I believe most of you have read this before. But have you read it in light of the cancer in your life? I had not. After reading it this morning, I was truly blessed. The Lord must look down on our lives and He sees the finished product because He has been to the future. However, from our perspective, we see one day at a time and it sure does look messy at this point.
Praise the Lord that He is the one that is in control. He is the one who is doing the embroidery in our lives and if we are yielded to His will, we too will be able to sit on His lap and see the finished product created in His image! Be strong, my friend. Be encouraged! Don’t let the cancer beat you. Instead of having a pity party, think of what God can do with your cancer to help someone else. Pick up the phone or email someone today you know that is struggling and bless them with your heartfelt thoughts, kindness and compassion. We all have a story of some kind – share it!
When I was little, my mother used to sew 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. 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, “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 thread 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.”
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 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 heaven and said, “Father, what are You doing?” He has answered, “I am embroidering your life.”
