I have been knitting since October and I can’t say for sure what really encouraged me to pick up the knitting needles. Honestly, it is an “odd” hobby to choose since my mil didn’t know how to knit and no one else I really knew, knitted, but something about it, attracted me to the idea of knitting.
It 
just felt like the right thing to do. As you can see from this image, I must have unravelled my current project,”The Never Ending Scarf” too many times.
I guess 4 times, but I imagine more.
The thing I discovered though as I’ve progressed with knitting and particularly since I gave up trying to be “perfect” and just concentrated on working on my current project is that, as my knitting progressed, I begun to realized how much our lives are weaved by the very hand of our Heavenly Father above.
13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. (Psalm 139:13, New King James Version)
Think about the image that the scripture evokes.
God, the ultimate knitter, knitting us; Nothing is an accident, everything has a perfect purpose.
I was thinking about this as I was knitting and realized that there are parts of the scarf
, where some of the knitting was in perfect line; You could see good ribbing, but there were other parts where there were gaps, that though you may not notice it as well, I could clearly see them.
24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer,
And He who formed you from the womb:
“ I am the LORD, who makes all things,
Who stretches out the heavens all alone,
Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;
(Isaiah 44:24, New King James Version)
Isn’t our life a little bit like that?
There are days, weeks, months, maybe years when everything is working out well; Prosperity, joy, happiness and there are days,weeks, months and maybe years where it seems to be lean, sad, or tearful, but through it all, He still carries us through, knitting the bad, with the good, throughout it and never giving up on us, but continuing to carry us through.
For some us of, we may have started out strong, blessed with a solid foundation, and for some of us, maybe we weren’t blessed with a good start, or our lives were so loosely knitted that our foundation seems fragile, easy to break and for some it does, but rather than abandon us, He picks us back up, puts us together, and we may not be the same as we started out, but we all end, in and through Him, finished by His hands.
24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer,
And He who formed you from the womb:
“ I am the LORD, who makes all things,
Who stretches out the heavens all alone,
Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;
(Isaiah 44:24, New King James Version)
Truthfully, this is just a very simplistic way of looking at things and I must sound like I’m rambling.
I feel a little bit like that; My life isn’t and wasn’t perfect; There are some gaps here and there and places I had to restart from scratch but He, rather I knew it or not, and most of the times, till I accepted His gift of salvation, didn’t know it, saw me through many things in my life and I’m in debt and humbly grateful to Him now as I was and am, then.
I’m rough around the ages and constantly learning and growing in and through Him, and just humble and thankful that He is my Lord and He is my Saviour, without Him, I am nothing, for Him, He is everything in my life and the life of those I love and care for.
73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments. (Psalm 119:73, New King James Version)
Because of what He has done for me and what He is to me, I pray and hope that whatever I am when He is finished knitting me, that I am always His humble servant, His tool for whatever He has plans for me.
I can’t give up on Him, because He has shown so much and so deeply how He NEVER gave up on me and wow, the love, the pursuit, the call. As I diligently work on this “Never Ending” scarf, knowing it’s not going to look as pretty as someone whose had more time and experience, it’s still, to me, a deep reminder, of what God has and is and will always do in my life and prayers that He is the same for anyone and for everyone.
From the MHC regarding Psalm 139:7-16:
We cannot see God, but he can see us. The psalmist did not desire to go from the Lord. Whither can I go?
In the most distant corners of the world, in heaven, or in hell, I cannot go out of thy reach.
No veil can hide us from God; not the thickest darkness. No disguise can save any person or action from being seen in the true light by him.
Secret haunts of sin are as open before God as the most open villanies.
On the other hand, the believer cannot be removed from the supporting, comforting presence of his Almighty Friend.
Should the persecutor take his life, his soul will the sooner ascend to heaven. T
he grave cannot separate his body from the love of his Saviour, who will raise it a glorious body.
No outward circumstances can separate him from his Lord. While in the path of duty, he may be happy in any situation, by the exercise of faith, hope, and prayer.
It’s funny, I know, but since I’ve worked slowly on knitting, as it slowly developed, along with it, a deep hunger and appreciation for our Heavenly Father.
Some things take time and stitch by stitch as the threads of our lives slowly come together, we can see as we look at the path our Father leads us down, where He has been and what He has done and with it, the excitement, the peace and the comfort of knowing that our faith and trust is just in His gentle hands as He knits our lives slowly, carefully and with love in His hands and through and in His word.
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11, New King James Version)
Lord, thank You for Your love and Your Grace. Thank You for humbling me, for softening my heart, for leading me, for guiding me and I pray You continue to grow this humbled soul and to mature and to just be Your servant to Your word and way, Lord.
I’m not perfect, our Heavenly Father, knows that and all too human at times, and there are times when I’m doing alright and there are days when it seems I have missed a stitch here or there and the knitting in my life has a gap or come undone and I give praise to our Heavenly Father who steers me back where I need to be steered and fixes that which this mortal and imperfect soul can’t do without His rebuking and gentle guidance back to where I need to be going.
Heavenly Father, thank You for teaching this simple knitter, Your word and Your lessons.
5 Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works
Which You have done;
And Your thoughts toward us
Cannot be recounted to You in order;
If I would declare and speak of them,
They are more than can be numbered.
(Psalm 40:5, New King James Version)
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