Today was full of the splendor of spring. After I got off work (if one could call riding horses all day in beautiful weather “work”) I took my yarn outside and sat until dusk, enjoying the extra light that daylight savings time afforded. I am so blessed to live in such a beautiful place, and as I listened to the turkeys gobbling (yes, that’s right) and the deer creeping cautiously past, square #26 was a praise for God’s creativity and the beauty of nature. I hummed a few strains of the old song:
O Lord, you’re beautiful
Your face is all I seek
And when your eyes are on this child,
Your grace abounds to me.
When I finished that square, I looked down and saw a pink rose in my hands. I hadn’t chosen colors or their order with this in mind, but there it was. Maybe it’s a feminine tendency, but I love beautiful things. So I decided that squares #27 and #28 would also be roses – roses for two beautiful women God put in my life. Both have modeled to me authentic, active faith, and have poured the love of God into my life. Sometimes I wonder why they chose me, but I’m so glad they did, because theirs is the beauty that truly inspires.
1 Sam 16:7b “Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
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