Mike Lloyd quoted bits of a poem by Lawrence Kushner at Monday Theology last week which really got me pondering.

"Each lifetime is te pieces of a jigsaw puzzel.
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...
...But know this.
No one has within themselves
All the pieces to their puzzle....
Everyone carries within them at least one and probably
Many pieces to someone else's puzzle.
Sometimes they know it.
Sometimes they dont.
And when you present your piece...
...To another, whether you know it or not,Whether they know it or not,You are a messenger from the Most High"Kushner has remarked on the poem " It's rarely the author or featured speaker who has your puzzle pieces. It's usually someone who has a bit part inyour life whose name is not recorded in the programme."Who has the pieces of the puzzle of my life?God gave me a picture this morning during staff worship of a puzzle. He speaks to the whole church individually, giving us all very different pieces of His puzzle. It is only when we put them all together that we have the complete picture. Although someone else's piece may be totally different to mine it does not mean that they wont eventually fit together to make a bigger more beautiful picture.