Marriage
I was thinking this morning of the new crochet project I started, and the trouble I had with the pattern.... and how it got solved.... and it reminded me of our love.
I read over the pattern, making sure I understood the sequence of stitches, and began - the yarn was so pretty, with many iridescent pastel shades fading one to another - I was anxious to see how the pattern would look and feel. My anticipation turned to frustration when the stitches just didn't look right - there was something wrong, but for the life of me, I could not see what.
I read and re-read the instructions, and was so sure I was reading them right, but somehow the pattern was wrong...the pattern was wrong, not my sight. I tried again, and yet again, with the same unsettling result - so I put it aside, and gave it a rest, thinking I'd find another pattern to use for this one was too flawed to use.
My life was so like trying that pattern, being sure I was right, but my life was turning out wrong. I thought I knew just what I needed, I was sure I knew what to do. But over and over, no matter how hard I tried, the result was wrong somehow...I'd go back and start again, repeating the mistakes, and steadily my frustration grew.
I couldn't do anything, the pattern wasn't right...it wasn't me, that I knew.... until the day came when I asked God for help, to show me how to make the pattern right. And gently He came, and stilled my hands, so I could listen to Him.... it wasn't the pattern that was wrong, He said, it was my heart that was blinding the way...that little word "I" was what was wrong.... it had replaced Him in my life...for when "I" was the focus, it was blocking my door, and "I" wouldn't let Him in. He showed me that if I would set my will aside, and try to follow Him, He'd be my guide, He'd help me to read the pattern as it really was.
The next day I went back to the pattern I had tried - expecting to see it the same - but all of the sudden, it was different somehow, now the sequence was clear, the pattern read right. What was different, I thought, I'd just given it time, and I'm sure the print on the page hadn't changed...no, it was me that was different, I was looking with fresh eyes...and now the pattern was clear. I took up the hook, and began again, and this time the stitches were just right, and the pattern was lovely, the colors melted into one another, creating a muted rainbow from beneath my hands.
How He changed my life, when I gave it to Him...His pattern was such a wonder to see...once my focus was on Him, and He saw my willingness to follow...He gave me riches like I'd never dreamed. That pattern He showed me included you...the added color and dimension.... the stitches were to weave our two lives together, into a rainbow of love.
I thank Him every day for helping me see, for being there when I cried out.... for giving me you, with such joy and delight...the pattern of our lives...forever changed and each day brand new. The most wonderful thing of all is that in giving Him my life, He gave it back filled with love, and best of all, He gave me you
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You really should compile these into a book!!!I, for one, would buy it.
Good Morning Trish! Love the line, "The most wonderful thing of all is that in giving Him my life, He gave it back filled with love." Thanks for the sweet inspiration. Blessings, Rita
So, so much of your writing takes me to Proverbs 31. I would buy the book too, Trish. Titus 2:4 ... Now, that's the Word of God that your writing sets a prime example for. Many women NEED to buy it for their marriages' sake.
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