blank puzzle meditation

Unveiling Our Spiritual, Emotional, and Mental Connections

*It is helpful to have a pen and paper for this meditation.

Pause and breathe deeply. Be fully present in your body. Disconnect from your to-do lists and worries. Give yourself the space you need in your haven. Adjust until you find your comfort.

A puzzle is a powerful symbol of our life's journey, bringing us completeness, piece by piece, moment by moment, day by day.

Imagine a blank puzzle in your mind. Inhale deeply and observe each piece's shape, including the straight-edge and corner pieces. Look at the vast whiteness of this clean slate. Take a moment to see.

{Pause and pray these words in your heart or out loud}

Father, I invite you to be with me. I offer You my heart and mind. I am eager to hear You speak to my heart and reveal what You want me to know. I desire to address the root of the issues I face today. I seek Your truth as I quiet other voices, including my own.

Breathe deeply and feel the Father's presence surrounding you. Spend a few minutes in quiet and stillness, meditating on the Father and being with Him in this sacred place.

{Pause in His presence for a moment.}

Let's go back to imagining the black puzzle. Notice the uniqueness of each piece, which represents the events and situations in your life that are unique to you.

Look at the edge pieces that form the frame. These represent our choices and boundaries with God, others, and ourselves.

Consider the number of pieces in your puzzle. This number represents your life coming together, piece by piece, day by day, year by year, each piece interacting and joining together your life.

Imagine taking the pieces of your puzzle apart. When they are not connected, clarity can be elusive. In these moments, light is invaluable, illuminating the connections and helping us focus. With the pieces apart and illuminated, we understand it will take patience to reassemble them, just as our spiritual growth requires patience, prayer, failure, success, trial, and error. In this stage, wisdom and understanding develop, revealing how everything fits together.

As you sit and look at the pieces pulled apart and scattered about, ask the Father to speak to your heart.

 {Pause in His presence for a moment.}

Feel your body rest, becoming still. If you feel distracted, stop and pause, telling your mind to slow as you return your focus to your puzzle pieces. 

Rest is crucial for clarity. If you stare too long at your puzzle, the pieces blur, but connections become more evident when you pause and reset. The same is true in life.

When we still rest, it's like pressing a reset button, allowing us greater clarity.

As you sit in stillness, take a deep breath and allow yourself to slowly exhale as you begin to feel your body enter a more relaxed state. Tell your soul to rest, your mind to calm, and your body to let down. Take several deeper breaths as you ask the Father for greater clarity.

{Pause in His presence for a moment.}

Space is essential to assembling your puzzle. You may need to revisit it often, so having a dedicated, quiet space becomes necessary. Like in life, quiet space is vital to see how your puzzle pieces connect.

Focus back on your puzzle, and as you look at it, imagine it represents your life.

What are your foundational corner pieces? Your foundational items, which are your life's anchor

What are your framework pieces? Your boundaries, your choices, your values, your dreams

What are your unique interior pieces? Your wins, losses, joys, pain, hardships, traumas, and disappointment – everything that has brought you where you are today

In solitude and meditation with the Father, ask Him to reveal the answers to these questions.

 {Pause in His Presence. Journal what you hear, sense, and know.}

Return to stillness and center yourself. Go back and imagine the puzzle pieces around you.

Pause and pray these words in your heart or out loud

Father, please illuminate any of my puzzle pieces tied to a root issue in my life that you wish to highlight to me.

{Pause in His presence for a moment.}

Imagine yourself pulling the pieces from the puzzle the Lord is speaking to you about and setting them aside.

{Pause in His presence for a moment.}

 {Pause and pray these words in your heart or out loud}

Father, I thank You for each puzzle piece designed by You and Your divine plan. I celebrate the mystery and discovery of Your revelation to me. I am grateful for the reassurance that all the pieces of my life fit, fulfilling an essential part of the divine plan of my life. I ask that You continue to reveal more about my life's puzzle. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

Now, let's finish by setting everything aside. Take a deep breath in and slowly release. Imagine your puzzle in your mind once again, and now see yourself laying it at the feet of Jesus. Give him access to guide you through all He has revealed today and will continue to reveal in the coming days and weeks. Now, permit yourself to let go of things beyond your control and give them to the Father. Now, feel yourself lighten as the burden is released. Finally, tell the Lord that you wish for freedom for those root issues holding you down and keeping you from living unshackled. 

{Pause in His presence for a moment.}

When you are ready, return slowly and engage in the present. Give yourself the time you need to reacclimate.

Revisit this meditation as much as you desire.