We all get dealt different pieces of scraps at one point or another, but what do you do with them?
As quilters we often exchange ready-made blocks or pieces of fabric that we have no use for, but for others are just the thing they need.
I was reminded of that today, looking through my memories. A friend had some star blocks that perfectly fit with a piece of fabric I had in my stash and I was able to make a little runner with it.
I also read a book about the underground rail-road. The women involved created a quilt with messages about safe passages and people. All they had was scraps of fabric and they saved hundreds of lives.
When I read today's prayer I didn't really know how to process it:
"May I learn to make good out of what I'm given.
Rather than only make sense of it"
McRoberts & Erickson
Looking at today's memories and prayer made me realize that this happens to me all the time and it fits perfectly with the season of Lent.
1 Cor.13:2 - If I can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,
but have not love, I am nothing.
We can try to make sense of what happens to us and around us, or we can make something out of our experiences and use them to help others.
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