Daughters for His Glory

Greetings sisters!

I hope you are steadfast in the Lord and rejoicing in the hope to come if we endure.

"Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown."
Revelation 3:11

Let us sisters hold fast and strive forward!

"Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him."
James 1:12

Let us endure through all we must in this life running the race with much patience.

I had another busy day. It is good to be busy in things that are pleasing to the Lord. And it's also good to not be too busy doing our own things that we can't easily change to accomodate more important things that might come up. Obviously the world has all its priorities wrong. For a start God is not first. But may we examine our lives to see if they are in the proper order daily.

May we not be too obsessed with things that are good in their place but could become out of line still like they did with Martha.

"And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her."
Luke 10:41-42

Yes there are plenty of good and pure things for us women to do...things that have been refined by the Word in that we know they are good because God has said either directly or in principle.

I was going through my fabric scraps and seeing what I had that I could use on some more sewing projects coming up.

I'll see what I have to potentially make some bags and pocket organizers to sell.

I hauled out this old sewing machine from the cupboard today...

It hasn't been used in many years so I'm wondering if it still works. I might try it one day:-) I guess I learned to sew on it too. It does get me thinking of how blessed we are to have such a thing as sewing machines so we can make better use of our time and sew faster with them. And now we have available many modern machines to do a great variety of things. Speaking of which, earlier today I was looking up something online and saw the prices of some of the machines available. They can cost as much as a car. And they are home use ones and not even the big commercial ones.

While I'm sure they can do a lot of good things and stitches, simple is usually better especially for us sisters who don't obsess over clothing and just need simple and biblical clothing. (You can see some posts I did on biblical clothing here.)

For my online sewing shop I have 4 machines which I am blessed to have to use.

I take custom orders and need to have reliable machines to get the jobs done on time. I was blessed to receive 2 machines as gifts and then had to pay about $700 ($540 USD) for the other 2. So you need not spend the high prices on the ones above in order to get what's needed done. Two of these are from Aldi anyway and work just fine.

They are still simple as they come but certainly good enough to get what is needed done.

So I'm grateful that the Lord allowed mankind to make sewing machines to make our work easier so we can also be more productive and spend our time on other important things.

"See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is."
Ephesians 5:15-17

But it does remind me of the great skill that would have been needed in earlier days to do what they did back then without the advantages we may seem to have today.

Like this for one example, let alone all the other items and things for the tabernacle and temple which where to be made to God's requirements.

"And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office."
Exodus 28:4

We know the importance of food and clothing in our lives as we are to be content with those basic necessities. And we as sisters often deal with these things as Titus 2 and Proverbs 31 women.

Moving on...

I saw another pretty moth on the door...

And this blue wren outside my window...

Yep phones aren't the best for taking such pictures but you get the idea...roughly.

And on my evening walk I loved seeing the sun shine through the little new shoots of green grass coming up after summer has gone.

New life out of something that looks dead. But a tiny seed was waiting for the right time to grow. Reminds me of our new lives in Christ and also that we may not know what might be waiting to grow in the lives of those around us. We have to be faithful in our own lives to God.

It looks like we will be having a great deal of potatoes in the weeks to come. A farmer down the road had to dump like 30 tons or so because he couldn't sell them or something. I don't know the story but anyway we get to pick up as much as we can and so we got some.

That's a blessing but we can only get so many. I know there's a great deal of food waste that goes on in parts of the world and in other parts there's nothing much to eat.

And a faithful sister blessed me with this scripture picture today...

I treasure the love of the brethren especially in a cold unloving self-seeking world.

"Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."
1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Speaking of which I used that sisters recipe to make pizza tonight. I made many pizzas as I was planning on making enough for two or three meals.

And I got out my apron for working with all that messy flour.

Speaking of which that's yet another sewing project I want to work on coming up. All in good time if the Lord wills it.

Pizza has always been quite an elaborate affair in the family and so I get to use many different ingredients.

Praise God for good foods in abundance that we are blessed to have at this time.

So that's some from my day. I appreciate being able to work hard and am blessed to be able to have the strength and ability to do so...for today at least and we don't worry about tomorrow. And this blog is about sharing with other sisters who do similar things in the places the Lord has them. May it bless and encourage you as the saints seek to be pleasing to the Lord and love one another.

"For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
Galatians 5:13-14

I love that, by love serve one another. I'm grateful for those who love others with a godly love speaking the truth and who give willingly of themselves and serve others.

" And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful."

Colossians 3:14-15

Love in Christ,

...from one of God's daughters

You can find the important gospel here explained biblically.

Sewing Machines, Pizza, and Godly Love