My Quilt”
author unknown
As I faced my Maker at the last judgment, I knelt before the Lord along with all the other souls.
Before each of us laid our lives, like the squares of a quilt, in many piles.
An Angel sat before each of us sewing our quilt squares together into a tapestry that is our life.
But as my Angel took each piece of cloth off the pile, I noticed how ragged and empty each of my squares was.
They were filled with giant holes. Each square was labeled with a part of my life that had been difficult, the challenges and temptations I was faced with in everyday life.
I saw hardships that I endured, which were the largest holes of all.
I glanced around me. Nobody else had such squares. Other than a tiny hole here and there, the other tapestries were filled with rich color and the bright hues of worldly fortune.
I gazed upon my own life and was disheartened. My Angel was sewing the ragged pieces of cloth together, threadbare and empty, like binding air.
Finally, the time came when each life was to be displayed, held up to the light, the scrutiny of truth.
The others rose, each in turn, holding up their tapestries. So filled their lives has been.
My Angel looked upon me, and nodded for me to rise. My gaze dropped to the ground in shame.
I hadn’t had all the earthly fortunes… I had love in my life, and laughter. But there had also been trials of illness, and death, and false accusations that took from me my world, as I knew it.
I had to start over many times, I often struggled with the temptation to quit, only to somehow muster the strength to pick up and begin again. I spent many nights on my knees in prayer, asking for help and guidance in my life. I had often been held up to ridicule, which I endured painfully, each time offering it up to the Father in hopes that I would not melt within my skin beneath the judgmental gaze of those who unfairly judged me. Now I had to face the truth.
My life was what it was, and I had to accept it for what it was.
I rose and slowly lifted the combined squares of my life to the light. Gasps filled the air. I gazed around at the others who stared at me with wide eyes.
Then I looked upon the tapestry before me. Light flooded the many holes, creating an image, the face of Christ.
Then our Lord stood before me, with warmth and love in His eyes. He said, “Every time you gave over your life to me, it became my life, my hardships, and my struggles. Each point of light in your life is when you stepped aside and let me shine through, until there was more of me than there was of you.”
May all our quilts be threadbare and worn, allowing Christ to shine
“Success is measured not by how much you have but by how much you have given away.”
It is update time!👏😀
Here is where I was last time
Almost to the end there on the left side. Now on part of the quilting is to the half way point but not all is. I was hoping to have it all reach the half way point… just didn’t make it.
The left side is to the half way point,the right of the yellow line isn’t.
Hubby and I are out of town over the weekend ,as we are attending the wedding of my son best friend. It is being held in Pennsylvania, and we have many miles to cover. I will touch base with all the lovely work being done when we arrive home.
Check out the others work that are doing the quilt along….
This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another. If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.
Kathy, Lori, Margaret, Kerry, Emma, Tracy, Deb, Connie, Susan, Nanette, Sassy , Edith, and Sharon
Beautiful poem, and stunning quilting as always 🙂
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Thank you!😄
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The story is lovely! And your quilting looks great, as always–you are so persistent in getting this done!
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Thanks, Kerry! With all the encouragement from y’all,I just might get it done for Christmas or at least close to it.
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That little tale is wonderful. What a beautiful illustration! You have really made consistent progress on this, even in the summer heat!
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Thank you! The quilt is in a frame so it isn’t on my lap,that helps out with all the warm quilt being in ones lap.
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It’s a great piece of furniture, and that makes it even easier to sit a few minutes and stitch I bet. It is going to be a stunner for sure!
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It definitely makes it easy to quick sit for a little quilting here and there.
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Your work is just AMAZING!
Enjoy your weekend away!
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Thank you! We did enjoy our weekend! Pa is really pretty.. I even came to believe they just don’t have weeds in pa,as the garden,yards and flowerbeds were in such perfect order!😁 it is better to be home again though as there is no place like home even if we have weeds here!
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Thanks for sharing ~ the quilt is amazing; enjoy the wedding!
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Thank you! The wedding was lovely,it was simple but very attractive that way.
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Your quilting is so even and you made such great progress!
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Thank you, Connie!
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Lovely words and quilt, hope the wedding went well 🙂
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Thanks, and the wedding was a very nice one! It was very wet there in Pa with some flooding! One older gentleman from there said they had over 15” in the month of July, and five so far for August.
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15″ in one month …wow, thats were all our rain has gone, we have only had 2 days in the last two months. But glad the wedding was ok, my sister -in-law lives in PA, up in the mountains, really beautiful, we have been a coupe of times. I seem to remember it rained the first time we were there and it was quite a heavy down pour, but not 15″ 🙂 🙂
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I think too we stole your rain as Ga is very green which is really unusual for August,we’ve not had 15” in a month ,lots of thunderstorms though.
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We have had a little rain tonight, its suppose to get cooler from tomorrow, we will just wait and see, I still watered the pot plants on the patio 🙂
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I hope you enjoyed the wedding, and shared your quilt story with the bride and groom. A good way to start life, thinking about others. You seem to be quilting really fast, to me. Probably not to you. =)
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No I didn’t get to share the story at the wedding, as there was so much going on as it was. Thanks ! And you right, At times I think I’m so slow.😄
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Amazing. I am speechless when seeing them. Thank You sharing these.
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Thank you for your kind comment! Have a lovely weekend.🙂
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I enjoyed the poem; and, as always, enjoyed your update on the quilt. It’s nice to hear that you enjoyed the wedding, even though PA was very rainy.
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