| 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 that she was embroidering.
I told her it looked like a mess from where I was. As from the
underside I watched her work within the boundaries of that 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 gently down and 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 some 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 Mom 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 towards 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 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." |