Hang in there Butter! God bless you and your family!
“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Thanks for the encouragement, you two - and everybody else who is holding me up. And not like the HI people are holding us up. lol
I made matching quilts for my friend and my husband (2 different people. lol) - because I had figured out how to do the Ohio Star block and was so excited about it that I made too many for just my husband’s quilt. lol. And then my friend was going through a really rough time. Really dark. So I made my husband’s quilt with a white background and my friend’s with a black background, kinda like an Amish quilt.
The white was beautiful, light and happy. But the colors of those stars against the black background was stunning. The darkness intensified the brightness of the colors. I had ironed onto the center blocks Scripture passages that talked about hope and God’s promises. And what I wanted my friend to know was that in the darkness the rays of light shine out all the brighter and give more joy.
The best part about this dark mess we’re in is that the people who really do love freedom, the rule of law, and their fellow-man are so bright in the darkness, and such a gift, that it’s stunning. That’s why I spend so much time here at FR. So many good people here, and they keep me hopeful for this life.
At the very LEAST I know that if this country is gonna go down we who love her will go down together.
And maybe that’s what this life really is anyway. We’re all gonna die sometime, and our life here is really just holding on to each other until then. What better way to spend it?