Lovin’ Christmas!
It’s officially the Christmas season. Of course, my decorations have been up since September. Though much simpler than years past, I still have the basics – crèches, lights, angels, valued ornaments, and glitter. What more can I ask?
One thing I am SUPER excited about is next Sunday, I get to tell the Christmas story to the little people at church. I love kids.
Another thing I am excited about is having everyone here for a few days after Christmas. They don’t know it yet, but I think I’ll have them start my ‘moving purge.’ They’ll probably wish they had stayed home.
In addition to practicing my spiel for December 8th, making angel ornaments, and promising myself that I will write some blogs, I am busy thinking about our move.
However!!!
I think I have discovered a few truths as I have cross stitched. I think I have discovered what I will be when I get to heaven. I will be in the ANGEL WING REPAIR DEPARTMENT. As many times as I have torn out the stubbornly aggravating metallic thread I am using for wings, I’m sure I am an expert – at the dismantling process anyway. I always taught my girls the KB version of scripture, ‘As you sew, so shall you rip.’ Thank the Lord for seam rippers and tiny scissors!
My problem starts with the basic pattern I am using. And yes, unlike my following recipes, I am actually following the cross stitch pattern – mostly, well, a little anyway. But the shape of both the boy and girl angels are asymmetrical which makes the wings look funny when I try to even them out. Their hips are uneven, which sort of bothers me. But since I am giving some of them to the staff at the ortho surgeon’s office, they probably see worse than that everyday and won’t notice.
One of the truths which I have known for years but have been reminded of – when a person messes up on a project three times in a row, put it aside for another day. That’s why I am writing this blog instead of finishing the angel.
I did not follow some of my own sage advice last night. ‘When tired, stop working.’
You may see the missing fringe in the ornament’s edge. ‘One last cut,’ says I, ‘and I can start the final trim stitchery.’
Mercy! That simple cutting miscalculation caused me to redo the entire outer edge. Thankfully, there was still enough space around the little guy to make an adequate edging. Lesson learned – for this time anyway.
Anyway…
As I looked up Scripture for the object lesson of the day, I settled on Ecclesiastes 3. So many fitting parts of it apply to my life. NKJV
‘To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: …. vs 7 A time to tear and a time to sew.’
There is a verse about a time to keep and a time to throw away. I’m going to resist the temptation to throw away my mistakes and keep plugging away at my projects by tearing out and resewing. Keeps me busy anyway. Fun.
Blessings
Kara Beth
