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My mending basket sits on a bottom shelf near the washer and dryer. As I’m sorting laundry, I often find shirts with missing buttons, pants with ripped seams, and sweaters with holes. Into the basket they go, awaiting the day of their promised mending.
This weekend I spent some time with the neglected garments in the mending basket. I sewed on buttons. I darned holes. I let out hems. I stitched seams. And it was immensely satisfying.
There is something within me, within all of us, that longs for restoration.
I am always hungry for analogy, searching for concrete metaphors that provide handles to help me carry around abstract thoughts. My mind leaps into this one with the joy of a toddler in a rain puddle.
I watch my hands transform this stack of tired rags, redeem them into purposeful garments, and I am reminded of how God does the same for me.
Praise the Lord! He replaces my missing buttons!
Hallelujah! He repairs my torn seams!
Glory be! He restores my moth-eaten holes!
What a mercy and a privilege to be lifted from a heap of rags and held and transformed by His loving hands. The prick of the needle may sting, and the pull of the thread may chafe, but His restoration is sure and His redemption beautiful.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful thoughts.. you elevated a seemingly mundane task into art! I have a neglected mending stack to deal with myself. :) ~Frances
Frances, My life is full of mundane things, and I try to elevate them whenever possible :) I hope you find joy in your mending. Erin
I hear you! :) Some seasons of life seem much more mundane than others! Well thanks :) ~Frances
Such a beautiful post Erin! So grateful HE replaces my missing buttons. :) Your photos are beautiful. I am so glad you joined us ‘in the studio’ this week!
Jennifer, Thank you for inviting me! I’m looking forward to joining more intentionally next week.
Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing. I loved this phrase: “concrete metaphors that provide handles to help me carry around abstract thoughts.” What a lovely mental picture that gave me! :)
Alesha
Alesha, I find that in order to keep track of thoughts I need “handles” (and “pegs” on which to hang them). I’m glad that others can sympathize with me in that! :)