This lesson in life was passed on to me by a dear friend -- thanks
Starmom
When I was a little boy, my mother used to embroider a great deal.
I would sit at her knee and look up from the floor and ask what she was
doing. She informed me that she was embroidering. I told her that it
looked like a mess from where I was. As from the underside I watched
her work within the boundaries of the little round hoop that she held in
her hand, I complained to her that it sure looked messy from where I
sat.
She would smile at me, look down and gently say, "My son, you go about
your playing for a while, and when I am finished with my embroidering, I
will put you on my knee and
let you see it from my side." I would wonder why she was using some
dark threads along with the bright ones and why they seemed so jumbled
from my view.
A few minutes would pass and then I would hear Mother's voice say, "Son,
come and sit on my knee." This I did only to be surprised and thrilled
to see a beautiful flower or a sunset. I could not believe it, because
from underneath it looked so messy. Then Mother would say to me, "My
son, from underneath it did look messy and jumbled, but you did not
realize that there was a pre-drawn plan on the top. It was a design. I
was only following it. Now look at it from my side and you will see
what I was doing."
Many times through the years I have looked up to my Heavenly Father and
said, "Father, what are You doing?" He has answered, "I am
embroidering your life." I say, "But it looks like a mess to me. It
seems so jumbled. The threads seem so dark. Why can't they all be
bright?" The Father seems to tell me, "'My child, you go about your
business of doing My business, and one day I will bring you to Heaven
and put you on My knee and you will see the plan from My side."
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