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Whimsy 365: Day 87

About this Sketch:

This sketch is going to be a large punchneedle pattern. I’ve been wanting to do a large pattern using 6 strands and 3 strands for the details. I am thinking of making it approx 8″ x 10″.  Also, to help keep the cost of the floss down, I will use a combo of Weeks Dye Works and DMC. Can’t wait to get started!!

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Sunday’s Homily Reflection:

I just wanted to share with you something our Priest said during his homily yesterday. This isn’t word for word because I don’t have a photographic memory but it went something like this:

Fr Roy told us that he was happy when he read the headline in the paper, Americans are anxious and afraid for 2016. He continued to say: people are arrogant, prideful and think they’re are in control but are realizing they have very little control of what happens in the world because of all the unrest and terror going on around us. Their arrogance and pride will turn into humility and they’ll be brought to their knees in prayer asking for help and mercy. People will realize God is in control, not us. God has always been in control since the beginning of time. People will seek God and His mercy. We as Christians will have greater opportunity to share the good news of Jesus, our Savior, with others and help bring them to Christ. Souls will be saved.

Wow…..that really hit me yesterday and as soon as I got home, I wrote it down because I really wanted to reflect on it and share it with you. Throughout the Bible, God’s people turn from Him, then something always happens to bring them back to Him. Is that what’s happening in our world today? All the terror attacks, people killing others with no remorse, school shootings, etc? The Devil is running rampant. We need to be vigilant in prayer. We need to call on God for protection, mercy and help. We need to be strong and share our beliefs with others.

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Clearing up any confusion:

Now anyone that knows me knows I believe and write about setting goals and working hard to achieve them. That we create our future by our thoughts, visualization and beliefs. This may sound contradictory to what Fr Roy is saying about God being in control but I assure you it’s not. I believe we DO create our future but in harmony with what God wants for us. Through prayer God’s plan is revealed to us. We work with God.

For instance, in my business, I have tried things that seemed to me like a great idea but they didn’t work out, why? I believe because it was something I wanted but it wasn’t in line with what God wanted for me. There are also times when opportunities arise what seems like out of no where, or during deep thought and prayer ideas come to me that I act on and they turn out to be a major success – that’s working with God’s plan.

Some people go through life on auto-pilot. Never making plans or setting goals. Maybe they believe things will happen because God is in control and he will see to it his plan is carried out. Maybe so, but I feel if we don’t seek His plan and then set goals, visualize that plan coming to fruition and work hard to insure that it does, it may not happen at all.

Anyhoo, I just wanted to share this so you understand where I’m coming from when I post about setting goals, thinking positively and visualizing your future. These things are all very important, but it must come from a place of a partnership with God. He is in control, but he needs us to be his worker bees in order to make it happen.

Blessings,

Teresa

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