I picked up my knitting this morning and was working away until I got to a place where I was short one stitch for the pattern. I counted backwards and forwards and the rest of the pattern looked right, but I was still missing a stitch. Then, I saw it. It had dropped 4 rows…
Author: lindablyle
UFOs and the Power of Finishing
In knitting there are a lot of technical knitting terms, but there is also universally recognized jargon. One such term that falls under jargon is UFO, which stands for Un-Finished Object. A UFO is when you start something and later discard it for any number of reasons, including it was too hard, confusing or boring….
Perfect
Do you ever think about doing something new but never go through with it? I do. I’ll look at a new knitting project and get started, but when I hit something unfamiliar, I often stop and put the project aside. I currently have 3 knitting projects that are almost done, but I keep hesitating because…
Life is a Battle
In Oswald Chambers’ book My Utmost for His Highest for December 4th, he states the following: “To him that overcometh…” (Rev. 2:7) – Life without war is impossible, either in nature or in grace. The basis of physical, mental, moral, and spiritual life is antagonism.” The goal is to overcome anything that is not of…
Then Came the Storm
The Gospel of Mark tells the story of Jesus and His disciples out on a boat in the Sea of Galilee (Mark 4:35-39). Then came a storm. These seasoned fishermen were afraid, so it must have been more than just a little rain and waves. Jesus had fallen asleep, so they woke him up. He…
A Little Thing
Have you ever felt like you were being bombarded with one thing after another? The phrase “the hits just keep on coming” comes to mind. This is usually followed by an urge to complain to God and burst into tears or curl up in a ball away from the world. However, I have discovered an…
Transitions
How often do we long for change when life’s circumstances are hard? We imagine a scenario where everything is easier or more exciting. Then, when the chance arrives, we are suddenly nervous or even frightened by its arrival. Transitions are always a little nerve-wracking because even if we don’t like where we’ve been, it is…
But…
When you hear good news, do you often find yourself waiting for the “but” to follow? I got an interview for a job, but I doubt I’ll get it. I think you are really cute, but I am interested in someone else. I lost 5 pounds, but it will probably come back next week. How…
The Simple Things
Happiness is as elusive as it is transient. It has the attention span of a butterfly and about the same lifespan, flitting here and there, and then disappearing just as quickly. So, how can you identify the happiest moment in your life? True happiness is a culmination of lots of little moments over a lifetime,…
Beauty from Ashes
During and immediately following the election, there was a lot of division going on in this country. The left blamed the right and vice versa. Everyone was up in arms and full of venom on social media. Even if the tirades were true, which often they weren’t on either side, they were seriously lacking in…