God’s Plan for You

“And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28

I read of a little boy whose mother used to sew a great deal. He would sit at her knee and look up from the floor and ask what she was doing. She informed him that she was embroidering. From the underside he watched her work within the boundaries of the little round hoop that she held in her hand, he complained to her that it sure looked messy from where he sat.

She would smile at him, look down and gently say, “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.”

He would wonder why she was using some dark threads along with the bright ones and why they seemed so jumbled- from his view. A few minutes would pass and then he would hear Mother’s voice say, “Son, come and sit on my knew.”

This he did only to be surprised and thrilled to see a beautiful flower, or a sunset. He could not believe it, because from underneath it looked so messy.

Then Mother would say to him, “My son, from underneath it did look messy and jumbled, but you did not realize that there was a 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 he has looked up to heaven and said, “Father, what are You doing?” God has answered, “I am embroidering your life.” God answered, “I am embroidering your life.”

He would 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?”

And then the Father seemed to say, “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.”