And the summer flew! Labor Day is past and September is officially in gear. It seems that even those who start school on the late side have started now. Fall schedules are starting. The summer of 2013 is past.
This coming week at church, our women’s Bible study will start up. I’m looking forward to it!
I think you know the drill for Five minute Friday. The rules are:
- write for 5 minutes.
- link to the Five minute Friday page.
- and no matter what, stop and leave an encouraging word for the person just before you…and anyone else you’d like to stop and visit.
GO
RED
I never thought of it as my favorite color
But if you look at my fabric stash
You will find about every shade of red possible
From the hottest pink red through cherry red all the way to the orange reds
Why do I have so much red in my stash?
Did you know that for a quilt to be beautiful from a color perspective
There must be a variety of shades of the same color or different colors
That don’t all have the same volume
There need to be some lights, darks and mediums at least.
Then the quilt will “pop”
Without contrast in the color, the quilt won’t “pop”
For some reason, I seem to always get some pop in a quilt with a touch of red
It doesn’t take much.
A touch here or there and that is what it needs.
Obviously, red isn’t my only choice.
It just happens to often be my choice. STOP
I’ve had to learn in quilting this one thing:
I may not always like every individual color that is in my quilt
I’m definitely not a lover of neutrals
But without some of those plain colors and neutrals, without the darks
The quilt won’t “pop”
It will be drab, plain and dull…or so busy that nothing shows up.
What can I learn about life from that?
I love the color red too! Isn’t it interesting how the mundane neutrals of life (much like a quilt) are necessary to bring out the best in the other moments. In fact, some of the fondest memories I have are found in those boring everyday activities where something extraordinary – something red – pops out. The kind word in a moment of need, the beautiful sunset on a regular day, the touching moment with a loved one that you know you will always remember. Life is sprinkled with those “red” moments and I love how you have reminded us of that here 🙂 Thank you!
thanks tris for you lovely comment:) so true! i’ll have to take a look at your post tonite. right now i’m headed out for an errand with my daughter. thanks for coming by. m
I love the lesson of this post. We need every color to create a beautiful quilt, even the colors we don’t gravitate towards, their very presence makes the quilt pop. There’s something powerful and live-giving in that truth. I’m glad I popped by from FMF.
i’m glad you did too Osheta:) i’ve noticed over the years that it doesn’t always relate to literal colors of people. it relates to personalities that i’m not naturally attracted to…and often they are in my church! I’m supposed to love them too. I’ve found that as i learn to love them, GOD changes something in me as well. i don’t have to focus on myself and my preferences all the time. i can focus more on them. wow! i’ll have to take a browse at your post osheta:)