A Note from
Pastor Nathan

A Note from Pastor Nathan

When I was growing up, my family would often assemble complex jigsaw puzzles. We especially loved to do this in the winter when school was canceled because of bad weather. Actually, I thought it was good weather. The more pieces that there were, the greater the degree of difficulty presented … the more we enjoyed the challenge. The project took a great deal of time and effort. 

Anyway … we would begin by laying all the pieces on the dining room table picture-side-up. Then, we would gather all the flat-edged pieces together and would begin to work on the border. Slowly … piece by piece … the picture would begin to take shape. We all worked together until the puzzle was completed and every single piece had been properly placed. 

In the early years of serving Wooster Nazarene, while I was praying, dreaming, thinking and seeking direction … this picture came to me. I visualized the Lord assembling a complex jigsaw puzzle out of “people-pieces” that were spinning in everywhere I looked. Some of these pieces were on the table, some were in the box, some were on the floor and some were appearing and spinning into place from thin air.