My husband has the patience of Job; and when it comes to me, I think I require a lot of patience. Yesterday, when I went to work on my quilt, I discovered the sewing machine did not work. When I plugged in the foot pedal cord to my Bernina, it just would not move the machine. I had some trouble with this in the past, but if I jiggled the cord, it would usually go. I worked at for about five minutes, and then I got my husband. He can fix anything! He came into the room, and he tried, and nothing happened, so he said, "Let's just take it the Bernina store and get it fixed." So, off we went with foot pedal and book about my particular Bernina machine in tow. We live in the country and everything is at least 30 or more minutes away from us. We arrive at the store and the gal plugs my foot pedal into one of the machines there, and it worked perfectly. I felt pretty silly, but my husband thought that meant the machine its...
Each new year brings with it so much potential, doesn't it? It seems like the slate can be wiped clean, and we can begin a fresh start, even without resolutions, which I loathe, the years holds a lot of potential. It will be what each of us make it, I suppose. I read a blog where the author wrote a list of things she would like to do in January. She had a lot she wanted to accomplish, and I commend her for it, but just reading the list wore me out! But she had a good idea, in that she said when you write down on paper you can check off as accomplished, and then things get done. So I decided to try her idea, but make the list shorter, smaller bites, so to speak, and perhaps I too can get things done. Her list motivated me, perhaps something I write, may motivate you. As Christians, we are here to help one another grow, and I can do that, then I have accomplished one of my long-term goals (note: I see a difference between a goal and a resolutio...
Comments