I have recently rediscovered the “skill” of knitting. Last year all the churches in the Ipswich Circuit were invited to knit a square for a blanket that would then be presented to Norwood MHA. Each square has something that represents that church or its location. My amateur effort was to try and depict an elm tree (for Elmsett).
Having caught the knitting “bug,” I have now graduated to “The hungry caterpillar.”
Anyone who enjoys knitting, or tapestry will know that what you see on the front covers a whole tangle of knots and threads behind. Each thread has its place, and weaves together with others to complete the picture. Each different colour is important. Without it the picture would be incomplete.
Our lives can be like that, we look fine on the surface, but what are the knots and loose threads that lie underneath? We are all made in God’s wonderful image and every bit of us is essential to complete the picture.
Stuart Townend wrote a song entitled, “The perfect wisdom of our God,” which attempts to explore this through creation. The last verse tells us how even in our sadness and struggles, God’s wisdom plays its part. This is not to dismiss that struggles we go through, but rather to say God is with us in them, and can use us through them, if we have faith and trust in him.
The perfect wisdom of our God,
revealed in all the universe… …
O grant me wisdom from above,
to pray for peace and cling to love,
and teach me humbly to receive
the sun and rain of your sovereignty.
Each strand of sorrow has a place,
within this tapestry of grace;
so through the trials I choose to say:
“Your perfect will, in your perfect way.”