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Losin' it.

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Whenever I do a jigsaw puzzles on my electronic device, I can’t help but think of my grandpa.     When he was with us, he loved doing jigsaw puzzles.  In fact, it would help keep his mind active in order to combat the advancing dementia in his later years.  As a lover of puzzles myself, I would often join him.   I remember when he would talk through it sometimes.  ‘You have to pay attention to the surrounding colors and match shades’.   ‘Sometimes you have to let go of a piece you're holding onto and move to another area’.   At times,  we’ll see how long we can go without looking at the picture on the cover of the box.   A lot of times,  life seems like a puzzle that we are not given a box with the picture.  When I reflect on the verse above, it seems a little puzzling to me.   Am I supposed to not care about anything in my life?   Often times, we’ll take verses out of the Bible like pieces of a puzzle ...