Faith, Trust and Breast Cancer: mammogram

Monday, April 9, 2018

Still Stitching #7. Yo-Yo's. Book Date. Waiting.

Still Stitching #7
Still Stitching #6 Still Stitching #8

So far, we’ve looked at these principles which I’ve begun learning and implementing in my life with my loved one.

The first was:

Then we looked at:

And now we are looking at:

As I was thinking about how to discuss this point, I realized that we are discussing detachment with love: letting our loved one deal with the natural consequence of their behavior instead of rescuing them.

Oh boy! Was this a hard lesson to learn – it still is – and sometimes I fail miserably. But, as I pondered this point, the LROD spoke to me and said,

“When you are detaching with love,

you are NOT throwing your hands up

and quitting on your loved one.

When you detach with love,

you are releasing them TO ME.”

Big difference. I am NOT throwing my loved one into the great abyss of living out their natural consequences, I AM throwing them into the loving arms of my Father – of THEIR Father.

Remember this point?

I know….it’s an excruciatingly painful process.

And the results are unknown.

It’s during this time, I could – and continue to lean on His everlasting arms.

His will be done.

Until next time, Dear Reader.

Yo-Yo's

Ever since I finished my Felt Nativity Calendar for my grandkids, I've been debating which hand sewing project to work on next. I decided to pull out my yo-yo project. Here is the next section.