May. 1, 2008
Best Blessing of All
Posted in Single Moms as Keepers at Home
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If you've been reading my posts lately you know that my family is just bubbling over in rejoicing the Lord's blessings. The blessing I'm about to share is going to seem small in comparison to all that has been going on, but it was "the hugest" to me. A couple years ago, a dear friend gave me a beautiful, brand new sewing machine to have to do my quilting with. The machine has sewed many miles since then, not just on quilts but also making diapers and frock for Haitian orphanages. It has also taught a couple of young ladies to sew. About six months ago, after a cleaning, the sewing machine started breaking needles, and I figured I'd just worn it out. I knew that getting it serviced would cost almost as much as a new sewing machine at WalMart. I struggled and prayed for months over whether to have it serviced or just to buy a new machine, maybe not quite as fancy, but still functional. In the mean time, I dug out my dependable old (1966) Brothers beast that weighs a 1/2 ton. This was a bit of a shock to the system, after using my light weight new one. Needless to say, taking projects with me when I traveled became out of the question. I went to WalMart a week ago, I'd made a decision, I was going to buy a new sewing machine. I got there and the one I could afford was not one, but two steps below the level I currently have, and it just didn't have what I really wanted/needed for stitch options. The one that was equivalent to my machine in price and stitch options was computerized and to me that just seems like something that should NOT be. It's a machine not a computer. It's suppose to run on gears and motors and things I can take apart and figure out. So, very muddled, preplexed and confused, I left WalMart with no sewing machine. Figuring, if I really, really needed it, I could go back and buy the computerized one -- even thought it was more than what I wanted or needed to deal with. We won't even discuss the serger that I looked at briefly, and decided against. I came home, took out my machine, and decided to give it one last chance. I prayed. I prayed a lot. I tinkered here, and adjusted there. I checked everything one checks. I tried hard not to be frustrated as I broke 4 more sewing needles, in less than a 1/2 hour. Finally, when I was about to give up, "Lord, I just don't know what to do. If I had a husband, he could tell me what I should do, here. Lord, I need to know what to do!!!" Then I noticed that the shaft where the needle goes wiggled back and forth, hence the broken needles -- because they kept hitting the metal plate. Hhhmmmm . . . that isn't suppose to wiggle like that, so I turned the machine around, and sure enough there was a very loose screw in the back. A loose screw -- of all the simple, mundane, frustrating, things. For six months I had not been able to do any serious sewing because of a loose screw!!!!! So, I did the only reasonable thing I could do -- Thank the Lord!!!!! Oh, and of course, tighten the screw. And Voila! Screw tightened -- sewing machine fixed -- no money spent!!!! Having my sewing machine back and working has been the biggest blessing of all. How has the Lord been blessing your life? MaggieRaye |
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May. 1, 2008 - sewing prayers
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Posted by Anonymous 
