Stripes!

 It seems I’ve been knitting in stripes lately!  Stripes in my  hat; stripes in my snake sock project; stripes in the Advent socks.  Yes, it’s a good way to utilize all those small yarn bits of odds and ends.  Most of these yarns are from my hand spun collection.  As I knit on any of these projects, my thoughts turn to Lenten meditation.  Each stitch placed creates a special addition to completion .  

This Lenten season I chose to display this hand pieced, hand quilted quilt.  It also features stripes—maybe not the way you think stripes should run—nonetheless, there are stripes. 

This quilt is special—hand made by hubby’s grandmother; she made a quilt for each of her grandchildren—her labor Of love just as our Lord God has a love for his children—HE presents to us his gift of His Son!  What better gift is there! 

The blood was for our spiritual life and the stripes were for the whole of our natural life. The stripes not only represent physical and emotional healing, they also represent prosperity. The Bible not only speaks of bread in relation to communion, it also speaks of casting our bread (money) on the water