I felt troubled as I started the trim for square # 173. It’s half black, half white, and I felt similarly divided, the proverbial angel and devil sitting comfortably on my shoulders. The creature in white was speaking words of peace: “Let it go, lay your rights down. Let Him fill you with sincere love.”
But as I switched to the black yarn, another, darker voice penetrated my thoughts. “Dwell on this,” it whispered. “Let it fester into a grudge; let bitterness be your balm.” I can’t deny that those prideful, negative, sinful attitudes are inside me, far too easily released.
But I picked up the white yarn again. I will choose to be humble; I will not be robbed of my peace. White wins.
Romans 7:21-23 “So I find this law at work: when I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within.”
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