I Am God’s Project

[415 words] “For it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13). There are benefits to an extended, do-it-yourself project, like painting a house, building a model or even assembling a 1,000 piece puzzle. For one thing, it teaches patience. Large projects are usually not done in a day. They have to be repeatedly left and come back to. Keeping on without quitting can be tough. Also, I have found that with large projects, when facing a problem, stopping for a while, maybe a day or two will allow me time to work out solutions in my head. When I go back to the task, I am able to solve the problem and go on. I have often learned that walking away for a while is the best way to solve a problem. Here is a fact that…