Good God!

~a shawl maker’s prayer~
By Janet Bristow
6-2005

Good God!
Guide me through the
knots,
kinks,
dropped stitches,
split yarn,
shredded fringe,
dye lot mismatches,
pattern mistakes,
errors,
and the myriad other “issues” that get in the way of my centeredness!

Help me to see that these annoyances:
knotted emotions,
kinked plans,
dropped dreams,
split relationships,
shredded hopes,
mismatched friendships,
mistaken assumptions,
errant goals
are actually metaphors of life!

As I knit through the creation of the shawl,
I gratefully acknowledge and accept the imperfections,
weaving them into my prayers and intentions for the one who will be
wrapped in and
blessed by it all!