LOVE IS A WEAVER OF TATTERS
A devout Amish woman once said, “I seem to create so much of my life the way I fashion my rugs – from leftover remnants and tatters of whole days.” How seldom we have days that are in “one piece”, unmarred by intrusions and interruptions. We find ourselves having to take a sliver of time here to read a story to our child, a scrap of a moment there to make a call . . . another ragged piece of an hour to mow the lawn or hem a dress . . . a discarded handful of minutes to write a note. Yet when we take them all, and dye them in the bright colors of our love, sew them together with the strong cord of devotion, and plait them faithfully through the weeks, what delightful beautiful things have been fashioned! Never be defeated by a day which seems to be nothing but bits and tatters. Use each…
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