When I was a
little child, my mother embroidered a great deal. I can remember the time
when, as I was sitting at her feet and looking up at her, I asked her what
she was doing. She informed me that she was embroidering. I remarked 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 in her hand, I
complained to her that it sure looked messy from where I sat.
She looked down, smiling at me, and gently said, "My child, you go and play
for now, and when I am finished, I will put you on my knee and let you see
it from my side." I wondered why she used some dark threads along with the
bright ones and why they seemed so jumbled from my point of view. Later,
after some time had passed, as I was playing, I heard my Mother calling for
me to come and sit on her knee. I went to her, and as I settled into the
comfort and security of her lap, my mother said, "My child, from underneath
it did look messy and jumbled, but you did not realize there was a plan on
the top, a design that I was following. Now look at it from my side, and you
will see what I was doing." Then, when she showed me her completed work, I
was surprised and thrilled to see a landscape scene full of beautiful
flowers adorned by the radiant glow of a magnificent sunset.
Many times, I have looked up to my Heavenly Father and asked, "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?" My Father gently says, "My child, you go and
do My will for now, and one day, I will bring you to Heaven and put you on
My knee, and then you will see the plan from My side."
