While working on the final edits of the Proverbs 31 Woman personal devotional my husband pointed out I needed a better cover.
So I headed to my craft room to find a WIP to possibly photograph and use since the subtitle of the devotional is “God’s Work In Progressâ€.
I found something I had totally forgotten I even started.
I found this in one of the dozens of tote bags I have hanging in a closet. I found the original pattern and my notes for a sweater, though I did not mark what size I was making. I found the right front complete and the left front 1/4 done. Unfortunately it is a lace pattern with a 16 row repeat while decreasing. I had a bit of trouble deciphering my scribbled notes and determining where I was in the pattern.
I am too far in to this sweater to frog it. Determined to move forward, I placed a lifeline in the row before I attempted to move forward. After a rocky start I did mange to determine where I was in the pattern and work through 2 full repeats. I am on my way.
I am excited to know that as God’s work-in-progress He never puts me in a tote bag and hides me away in the closet. He didn’t frog the whole project (rip-it, rip-it, rip-it). He is always working on me.
I look back at how God has brought me to this point in my life. I made a lot of mistakes and turn some wrong turns. But God has never left my side.
Just like the Proverbs 31 woman was not born with all the qualities describes, I must learn, make decisions, and grow.
I am a work-in-progress on God’s knitting needle.
Now to get back to that sweater. I wonder what weight point I was at when I started it. Will it fit?