Connect the Dots

You've Already Won!

Recently I read a commencement speech given by the late Steve Jobs to the 2005 Stanford University graduating class. In 

that speech he expounded on how our lives are like dots and as you look back you can connect the dots as to what brought you to the place where you are now. According to Jobs, "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connec

t them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future."

You see, there is complete accuracy in hindsight because you actually know what happened and you can begin to see the interwoven connection of the pivotal times of your life. At the time it is happening you don't understand it, but as time passes you garner a better revelation of its importance in your life; regardless if it was good or bad.

While in its midst it can be so unpleasant and painful. Our very thoughts center around when is all of this going to end. Just like a natural birth, once the agony and pain of the birthing process is over you can enjoy the baby. It is no different as we connect the dots of our lives.

As a young girl we played this game called, you guessed it, Connect the Dots. Often we played this game when we got bored sitting in church. Someone would pull out a piece of paper and make lots of dots in rows and columns. Each person had their turn in drawing a line to connect one dot to another. As you drew these lines connecting the dots, you inevitably would make a box. Every time you created a box you took ownership of it by putting your initial in it. In the course of playing, you also tried to prevent your opponent from closing off any boxes. The winner of the game had more boxes with their initial in them than the other person.

Just like that game. Each of us are drawing lines as we journey through life. Eventually we are making boxes. Howbeit we are playing against an invisible foe that also is drawing boxes on our canvass of life. As quickly as it seems we close off a box, he draws another line of attack against us. This level of game play supersedes any computer game on the market. He is actually playing against your very life.

I got a strategy for you that is proven to work. This strategy will ensure that you win the game every time. Steve Jobs stated we have hindsight but not foresight about the dots of our lives. I beg to differ. Howbeit he was accurate in his assessment that we have to trust the dots will connect in our future; additionally we have to trust the One who created the dots of our future.

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