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Writing Prompt: Beyond
My nephew carefully
sorts through the pile of legos strewn across the floor. He follows the
directions on the enclosed booklet, step by step, choosing the pieces displayed
on the diagram among all the colored pieces lying around him, and eventually
holds up the finished building – an ancient fortress from the “Lord of the
Rings.” It looks exactly like the picture on the box.
Later, he takes apart
his construction and pours all the pieces into a big container, mixing this set
with all of his previous sets. He then spends hours – and many days – creating
his own multitude of masterpieces. He looks beyond the pictures on the boxes to use his imagination … to
see possibilities as he builds.
How often do I look
beyond my complacent, comfortable life to see the rest of the world … the parts
that aren’t like the intended “picture” on the box … and see the
possibilities? Can I move beyond
my comfort zone?
How might God use
me if I just let myself look beyond?
6 comments:
Yes! To move up and out and beyond our comfort zones ... not an easy thing ... but so necessary if we're gonna live life to the fullest!
Thank you.
What a great analogy with those legos! There is a huge bin of them sitting right next to me right now...I think I'm always going to recall your "beyond" prayer when I see them :) Have a great day!
Love this, Melanie!
Strong analogy. But I do think it is easier to create yourself once you've seen the original plans and tried them and you are ready for change. Life doesn't have an instruction book. Still, I see you point, we need to move beyond the way life "should have been."
This is so inspiring... ! Thank you so much :)
Really encouraging.
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