Playing Scrabble

I love word games. I really like Words with Friends with some Facebook friends. But I don't just play, while I'm playing I'm trying to solve the world's problems, as if that is going to work. Or I'm talking to the Lord.

So this morning, I started a new game with a 3 or 4 letter word. Again, I was thinking how many words can branch off those few letters by the end of the game. Then I thought of something...life is like a 3 letter word. It is the start. Every step brings on more challenges and more victories. Sometimes I try a word, and the message comes up that it is either not a word or misspelled. So I take the letters back and try another avenue.

Exactly! Life is like that. Sometimes I make a wrong decision, and head out a different way. Then I run into a roadblock from the Lord, and I go back and take the right road. Most of the time, I can't go back, but I suffer from my mistakes, but God shows me the next step. Just like scrabble, there are points for playing, so is life.

There are blessings along the way. There are hardships, but always Grace. I must say, if I would always follow the Lord exactly right then I could avoid so many detours and roadblocks. But with every detour there is a lesson to be learned. God is so patient. He lets us "play one word at a time." When we realize we are stuck, He still is there waiting with open arms.

I always find it interesting when a game is complete to see all the words that were made from that small word at the start. That will be us...in the end we will be so amazed at the beautiful "tapestry" God has made from our life. God is painting our life as we take one step at a time. In the end it will be glorious.

I think I need to go finish my game...
God bless you