Every single thread

Sovereign God, let the dark threads of my life be interwoven with the tapestry of Your eternal purpose." 

Henry Gariepy, Portraits of Perseverance

 We all know what a tapestry is.  

 "A piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by weaving colored weft threads or by embroidering on canvas, used as a wall hanging or furniture covering." 

 Got it. 

But, have you ever paid much attention to a tapestry? Truly looked at one and seen the detail? 

 Each thread has its own color, its own placement, its own purpose. 

 Light or dark. Plain or elegant. Strong or delicate. Each one different. Each one necessary. Each one beautiful, in the grand scheme of the tapestry. 

 I read that prayer this morning and was reminded that it is true in my life. 

 Every dark thread is interwoven with the others, creating something awe inspiring. 

 Every thread is necessary. 

Interwoven is such a beautiful word. 

 Our Father is always making things work together. I want to have faith to remember that when I can only see one thread. I want to see the interwoven beauty around me, behind me, and ahead of me. 

 And that tapestry? It is insulation against the cold. That useful piece of art is made from lots and lots of different small things working together to make a bigger, stronger, complete thing with a purpose and a job. 

 UAB called yesterday. I am moving to the next phase of this journey. Sometime soon, but not scheduled yet, I will be having an intracranial EEG. Monitoring of my seizures from electrodes placed inside my brain. That test will help identify exactly where I am seizing, and whether the surgery or the pacemaker is the better option. But they are fairly confident that one of those options will be helpful for my future. 

 So, even though this dark thread is slightly terrifying, it is also full of hope. 

 Maybe, maybe, maybe I can be done with seizures? 

 That is a thread worth following. I am confident that my tapestry will be interwoven with dark and light, strong and fragile, plain and elegant. But it will be beautiful, and I will trust my Savior with each thread along the way.