Yes, I am a woman who prays (on my knees) but my retail job also involves a lot of bending, climbing up and down ladders, kneeling to cut lengths of carpet runners and crawling under shelving to retrieve products that have toppled over the back side of the displays.
Its not glamorous but it does keep me active and flexible.
The work means that my clothing gets put to the test. Recently my favourite jeans developed a hole on the knee. Hmmm... annoying, do I get rid of them? I debated cutting them into shorts, using the scraps for some future project or maybe salvaging them by way of getting a bit creative. I decided to redeem them, to embroider a flower and some leaves over the tear. I liked the results and continued the vines, flowers, eventually little hearts up the leg of the jeans.
I'm happy with the results. I'm also reminded that when I have personally felt worn out and torn apart by some circumstance which is beyond my control, over extending myself or at times the result of my own lack of wisdom; God never sees me as a lost cause. He knows my limits, when I come unraveled and when I want to give up. But He never puts me in the throw away pile. He comes along, picks me up and gently stitches my life circumstances together one more time... in the process creating something unique and beautiful. We are all always redeemable... no matter what.
I hope that you sense how much you are cherished and how worthy you are of being loved regardless of whether your life seems to be intact today or tattered, tired and unraveling. Seek out the support of those who love you unconditionally, who are gentle and supportive, pray, or feel free to connect with me in the comments section.
Thank you for stopping by my turquoise kettle life today,
Wishing you a day of love and support
Sandra
