Do you admire a hand sewn rug, pillow, or other craft and thought about what it takes to go into the final item. In college as a way to help anger issues, I began hooking potholders, toilet seat covers and other items. I had the frames and being ADHD I had a hard time getting the patterns to look like anything like the picture. Frustrated, I had to find other ways to help my problems.
Yet when you think about what it takes to make any fabric craft, you have to be impressed. Starting with the cotton, wheat, flax or other raw material to make fiber and thread. Then it is died to a beautiful color. Next the crafts person visualizes what the end result will look like and begin weaving the fabric.
Take a look at someone's handiwork this weekend and you will see the efforts beyond the finished product.
Now stop and consider everyone who has had a part in your life. As you get older, know that your tapestry of life is being completed. Others are weaving their thread into your life and in the same way your life is being threaded into everyone.
Know that you are a vital thread into every life you touch and there is a reason. So never dismiss any encounter with someone but know that the Lord is still weaving your tapestry and those you meet.
Be a colorful thread and get to weaving!
