ordinary providences of life, bringing about in the hearts of His people what He has purposed.” Esther, p.14-15

These words jumped out at me as I was reading. I am a person of action. I want to see everything laid out so I can reason through it all. I get frustrated when I can't make sense of my present or even my future. And yet, He is there. He is acting. He is quietly orchestrating all the little details in my life, the little details I bypass because I am restlessly looking for big, immediate, and obvious answers. I have often tried to piece my own life's jigsaw puzzle together and I can't make sense of it and it frustrates me. What a good reminder that God is on His throne and He sees the whole picture!