reinforced

I am not a fatalist. I do not believe in a chess playing Creator and, contrary to so much pop-theology,  I do not believe that everything happens for a reason. I believe that brokenness and separation are real and that God, in fact, may choose to not always get what he wants.

This morning though, I feel refined by the wealth of my experiences. I feel as though my perspective has been honed and I believe that in some way, the snippets and fits and starts of my life are pieces of a holy puzzle.  A set apart portrait recognizable more and more as the days go by, but not fully until the end.