Contemplating

SO I've been recently contemplating the impact several of the events of the past year have had on my life as I had it planned, the major one being I am still living in the Valley, not that I don't love it here. I am also still living at home, yeah, didn't see that one coming. And I am currently unemployed, also didn't see that one coming. So I've been thinking, in the grand scheme of things this period in my life is much like a small piece of a jigsaw puzzle, and I don't know how these events will all wind up to put together my jigsaw puzzle, but I do know that He does. I feel like I got one of those 50,000 piece puzzles, and don't have the picture on the box, so I have to guess where each piece fits in the puzzle. It is as though my first 22 years have been the edges, which I managed to fit together, but now I am a college grad, who is unemployed, living with her parents, and looking for a job, it is as though this next step is my first inside puzzle piece. And I just don't know where to look, or what it should look like, and when I pick up a puzzle piece it doesn't fit anywhere. When I try to force it, it just creates an even bigger mess. But I've recently picked up a new puzzle piece. I really hope this time the puzzle piece fits, and I can move on to the next step in my puzzle, finding the next inside piece.

On another note, I have to say, I know that there is a plan for my life, the puzzle pieces will fit, and as I get older I know that I will be able to look back and see where the pieces fit, and how each piece worked together to get the big picture. I know that He has the picture on the puzzle box, and when I rely on Him for guidance, I can save myself frustration. I know that He loves me and knows what is best for me. I just have to learn to trust Him in all that I do.