Doing a knitted lace shawl for the first time was a challenge. The instructions were in chart form when I was used to written instructions. I knew what the stitch symbols on the chart meant.
I started off good, but the stitch count was wrong. I couldn't find where I was getting off and I kept losing my place on the chart. I ripped it out time and time again. I was getting more and more frustrated. I finally gave up and asked God for help. Immediately my eyes quit jumping around and I could keep my place in the row.
The next night, I started having the same problem again, jumpy eyes and wrong stitch count. I don't know how long I worked on it, but I finally asked God for help. He pointed out to me how much time I had spent on the shawl as compared to how much time I spent in the Bible with Him. I was ashamed and asked for forgiveness and eventually completed the shawl.
I was thinking it was too small and not urgent to ask God for help. We are to acknowledge Him in all things (Prov 3:6, KJV). And if He has our hairs numbered, you know He likes details. We need to come to Him daily and not leave Him as the last resort.
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