As a quilter there is a quote, ‘throw me a piece of scraps and I will make a quilt’
Have you ever stopped to think about your life? How many times we see the scraps or pieces in our lives that we wonder what the Lord can do with. I have a friend who is a skilled quilter and really enjoys the process of those little pieces. She will make a plan and begin to cut carefully and fit them together and when they are done it will be something that is beautiful and of value. A creator has the ability to see what others do not.
In the book of Genesis, Joseph’s father had made him a coat of many colors and his brother hated him for it and is jealous. Joseph has a dream and shares it with them and his father and its gets him in more trouble. The brothers plot to kill him; they strip him of his robe and throw him into an empty cistern. He finds himself in a precarious position, a place of insignificance, a dry place, a place of separation. We find Judah standing in between a plot by his brothers to kill and a brother in a predicament. Judah means praise. Praise will always stand between betrayal, threat and accusation.
God sees the value in Joseph and He will walk him through a process that will eventually bring him into leadership. He later is used as a valuable vessel with his brothers who hated him and he will become their salvation in a land of famine.
I believe Joseph knew who he was with or without the coat that his father made for him. God had a plan and man tried to thwart it. It says of him many times, ‘the Lord gave him success in everything he did.’
If you have pieces that look hopeless or you stand accused, betrayed or a plot against you. Let Praise fill you. Throw him the pieces of your life and let Him create something beautiful.
Have you ever stopped to think about your life? How many times we see the scraps or pieces in our lives that we wonder what the Lord can do with. I have a friend who is a skilled quilter and really enjoys the process of those little pieces. She will make a plan and begin to cut carefully and fit them together and when they are done it will be something that is beautiful and of value. A creator has the ability to see what others do not.
In the book of Genesis, Joseph’s father had made him a coat of many colors and his brother hated him for it and is jealous. Joseph has a dream and shares it with them and his father and its gets him in more trouble. The brothers plot to kill him; they strip him of his robe and throw him into an empty cistern. He finds himself in a precarious position, a place of insignificance, a dry place, a place of separation. We find Judah standing in between a plot by his brothers to kill and a brother in a predicament. Judah means praise. Praise will always stand between betrayal, threat and accusation.
God sees the value in Joseph and He will walk him through a process that will eventually bring him into leadership. He later is used as a valuable vessel with his brothers who hated him and he will become their salvation in a land of famine.
I believe Joseph knew who he was with or without the coat that his father made for him. God had a plan and man tried to thwart it. It says of him many times, ‘the Lord gave him success in everything he did.’
If you have pieces that look hopeless or you stand accused, betrayed or a plot against you. Let Praise fill you. Throw him the pieces of your life and let Him create something beautiful.
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