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For you created my inmost being

You knit me together in my mother’s womb

Psalm 139:13

Many years ago I ran across a brief message in the newspaper written by Flora B. Mann. It started with a picture of a young girl and a skein of yarn….

One day when I was eight, my mother placed in my hands a hank of badly tangled yarn. She cautioned me not to tear it. I was told to unravel the wool and the wind it into a neat ball.  This tedious task of untwisting the mass of wool took many hours. In my desire to please my mother, I acquired the roots of self-determination, patience and perseverance, and a strong will-power. As I look back now I realize that this was my mother’s gift to me, her treasure box of wisdom.As the years went by, I came to learn that to possess one of these traits, you must inevitably possess them all. And how often in life there are times when you sorely need them. We cannot sit back and expect everything to come our way. We cannot extend our hand and simply grasp what we want. We must strive hard, for “what is worth having is worth working for.”

As I travel along the road of life, I compare it to that mass of knotted, twisted yarn. I believe that we can unravel any tangle which life may present — provided we use our magic gifts of will power, patience and determination.

I have become a born again Christian in this the later part of my life and now I can see that God’s hand has been there all along. As I would attempt the task of untwisting the wool - my life -  my Lord would be right there with his hands resting on mine.

I dedicate this page to my Mother who I miss very much.