When I was a little girl, my
mother used to embroider a great deal. I would
sit at her knee and look up from the floor and ask
what she was doing. She informed me that she
was embroidering. I told her that it looked
like a mess from where I was. As from the
underside I watched her work within the boundaries of
the little round hoop that she held in her hand, I
complained to her that it sure looked messy from
where I sat.
She would smile at me, look
down and gently say, "My dear, you go about your
playing for a while, and when I am finished with my
embroidering, I will put you on my knee and let you
see it from my side."
I would wonder why she was
using some dark threads along with the bright ones
and why they seemed so jumbled from my view. A
few minutes would pass and then I would hear Mother's
voice say, "Dear, come and sit on my knee."
This I did only to be surprised and thrilled to see a
beautiful flower or a sunset. I could not
believe it, because from underneath it looked so
messy.
Then Mother would say to me,
"My dear, from underneath it did look messy and
jumbled, but you did not realize that there was a
pre-drawn plan on the top. It was a design. I
was only following it. Now look at it from my
side and you will see what I was doing."
Many times through the years
I have looked up to my Heavenly Father and said,
"Father, what are You doing?"
He has answered, "I am
embroidering your life."
I say, "But it looks
like a mess to me. It seems so jumbled. The
threads seem so dark. Why can't they all be
bright?"
The Father seems to tell me,
"My child, you go about your business of doing
My business, and one day I will bring you to Heaven
and put you on My knee and you will see the plan from
My side."