A Sweater for the Week

My winterim class is done. Wow. It was an intense week, but I feel so blessed to have been a part of it!
I was able to be reminded of how much I enjoy psychology, meet some great people and learn so much about what is happening in the field of member care.
Aside from enjoying the learning aspect of the course, I had a little work going on the side:

This is a sweater, or at least the beginnings of one, which I knit away at while in class (if you love knitting and blog's, check out my friend Rebecca's who gave me the yarn for this sweater)

I have never knit a sweater before, or read a pattern, so I started with a little concern but was able to make some great progress. As I was going along in this I was reminded of something Sarah said to me while I was teaching her to crochet over winter break.

We had been talking some about Jesus earlier that day... I don't remember what specifically, but as we were crocheting I was helping her correct some mistakes and reassuring her that it is perfectly ok to make mistakes on her first scarf. I told her it's fine and normal and she's going to learn and not to worry... and she looked at me and  said something along the lines of "You know, knitting is a lot like us and God. We make mistakes, but it's ok because He'll forgive us." I was sort of shocked and surprised by this comparison.

But as I worked on the sweater this week I was constantly reminded of Sarah's words. Making mistakes is ok. God forgives us, weaves in the loose end, and can make something tremendously beautiful mistakes and all. The best part? Most people can't even tell where those mistakes were made.