Well, I hadn't played the game in over a decade and I was happy that the results were different this time. When I was younger the game didn't appease me very much. I would last maybe two rounds and then that sucker would tumble to the table straight to block Heaven. Borrrinnngggg. This time, however, the tower kept growing. Each player would carefully analyze the best place to pull a block. Though we were all scared that the tower would fall, we kept going. I took a picture of the beauty shortly before it's demise. Look, isn't it amazing?
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As I look at the picture of this tower, I so clearly see how if reflects my life and how I have changed. You see, I would prefer life to be a perfectly straight tower with not a block out of place. The truth is though, it is nothing like that at all. Life is full of holes that aren't always filled, yet we stand. Life is full of moments where we feel like we are going to come crashing to the ground, yet we remain standing. There are times in life where we are going to have to take a block out (even if we are super scared) and make compromises, but when we do it with wisdom and planning, we can still remain standing. The younger version of myself was hasty and didn't truly think about the blocks I was moving, so the game ended quicker than it could have. As I played the game with patience and planning the results were much different.
I am learning to embrace the tower that I have been given in life and to not be afraid of moving the blocks if I need to. I am also choosing to look at the gaps in my tower as proof that I've changed or am changing. We all have towers under construction. It is what moves us toward that beautiful masterpiece God intends us to be.
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. Proverbs 21:5
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