one gift stitched, one hammered, one woven:
- one gift stitched: me, and the comfort and peace it brings to know that. You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. (Psalm 139:5). He keeps me protected and warm, stitched in by his loving care.
- one gift hammered: the keyboard and drums during worship in church this morning. My church's worship band is among the best I've ever heard and I love to worship there more than anywhere else. There is the most beautiful spirit of truth and love when we sing together in praise to our God.
- one gift woven: the complexity and richness of God's Word. Heard a teaching at church this morning that once again revolutionized a passage of Scripture that I've heard many times. Acts 12:1-17 is the story of Peter's miraculous release from prison. It's also an archetype of my (and your) miraculous release from the prison of our own making. We all create prisons for ourselves, prisons built by choices to addictions like anger, fear, jealousy, approval, money, anxiety, work. The miracle is that all it takes for our release is the choice to reach out and take the outstretched hand of the one who died to set us free. "The Spirit of the Lord is on me [Jesus], because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free." (Luke 4:18)
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