Sew What?

"Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude." Genesis 2:1

Our church has been transformed into a maze of colors and shapes. The local quilters' guild is having their annual quilt show here at Messiah. So the sanctuary is bedecked with quilts, the hallways are hung with quilts, and the narthex is...well, you get the picture. Plus our parish house has been transmogrified into a tea room, decorated with--you guessed it--quilts! Long story short, there are about a hundred quilts hanging in various spots at Messiah this weekend. I am reminded of the Shakers who are still in existence here in New Hampshire--whose quilts are legendary. They say, "hands to work, hearts to God!' I am boggled by the number of hours hands must have worked to produce these creations!

At least the ones that are finished, that is. For I'm told that for every quilt a quilter finishes, there are at least half a dozen that remain only partly done. UFO's they're called--unfinished objects! I believe it, because I've seen my wife's collection of UFO's!!

Genesis 2 begins with all the heavens and the earth finished--which marks a static point in prehistory, the occasion for a rest, a balance achieved, rather than an ending point to creation. For we know that God is continually creating and that we play a part in this, not only through the children we bring into the world, but by the things we create, be they works of fabric art, or cucumber sandwiches, or an "A" on a spelling test, or the perfect engineering drawing.

In a way we are God's UFO"s and God isn't finished with us yet. We are beautiful, but the best is yet to come!

Thanks be to God!