WEAVING AND BELIEVING...

Do you ever read something that just GRABS you?

Well, I just did...it was over at Lallee's Cottage...she wrote:

God's shalom of

peace--the literal

translation refers to a garment intricately

woven with many

threads making a cloak that completely envelopes and cloaks us (keeps us safe,

warms us--brings peace).

Sometimes we don't like the stories (or people) God chooses to weave us into.

When we comply, by His strength, then we become part of that beautiful garment.

It was this question that really caught my eye: Whose life are you denying to be

woven into to bring them blessings?

What a wonderful question. It

started my wheels pondering...

Denial is a decision...

By denying we are 'keeping our color out of their

life

tapestry' when we 'hold our strings too tight and refuse to let them become entangled with the other colors'.

Why is it we seem to let our eyes go to the knots first?...seeing the ugly, seeing the mess, seeing something we don't want to spend time trying to unravel. I certainly find myself thinking things like this.

We talk ourselves into denial because it is the 'easier stitch to wrap around our needle' and slide away from the Holy Spirit

speaking in our heart.

Our denial turns us away before 'seeing the pattern from God's view', the view where the LIGHT is JUST RIGHT.

Shadows don't overtake His view of His creation because He sees to the very HEART of each soul, He knows

the hairs on every head, and He knows every 'string' by name.

Anyone working with yarn knows that more complicated stitches are best when executed with 'soft hands' while working the harder, more entangled stitches...they become the most-valued portions of the project.

Knots on the back may mean a new direction or a changed color...sometimes we 'run out of thread', we give up on our project and throw the 'unfinished piece' in the bag where it will be alone, without the loving hands of commitment to complete the pattern once intended.

Who but God's people, those who read His Word, should be able to recognize a bad decision (at the moment) but KNOW that God uses poor decisions and/or bad choices to BUILD UP a blessing in His creation. God calls us to be His hands, to reach into that bag, pull out those unfinished pieces and share His Love in every stitch until it is 'completed' and allow yourself to be 'worked in' to someone else's project, too...they might need a blessing of friendship, or possibly forgiveness.

And, hey, they might like your color!

Remember: You're the only YOU God has ever made...and He didn't 'leave you in the bag'!

Blessings,

PRAYING THROUGHOUT THE DAY...

www.prayitsayit.net

*p.m. Update: I drove home tonight from a meeting while listening to 91.5fm -- listening to prayer after prayer after prayer uplifting our nation, its leaders and its citizens to return to Jesus' throne of grace for His forgiveness, healing and guidance ... it was AWESOME!  

Praying you, too, had an uplifting, prayer-filled day!

Lord, You are the true and living God, forgive us for ignoring You.
You rule over all things visible and invisible, forgive us when we forget You're in control.

There is nothing that catches You by surprise, forgive us for not trusting Your presence.There is nothing beyond Your reach, forgive us for thinking your arm is too short.You know our rising up and our sitting down, forgive us for not seeking Your input at the beginning of our day and at the closing of our day.

Lord Jesus, You are the prince of Peace to OUR NATION...may we claim it, right now.We ask Your presence would be more real than our fears. We rebuke fear and anxiety, for we know they are not from You.  We cancel the fallen angel's schemes to tear down faith and hinder destiny.

Lord, Your word says, "The righteous cry out, and You hear them and deliver them from all their troubles." We claim your promise this day and KNOW You will provide.

Thank you for delivering OUR NATION and we cast all our cares upon You.Fill us with Your Holy Spirit...empower us to fight fear with unwavering faith in You.
in Jesus' mighty name,
Amen & Amen! 

You ARE our answer...

Lord, wash your grace and peace over us as we try to understand.

We pray our leaders...

will be infused with Your concerns, with Your guidance...

show them Your perspective down to the very depth of their souls.

For those who don't feel they need You,

remind them in Your own special way that Yours IS the ONLY way.

Your promises are never-failing

and we rest on them and will continue to read them, post them in our homes,

carry them in our hearts.

You are our rock,

our cornerstone, the ONE who was before, is and will be FOREVER.

We are merely "passing through" and our lives are but a puff.

May our country become more committed to kneeling

before you daily with humble hearts seeking Your input in any and all situations for the day.

Yesterday is gone,

today has enough worries of its own, and we have absolutely nothing to do with whether or not we will see a tomorrow.

Thank you for giving us Your Word,

Your Son, Your grace, for it is what YOU give us and we are undeserving...

thank you for wanting relationship with us.

Guide us, remind us to spend time with you daily,

we want to see You at work in our lives

and be able to endure any desert sent our way.

In Jesus Christ's Holy and Precious Name,

AMEN and Let It be So