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> Subject: [Atl-TEC] God's Embroidery
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> I liked this little story because so many times I've seen the "mess" turn
> into
> flowers or sunsets.
> Peace,
> Jen Harrison
> TEC#13
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>   "God's Embroidery" 
>   
> 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 awhile, 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." 
>   
>  - Unknown 
> 
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