{"id":1949,"date":"2014-10-10T11:54:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T15:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/?p=1949"},"modified":"2020-11-30T19:38:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T00:38:05","slug":"knitting-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/10\/knitting-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Knitting Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

My son told his story again. This time to a group of mothers. I found myself feeling heavy with guilt, “Where was I?<\/em> – Why didn’t I see what was going on?<\/em>” Every time he speaks I hear something new. Even though I’ve dealt with the guilt before, it’s easily accessible. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Later, driving in the car alone,\u00a0God reminded me of the love my husband and I had poured into each of our children from the day they were born.\u00a0He gave me an image:<\/em><\/p>\n

A giant<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0loom weaving threads back and forth. The threads were love shown day after day. They\u00a0were\u00a0knit together, making a strong cloth of trust underneath our children. Incase they should ever fall.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ok, this was really cool. I was crying, but I felt better.<\/p>\n

Then I thought of our oldest son who didn’t come to us until he was 18. His mom had been unable to care for him after his father passed away. I knew from his story there was love in his home, but so many of those core threads were severed at a critical time.<\/p>\n

“What about him, Lord?”<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Again I saw that giant loom weaving threads to finished-off a cloth.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

God used our family to strengthen what had already started, and to repair what had been damaged.\u00a0I began to think of other family relationships. So many\u00a0displaced kids stayed with us for years. Having burned bridges with their own families, it was easier for them to live with us. Easier to let us love them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

My take-away?\u00a0Parents may fail, family may fail,\u00a0and the System<\/em>\u00a0may fail …but\u00a0God’s love never fails!<\/strong>\u00a0When we use His threads of love<\/em>, they are eternal and healing. \u00a0<\/p>\n

ForGlorySake!<\/strong> -Anna<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Love never fails. <\/strong><\/em>1 Corinthians 13:8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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