* The Weaver’s Way * day 1 * mending what is torn

First, Happy New Year!! Here’s to 2024 and New Beginnings!! I’ve been thinking, for weeks, about a new direction for mybrokencrayon. The Jezebel Diaries gave me an opportunity to create something new and unique.. to warm up my writing and find my voice. I vented and vented and vented again. And you let me. You embraced me. I quickly learned that rereading my past blog posts isn’t always a good thing. There are a couple of entries I’d like to edit out altogether. But a big part of that is me wishing I could erase the initial situation that the post is about. Wouldn’t it be so great if life had a delete button? Just for those really, really bad chapters.. the ones that fall somewhere between general nuclear waste and the apocalypse. You know what I mean? No? Just me? Aahhh, lucky you.

Well, in honor of the coming new year and with full faith that it’s going to be better than the last few, I’m happy to start my new series: The Weaver’s Way. Like it? I considered several things while trying to decide on a name. It’s surprisingly hard for me to pinhole one concept about my life. Shocking, I know. But God did help me focus on something that everyone has and that’s when it became clear. We all have ups and downs. We all have good and bad. Happy and sad. Exhilarating and excruciating. That’s nothing new. It’s what makes life life. The joys and pains of the day to day.. those things are a tapestry. And every person has one that’s completely unique.

I’ve always loved the thought of a handwoven tapestry. There’s something about the care it takes to make one. So intricate, so painstaking, so rare. Just one single thread at a time becomes a breathtaking story, the only one of its kind. Tell me, what could be more beautiful? You and your story are a work of art. Me and my story.. outside of the box, yes, but be that as it may.. even I am a masterpiece. I am so many broken pieces, all gently and lovingly knitted back together. I see now that each and every break is another light reflecting facet. My life is like the Hope Diamond of life stories. And I’m going to weave for you, one thread at a time, a beautiful tapestry of my Jesus and His unbelievable love for me.

A weaver .. one who is wise in the ways of mending that which is torn.

Just as Jesus stitched something beautiful from what threads I had left, may He pick you up and wrap you in a blanket of love like you’ve never known.

Happiest of New Years to you all. To truly love is to wish someone the very best. And I wish you Jesus.

* Weavers Way * day 1 * cliff notes * 2024 is full of promises and I’m going to enjoy every one * past apocalypse is just that..past. leave it there. * I finally see the beauty in my story & I am breathtaking * Jesus wove your story one thread at a time. you are nothing short of majestic..remember that. * if anyone tries to dim your beautiful colors, just wrap them in your tapestry & show them what love is.*