Having hope should not disappoint or shame us. But when we are without hope then our heart can become sick. Are you living right now without hope? I encourage you to not stay there. Grab a hold of hope and keep moving forward to the victory you want or desire in your life. Listen to this podcast to understand how.
Hello friends. Welcome to my Podcast Giving You a Fresh Start After Trauma. I’m ready to dive in how about you?
“I’d Prefer to Read Your Message!”
I remember years ago when I was in a really bad place in my marriage praying that the Lord would bring healing to it, I had a friend say to me, “Regina your marriage is like a tapestry. When you look at the back of the tapestry all you see are a mess of threads. But turn it over it’s a beautiful creation.”
I loved the analogy and hoped that would be what my marriage would become. Sadly, it didn’t but I still hold onto that analogy for my life as a whole. No, my marriage didn’t make it, but my life did. I no longer live in chaos, strife or abuse. My life is a beautiful tapestry.
People’s lives can be like that tapestry or like a quilt. Since I have been quilting these past 5 years (can’t believe that amount of time has passed) I can see the truth in this statement .
As I begin to quilt, I can cut up the beautiful fabric into hundreds of pieces (literally). Sometimes I wonder how all of it will be formed into a beautiful masterpiece. But as I begin to put together the pieces and continue sewing, the pattern begins to emerge. I can begin to see something so pretty, comforting and peaceful being created.
Can that be your life right now?
Is it in pieces like a quilt waiting to be put together but you don’t know how to begin? I do understand as I was in both places. Years ago, by my life being a mess and then starting to learn to quilt.
Quilting did seem overwhelming to me initially and my daughter began to help me. Then in her kindness she purchased a beginner’s quilting class for me and hence my journey began. As I continued quilting, I realized that not only does it require some creativity but also patience. You can have some very frustrating times as the seam ripper becomes your friend because you must take apart your mistakes. But once you take it apart and see your mistake, you begin to fix it and sew it correctly.
It’s like our life. We see all the pieces of things that may have fallen apart and feel very frustrated because you don’t know how to put it back together. Like I needed a teacher (both my daughter and an instructor), we sometimes need help putting the pieces of our life back together. There should be no shame in that.
What needs to be ripped apart in your life?
Just like with quilting when we need to use our seam ripper, along the way we need to “rip” apart something we tried to fix in our life. Then re-piece it back together. There shouldn’t be shame in that. Sometimes we need to take one step back to then take a few steps forward.
What our emotions and our “gray matter” brain want to do, is talk us into giving up and feeling like there is no hope. But there is always hope in Christ. He never leaves us, forsakes us or most importantly leaves us in a pit of despair. As we keep our focus, trust and hope in Him we can keep moving forward and do not need to give up.
I love the truth of this Scripture …
“We have become His poetry, a re-created people that will fulfill the destiny He has given each of us, for we are joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. Even before we were born, God planned in advance our destiny and the good works we would do to fulfill it!” Ephesians 2:10 The Passion Translation
Will it be easy? Not always. But when you have those moments of feeling like you can’t move forward, take a deep breath, maybe reach out for support and believe you can get through.
I remember hearing this statement years ago and it has not left me.
“In order to get to … you have to go through!”
Sometimes we wish we could just be zapped into our victory, freedom, healing or peace but there are times we need to walk through it step by step. There were times that I would lay on the bed in a fetal position thinking I cannot make it but here I am 20+ years later. I did make it and you can as well.
Remember this statement …
“Every quilt begins with scattered pieces – and so does
a beautiful life. Trust the process of stitching yourself whole!”
Begin to pick up the pieces and put them together. Reach out for help or support if needed and then pick up the “sewing needle and begin sewing.”
Grab a hold of hope and don’t let it go.
Your Spiritual Life & Health Coach … believing in you!
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