Knitting
I re-learned to knit about a year and a half ago from a dear friend. Like most beginners today, I started with scarves and everyone that first Christmas got one.
Then one of Deborah's friends, Jenn, was going to have a baby so I decided to take the plunge and make a baby afghan. It was a big project with a pattern I have to follow carefully. Being Obsessive I made a graph to chart out each row. Why? So I would not have holes or one side shorter than the other. I chose aqua yarn since I did not know the gender of the baby yet. It was so soft and yummy- if that is possible for yarn.
It came up super, though it took longer than I had supposed and was bigger than the measurements in the pattern. I found out that I had used the wrong size needle! The mother was kindly thankful and I was relieved. I had a lot more of me invested than if I have purchased a gift.
Did you know that God knits too? He knit me together in my mother's womb. Skillfully and wonderfully. According to the pattern he had in mind for me, just as I did for Jenn's baby blanket.
In Jenn's blanket there were holes around the border- intended holes that gave it character. They were not accidents, though I make plenty of those, trust me. But these were right there in the directions.
In my creation, there was what might seem like a problem or accident, in the 'knitting' of my pancreas. I have pancreas division which has left me with chronic pancreatic. It was not a mistake, but in the pattern God had for me. Just as the holes in the border of the baby afghan had a purpose, so this pancreatic problem has had a purpose too. It causes me to lean on God each day. I don't take my body for granted. I need God's strength to get me though each day.
Remember, God's knitting projects always get done on time and perfectly, unlike mine.
Then one of Deborah's friends, Jenn, was going to have a baby so I decided to take the plunge and make a baby afghan. It was a big project with a pattern I have to follow carefully. Being Obsessive I made a graph to chart out each row. Why? So I would not have holes or one side shorter than the other. I chose aqua yarn since I did not know the gender of the baby yet. It was so soft and yummy- if that is possible for yarn.
It came up super, though it took longer than I had supposed and was bigger than the measurements in the pattern. I found out that I had used the wrong size needle! The mother was kindly thankful and I was relieved. I had a lot more of me invested than if I have purchased a gift.
Did you know that God knits too? He knit me together in my mother's womb. Skillfully and wonderfully. According to the pattern he had in mind for me, just as I did for Jenn's baby blanket.
In Jenn's blanket there were holes around the border- intended holes that gave it character. They were not accidents, though I make plenty of those, trust me. But these were right there in the directions.
In my creation, there was what might seem like a problem or accident, in the 'knitting' of my pancreas. I have pancreas division which has left me with chronic pancreatic. It was not a mistake, but in the pattern God had for me. Just as the holes in the border of the baby afghan had a purpose, so this pancreatic problem has had a purpose too. It causes me to lean on God each day. I don't take my body for granted. I need God's strength to get me though each day.
Remember, God's knitting projects always get done on time and perfectly, unlike mine.
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