I didn’t really have a clue as to how this banner would work out but as I quietly sat sewing thoughts came to me. The muted colours represented us and our lives. We are all different but with out Jesus our life does not shine as brightly as it could. The uneven seams represented our lives. Often our life runs along smoothly, hence the matching seams. At times things become more discordant and during times of struggle parts of our life may need complete patching over. I was very unhappy with the path. Later that day, I saw on face book an image of a path, showing our idea of our path to Jesus as a straight line. No obstacles. Direct. Easy. Then it showed God’s path, lots of ups and downs, storms, floods, many obstacles. His path strengthens us. That was my answer. My uneven path would stay. The path was to lead to Jesus and His light. The path sweeps over the squares depicting Jesus’ arms enfolding us. They also look like wings protecting us. This happened more by mistake than by design. Even when we are not aware of God in our life, he has threaded gold threads through it. These ran on to the path becoming the cross. The cross embellished with crystals. These crystals are us, the people that we become when Jesus is in our hearts and we are filled with the Holy Spirit. No longer muted but shinning with His love and starting to move out to others. The cross part of the banner I had to un- pick and redo three times as the white material soaked up any grease from my hands, marking the fabric. In the end, I had to sew the entire cross part wearing plastic gloves. Very difficult as I kept sewing through the gloves, finding a finger attached to the fabric. Somehow this banner became the largest. As I use the same measurements I could not understand why it was so large. This banner was very challenging due to all the mistakes and unpicking that was done. Jesus was always with me. I had written in my notes receiving a message whilst I sewed. Jesus saying to me, “ I AM here with you, hold on to me” This I did through music. Sometimes singing along
I didn’t really have a clue as to how this banner would work out but as I quietly sat sewing thoughts came to me. The muted colours represented us and our lives. We are all different but with out Jesus our life does not shine as brightly as it could. The uneven seams represented our lives. Often our life runs along smoothly, hence the matching seams. At times things become more discordant and during times of struggle parts of our life may need complete patching over. I was very unhappy with the path. Later that day, I saw on face book an image of a path, showing our idea of our path to Jesus as a straight line. No obstacles. Direct. Easy. Then it showed God’s path, lots of ups and downs, storms, floods, many obstacles. His path strengthens us. That was my answer. My uneven path would stay. The path was to lead to Jesus and His light. The path sweeps over the squares depicting Jesus’ arms enfolding us. They also look like wings protecting us. This happened more by mistake than by design. Even when we are not aware of God in our life, he has threaded gold threads through it. These ran on to the path becoming the cross. The cross embellished with crystals. These crystals are us, the people that we become when Jesus is in our hearts and we are filled with the Holy Spirit. No longer muted but shinning with His love and starting to move out to others. The cross part of the banner I had to un- pick and redo three times as the white material soaked up any grease from my hands, marking the fabric. In the end, I had to sew the entire cross part wearing plastic gloves. Very difficult as I kept sewing through the gloves, finding a finger attached to the fabric. Somehow this banner became the largest. As I use the same measurements I could not understand why it was so large. This banner was very challenging due to all the mistakes and unpicking that was done. Jesus was always with me. I had written in my notes receiving a message whilst I sewed. Jesus saying to me, “ I AM here with you, hold on to me” This I did through music. Sometimes singing along
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