“In our lives the darkest times, the days that are bleak and black, add depth to every other experience. Like the dark bits of color in a mosaic, they add the contrast and shadows that give beauty to the whole, but they are just a small part of the big picture.”

~ Amy Grant~
Mosaic: Pieces of My Life so Far

I have pondered this quote for a couple of days now and realize that I have very little to add. This quote sums up the purpose of my blog, Word Quilts. Every event in my life becomes part of the overall product. The ugly pieces of the past can’t be just ignored or left out. They are there, but they are not the focus of my life quilt. The dark patches are not the pattern but provide the definition, the outline, for the beautiful pieces that compose the pattern of my mosaic. But the dark pieces? They were necessary. Those represent times of great growth in my life.

See that one over there? That was when my husband had a serious health problem. Remember how God worked out that one? How grateful we were? And look! That one was when my 16-year-old daughter was being tested for cancer. What a black moment! Oh, but remember how God worked that one out? The second doctor found NOTHING!!!! Praise God! That big black one down there? Well, I am still working on that one, which is the most hopeless-seeming dark yet. But God is teaching me and blessing me while He stitches me into a tapestry that reflects Him.

Precious Lord, dark colors recede. Let me not forget what I learned during the black days. Thank You for Your bright light that guided my shoes out of the shadows. I still need You to do that for me.

Word Quilts – [dark] bits and [lovely] pieces of my life
as held together by the Master Designer.

For His Glory

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