Have you noticed that when the unnecessary is swept away it allows the simple powerful truth to become clear? The quote below is a great example of this.
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Tag: God
Tapestry
Have you ever found yourself confused and questioning God’s plan for your life? Certainly, God’s ways are often mysterious.
When Corrie ten Boom spoke to audiences, she would often hold up a piece of embroidery with hundreds of tangled threads hanging from it. Many wondered if she was holding up the wrong side by mistake.
As she held up the messy side of the embroidery she would ask “Does God always grant us what we ask for in prayers? Not always. Sometimes He says ‘No’. That is because God knows what we do not know. Look at this piece of embroidery. The wrong side is chaos. But look at the beautiful picture on the other side- the right side.” Then she would flip the cloth over and reveal an elaborately embroidered crown- symbolizing our crown of eternal life. The crown was intricately stitched and had threads of many colors, including gold, silver, and pearls.
“We see now the wrong side; God sees His side all the time. One day we shall see the embroidery from His side, and thank Him for every answered and unanswered prayer.”
This mysterious tapestry of your life is an intricate combination of events, each added at just the right time and in the right order. You can’t see the pattern but you can trust God to complete the design.
The Lord will perfect that which concerns me;
Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever;
Do not forsake the works of Your hands.
– Psalm 138:8 NKJV
And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return], developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you.
-Philippians 1:6 AMPC
Corrie ten Boom often shared the following poem.
The author is unknown. The poem is titled The Tapestry of My Life or The Weaving
Visit the Corrie ten Boom page to learn about her amazing life of faith.
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Call To Me
This post is super short and to the point but contains life-changing truth!
God desires to reveal hidden things to those who will ask Him.
Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. – Jeremiah 33:3
Jesus said, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8
Please notice in these Bible verses there is a part for us to do and it comes first.
Call
ASK
God wants to answer you
Call to Him today!
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First Garden
One is nearer God’s Heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on Earth.
The quote above is a line from the poem “God’s Garden” written by Dorothy Frances Gurney. You have probably seen it on plaques and other items if you’ve ever visited a garden shop.
Most people enjoy and have some degree of appreciation for gardens even if they’ve never had their own garden. But planting and caring for a garden is an entirely different experience. One that can only be known by doing it yourself.
There are so many amazing things to discover through gardening but the connection between God and gardens is the basis for all of it. This is not my opinion but actually documented in the Word of God.
First review what happened when God spoke on the third day of creation.
Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the third day.
– Genesis 1:11-13
Now read what God did later in chapter 2
The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden,
– Genesis 2:8-9
These are two different events in Genesis.
- God spoke and all types of vegetation grew on the earth.
- God planted a garden.
The very first garden was planted by God.
Ponder that while you are in your garden today.
Love to know your thoughts about God and gardening.
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Every Day with the King in a garden ♥
