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| Patterns and Stencils |
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| ¡°Dear friends, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example.¡± ( Philippians 3:17 , NIV ) |
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I watched in amazement as she carefully spread out paper on cloth, cut, stitched and soon produced another outfit. My mother made everything my sisters and I wore for years. When my own children were young I learned the ¡°stretch and sew¡± method of adapting a pattern to make their shirts. The clothes fit only if the pattern was right.
I¡¯ve also watched dull rooms brightened by cheerful stencil borders that are carefully transferred from paper to paint. If the pattern isn¡¯t followed, the result isn¡¯t eye-pleasing.
Sadly I¡¯ve seen flaws in my life carefully reproduced in the lives of my children. Fortunately, when my pattern was cut from Christ¡¯s paper and cloth, I¡¯ve also seen His beauty reproduced in my children¡¯s lives.
When I have faithfully followed His example I can say with Paul, ¡°Pattern your lives after mine¡± (Philippians 3:17), but I¡¯m not there yet. I don¡¯t want to be the pattern Paul describes next: ¡°...there are many who walk along the Christian road who are really enemies of the cross of Christ...all they think about is this life here on earth¡± (Philippians 3:18-19, LB). I want my life to be stenciled with His character, focused on life in heaven with Him. |
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Father God, help me turn my eyes toward Your son and away from this earthly life. I want my life to become a pattern others can copy to find their way to You. In His name. Amen. - ELAINE YOUNG McGUIRE, Lilburn, Georgia |
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