Do you believe there is a pre-drawn plan for our life? I do. I feel very Lucky to know my purpose. It is very specific and very clear given to me through a blessing. Sometimes, when things aren't going as (I) had planned, I find myself questioning things. (I'm such an over thinker)..... We have our free agency, but I think as long as we are doing our very best to Keep the covenants and Promises we have made, Things work-out according to plan. Not always in our time, but in Gods time. Have you ever looked back on your life and thought......Oh, that's why that happened? But at the time you were so frustrated and confused. Have faith in Heavenly Fathers Pre-drawn plan for YOU. I am reminded of this story.
God’s Embroidery
When I was a little boy, my mother used to embroider a great deal. I would sit at her feet 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 son, 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,
“Son, 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 son, 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.”
