My Mom asked me recently how my quilt was coming along. I smiled and said "It's taking a lot longer than I thought and it's hard to find time to work on it. The evenings go by so fast."
I have sewn multiple projects. All by using a sewing machine and sometimes finishing it by hand sewing a hem, so hand piecing a quilt is an entirely new challenge for me.
I have managed to piece together 9 nine-piece blocks. Now I am in the process of putting the connecting pieces on those blocks. It has been very tempting to just set up my sewing machine and stitch it all together in the matter of hours, but I want to hand piece and hand quilt it. I will wait and take my time.
We live in a time when we want everything done instantly. Why? So we can move on to the next event, project or appointment?
Instant isn't always good. Instant potatoes leave a lot to be desired and so does instant coffee. Sometimes it is just better to wait, but it seems we have lost the ability to be patient and wait.
We need to learn to wait and most importantly, we need to learn to wait upon the Lord. So what happens when we wait on the Lord? The Bible tells us...
"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." Isaiah 40:31
"Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, on the Lord." Psalm 27:14.
"The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him." Lamentations 3:25
I love what the psalmist wrote in Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God...."
Words to ponder as we "wait upon the Lord."
