"Families are like quilts, lives pieced and stitched together; Colored by happiness and tears; Bound by memories and love; Cherished throughout the years!"
-Author Unknown
I cherish sweet memories I have of my Great Grandma Eula Bell!!
Isn't she beautiful??? I remember her best as a tiny, fireball who used to race us to the bathroom to wash hands before a meal. In every way imaginable, she represents great strength of heart and mind to me.
One of the last quilt tops she made before she passed away was cut up (yes, initially I was horrified, but...) then put into frames and given to her descendants. I L♥️VE what this corner of my house represents.
There's no greater truth that exemplifies such a L♥️VE as that which Paul wrote about to the Family of Believers in Colossae...
"If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immoraility, impurity, passion, evil desire, and coveteousness, which is idolatry.
On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
In these you too once walked, when you were living in them.
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved,
compassionate hearts,
kindness,
humility,
meekness,
and patience, bearing with one another and,
if one has a complaint against another,
forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:1-17, ESV
