More than meets the Eye

My children Faith and Joshua are now at an age where they are still learning to read and at the same time reading to learn.
Yesterday, my ever so creative wife, Julie engaged Faith and Joshua in a word game while she was preparing the New Year's Day breakfast. (Which was absolutely delicious!)
Julie wrote down two simple words NEW YEAR
Two word, seven letters, six different letters...
She then cut up the two words into their seven individual respective letters
Underneath NEW YEAR she wrote the numbers 1-10 like this:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

The challenge was to arrange as many words as possible using only the letters found in NEW YEAR

As I was watching my first thought was, "I am not sure even I can come up with ten words."

At first glance how many words do you think you can come up with?

Well, the whole family got involved in the game.
After about 10 minutes we came up with 29 words!

Couple of thoughts...

1. When we think that there may only be one or two or even ten different options to choose from when facing an issue, problem, situation or challenge, God just might have 29 different positions, angles or solutions in mind.

2. Faith and Joshua got stuck after six or seven words. With some help from some older and more experienced players (Mom and Dad) the results yielded 29 words. How many times do we try and figure out things on our own when there are more experienced and sometimes wiser people that God has placed right in our midst to help us out. Seeking God and yes, seeking input from other Christian friends just might give us a wider and better perspective than we may have originally thought.

"Where there is no guidance, a people falls,
but in an abundance of counselors there is safety." Proverbs 11. 14

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths." Proverbs 3. 5-6

Laugh often and Fear not!
That is my iWitness for the day...

David!