Thank you so much!!!!! That was just what I needed this morning. I sure do
appreciate all of your posts.
Sheila
Thomas A Johnson wrote:
> 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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