1-13pm
For a while now, I’ve wanted to write a blog about the cross-stitch I’ve been doing. Regular followers of what I write may remember that Stacey gave me a cross-stitch pattern for Christmas. It is a picture of Granny when she was 19…
Like life, you begin with a blank slate…
Each tiny little hole represents a space for thread – it reminds me of the time that passes. You have to start somewhere and at first, it doesn’t look like much at all…
Each x is carefully put in place, a few moments spent, weaving in and out.
Slowly but surely a pattern begins to take shape…
It’s far from complete, but I absolutely love working on it and the more I do, the more I see parallels with life. God has a plan for each of us. He is working out His picture for our lives. He already has in mind what the final picture will look like. It will take time to construct. To us it may look like the back of the cross stitch…it doesn’t make sense. Some of it is messy….
But for the Lord, each stitch He creates is working towards a carefully crafted masterpiece…with no loose ends, that’s organised and structured and good…
We may only see part of it, but His greater purpose and picture is always in His mind. As I have sewn, there have been parts that are easy. The pattern has large areas of one colour and so for dozens of rows, it’s just sewing up and down. It’s so straight forward – plain sailing. In life we have times like that. Then there are intricate patches of the pattern that have different colours one after the other. You have to be careful to follow the grid and count your stitches and make sure you’re in the right place. It’s tricky and slow and more time consuming. And so with life, there will be times where life is harder and the obstacles bigger. But all the time, the Master’s hand is guiding and directing our life to be a perfect pattern.
My life is not yet over. My purpose not yet fulfilled. My picture not yet complete. I’m a work in progress. I need to be pliable in the Father’s hands….letting Him work with me as He sees fit. So I must enjoy this moment in time.
Psalm 139: 14-16
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
Fearfully & wonderfully made – each one of us…unique!
God bless you today!
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂
Answer to yesterday’s brainteaser which was: Mary is 16 and her brother is 4 times younger than she is. How old will Mary be when she is double her brother’s age?
To get the answer, subtract the age of the younger from that of the older and double it. Mary is 16. Her brother 4 times younger, so he is 4. Therefore 16-4 = 12 x 2 = 24. Mary will be 24 when she is double her brother’s age. Well done to those who commented and emailed! 🙂
Gratitude/Happiness Pic…a beauuutiful day….
