Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and
approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2 New
International Version (NIV)
I won this quilt in a raffle
for the Relay for Life a few years ago. Naturally it is too pretty to use, so I
hung it on my bedroom wall. Someone spent many hours on this, laying all the
pieces out so that once the quilt was sewn, it would display this pretty
pattern.
When I was in co-worker’s
office the other day, I told her how beautiful this quilt was on her wall. She
said that it was her favorite and that she didn’t have a pattern for it when
she started.
She explained the whole
process she went through, starting with the wildlife scenes and then adding to
it. Running out and buying more material when she didn’t have anything that
worked in a certain block.
I already had this quilting
blog spinning around in my mind when I went to church last night. It is that
time of year where the ladies spread out the quilts they have made for world
relief. In a few weeks, their hard-work will be packed up and shipped to those
in need in third world countries.
And my own quilting? Well,
this is how good it is going - I couldn’t find the quilt pieces I started
working on years ago.
So, what does this all have
to do with anything? Sometimes we work with a pattern, sometimes we work by the
seat of our pants. We work with what we have, but when we are hard up, we run
to the store and buy what we need. The outcome is never the same. each finished
product is a one-of-a-kind, each ends up somewhere else. And in my case, there
may not be an outcome yet for many years, but that doesn’t mean I am a failure,
I just am on a different schedule.
Which is how we should live
our lives. Sometimes things go as planned, sometimes they don’t. Sometimes we
have what we need, sometimes we don’t. But in the end all things work out
according to God’s plan.
1 comment:
Hummmm, I'm certainly on a different schedule for many projects.
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