Many of you know that I love to crochet. Recently I realized that I had a lot of yarn which had accumulated over time, so I decided to make some afghans for our grandchildren. Whenever I sit down, I crochet if I’m not doing something else. It’s amazing how fast these afghans have come together.
I made a sampler afghan and just finished connecting all the pieces. There are five colors, so there were millions (well, a lot) of loose ends on the back from changing colors. Some of the loose ends are frazzled due to the wear and tear of making and joining. The afghan reminded me of our lives: many different patterns, or activities, going on all the time, and always with loose ends. Here at the holiday season, we all feel the hecticness around and even experience some of those frazzled ends.
How can we take care of all this? Keep our priorities in order. Take our eyes off ourselves, our lives, our families, our jobs, everything that is hectic around us. Focus our eyes on Jesus and concentrate on serving Him. Then we will be able to view our lives as the right side of the afghan—all the pieces connected into a beautiful composite. And without loose ends!