For nothing is impossible with God.” Luke 1:37
Legos—not my cup of tea. Legos are one of the hottest things going on. As I write this, part of my tribe consists of my daughter and her husband and three of my grandsons are in Atlanta. They are celebrating the middle one of the grandsons’ birthdays. You see, there is a place called Legoland in Atlanta and it is a place where you can buy Legos. You can actually buy them just about anywhere, but this is the Mecca of Legos—Legos on steroids. In case you don’t know Legos are little pieces of plastic that snap together. Now you have two options. First, you can just buy a bunch of the little pieces and then put them together however you see fit. Second, you can buy a Legos kit where they provide all the pieces you will need to build something with some instructions to boot. Trust me there are some amazing kits out there…sometimes consisting of thousands of pieces.
I recently celebrated my birthday and my friend and fellow staff member at the church where I serve bought me a Mustang (smile) made from Legos. It was a kit and fortunately for me he had already assembled it. It had 544 pieces of frustration—I mean Legos—in the box. First, I thought it was so cool that he gave it to me, and I thought it was very cool that he put it together. How incredible.
Well, recently, my wife Judy and I were down in Murray at the home of another part of our tribe. Before we left, I happened to notice that there was a Legos kit box on the dining room table. This one was a spacecraft from one of the Star Wars movies. Their son, another of my grandsons, is into Star Wars and really into Legos so they were putting this kit together as a father and son thing. I guess that was so they could go crazy together. Anyway, I asked my son-in-law if it was hard to put this thing together and he assured me it wasn’t. He said, “They give you instructions.” At this point I wanted to say, “And your point is?” I mean all the instructions in the world wouldn’t help me complete this mammoth project. You see, from where I sit, I know instructions can make something easier, but it can still be hard. I told him that too.
I shared with him how God gives me a great set of instructions, but I still manage to struggle in figuring them out. Sometimes I get it right and sometimes I get it wrong. I’ve been on this Jesus journey now for 53 years and I try to read the instructions real regularly but, well, it can still be a challenge. But here is the good news, the big news. No matter how I struggle with it…He never gives up on me, never gets mad and never get inpatient. Like the great Father that He is, He just patiently leads me along…sometimes clarifying, somethings explaining and sometimes even stepping into the mess I’ve made.
Does your life sometimes seem like an overwhelming Legos kit? Do you sometimes seem overwhelmed, confused, or lost? Don’t worry, your Dearest Daddy is a Legos Master, and nothing is too big or confusing for Him. Go ahead and ask and you two can sit down together and figure it all out. After all, He’s got this. Bro. Dewayne
Grits with Grace 