Trust and He will show you the way

By Joyce Pelletier
Proverbs 3:3-6  Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all your heart lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him and he will make your paths straight. 

Another translation says, ‘and He will direct your paths…

I spent a lot of my summer preparing and making a quilt for my bed for the cold months ahead. As many times as I laid out the quilt was as many times that I made changes. I admit, I am one to take short cuts in the middle of the project, but this time I had a more direct approach. 

I had to prepare well over 200 six-inch squares to piece together around the center of the top of the quilt. A few friends donated many pieces of scrap pieces as well as many, many pieces of used denim. I was so happy to find use for the denim. I love to upcycle as it makes for less used material that gets thrown out and unused. 

I laid out this quilt many times. Each time it meant, I needed to add not just 10 more pieces but 20-40- new pieces. To be used for this quest. Each time, I’d think, I’ll never make it. I’ve run out of denim. Yet weeks later and I sewed the last row of the quilt, I had about 15-20 pieces left over. 

In preparing the design with the guidance of a good friend with multi ideas for the design, I’d clean up the squares, placing them in a specific order so the next time I’d take it out, it’d be easier to lay it out and continue the pattern. Well, that never happened. Each time, I’d need to make more squares. This went on for some time. Each time I’d take it out, I’d lay out the squares in another order. Each time I felt better about the design. Maurice said, “Give it up! It’s not worth all that work” 
I’m not a quitter. When I set my mind to do something. I push myself to the limit. The last day of sewing, Both Maurice and I worked together in making sure it would get sewn. Each change was a big transition, but I talked to God about getting it done the way it was meant to be.

Phew, it is sewn. I have one more task to put on the final binding. I won’t be able to do it for a couple of weeks. But I had to see it on my bed and when I did, I cried. It was a lot of work, but every step of the way, I was not alone. God was with me with the changes he wanted. I’m thankful for that. Spending time with Maurice gave me a special deep sense of gratitude for his presence and there is no way I could have gotten that sewn without his loving hand lifting those heavy pieces. 
God is so good and he wants us to succeed in all we do, all we have to do is trust Him, listen for his guidance and He will direct your path. He’s there to rework the details and then in the end I rejoiced in the design he helped me to make it. Then I knew he’s the designer to be grateful for. 

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