Needle and Thread

I don’t know where it came from.

But I was really struggling. In all reality nothing was noticeably wrong. Yet, I found myself in a state of need.

I was tired and in need of energy.

I was disconnected and in need of communion.

I was uncertain and in need of stability.

I was emotional and in need of comfort.

To sum it all up, I was in a state of neediness. So great was my need that you could even call me a “need”le.

Now, I am not master at sewing. But I can at least sew on a button or repair a rip in my clothes. You would think in the world of sewing that the needle holds all importance.

Without the needle, the thread cannot go where it needs to.

But without the thread, every effort of the needle is in vain. It yields nothing.

In my moment of neediness, with tears welling in my eyes, I cried out to God while driving home. “God, I don’t know why I feel this way or what’s wrong. I just need you.”

And this is exactly what the Lord desires of us. A state of neediness and dependence on Him. Not because He wants us to feel powerless, but because His power works through our weakness.

He uses our neediness to weave His purposes together. He is the thread that weaves all things together for good. He is also the weaver, who orchestrates all the threads of life into a glorious tapestry.

It is in needing God that we can get where we are supposed to go. In our weakness, that beauty can be born. In our dependence, that we find freedom.

We are the needles. He is the thread. And when we are falling apart, He holds everything together.

Until another moment,

Jasmine