Knit Together
Discover God's Pattern for Your Life
Chapter One
Created for Purpose
Many people have a wrong idea of what constitutes
true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification,
but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
Helen Keller
Before you were born, before you knew the world and the world knew
you, there was only One, the Creator, who knew you in your most
basic form. Even then, He had a relationship with you. Growing
within the quiet shadows of your mother's womb, blocked from even
her eyes, God watched you, marveling as your fingernails formed, and
your eyelashes fluttered, and the tiny corners of your mouth turned
up in pleasure as you discovered your miniature thumb for the very
first time. You were His design, His pattern, and you were beautiful
to Him.
From the moment each of us is created, God has a purpose for us. We
don't necessarily know what it looks like at first, but we can be
sure it's there, somewhere inside us. For a long time, I wondered
what my purpose was. I knew I loved being a mother, and I knew I
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