It is May 1st and I think spring has FINALLY come to Michigan! As I was having coffee with Jesus this morning, feeling thankful for this glorious season, I was pondering the difference between how things look and how we see them. Like this. When I look at this:

….what I really see is this:

The first picture really isn’t all that beautiful, but when i see that, my heart swells. I take a deep breath because I don’t see a slight bulge on the end of a stem, I see spring! I see the gloriously beautiful bloom that is soon to be here. I see what it will be and that makes what it is now, simply breathtaking.
When some people look at this:

….they see one big tangled mess. But show this to a quilter and she will see this:

We are good at making lovely things out of scraps! And this comes from seeing what could be, what will be.
In Deuteronomy, God is chiding Israel for her seriously bad behavior. Yet even then, He calls her Jeshurun. This name means upright, straight, the very best. Though she was one  hot mess, He loved her and saw her as she could be, would be, one day.

And He sees me that way too.
How awesome is that?
Until next time….