The Other Side

I am back with my final email forward for a while because I am going to start posting a different variety of things. Have I been overdoing the email forwards on my blog a bit lately? I like to post them because I think they have an awesome meaning. I'll start posting some different things soon:) Anyway, this forward is called "The Other Side." It has an awesome meaning. Check it out:

THE OTHER SIDE

When I was a little boy, my mother used to embroider a great deal. I would sit at her knee and look up from the floor and ask what she was doing. She informed me that she was embroidering. From the underside I watched her work within the boundaries of the little round hoop she held in her hand.

I once complained to her that it sure looked messy from where I sat. She smiled at me, looked down and gently said, "My son, you go about your playing for a while and when I am finished with my embroidering, I will put you on my knee and let you see it from my side."

I wondered why she was using some dark threads along with the bright ones and why they seemed so jumbled from my view. A few minutes passed and then I heard Mother's voice say, "Son, come and sit on my knee."

This I did only to be surprised and thrilled to see a beautiful flower. I could not believe it because from underneath it had looked so messy.

Then Mother said to me, "My son, from underneath it did look messy and jumbled, but you did not realize that there was a pre-drawn plan on the top. It was a design. I was only following it. Now look at it from my side and you will see what I was doing."

Many times through the years I have looked up to God and asked, "Father, what are You doing?"

He has answered, "I am embroidering your life."

I say, "But it looks like a mess to me. It seems so jumbled. The threads seem so dark. Why can't they all be bright?"

The Father seems to tell me, "My child, you go about your business of doing My business, and one day I will bring you to Heaven and put you on My knee and you will see the plan from My side.

That is exactly what God does to us in our lives. Things look so confused and jumbled up, but everything is truly in God's hands. He has a purpose for everyone and everything. It may seem hard to believe, but it is true. Okay, I better go before my tears blow up my keyboard. Thanks for reading and please comment!

God bless you!

Sapphira Adi