Women of the Bible Sarah

Sarah means "Princess". Sarah was the wife of Abraham and at the age of ninety, she gave birth to Isaac, child of the promise. Her life was not an easy journey. God had promised he would give her a child--but in His time. Sarah, being impatient, took matters into her own hand--as we tend to do. Sarah gave Abraham permission to sleep with Hagar, her Egyptian maid. Ishmael was born. This brought bad relations between Sarah and Hagar. Several years later, the Lord appeared to Abraham and told him Sarah would have a child this time next year. Sarah laughed and the Lord said, "Is anything too difficult for the Lord?"  (Genesis 18:14).Wow!

One last thought from my study of Sarah--"It is heartening to realize that God accomplishes his purposes despite our frailties, our little faith, our entrenched self-reliance."

This 6 " block is called Sarah's Choice.

My Mug Rug

Now I have made a mug rug. I really need some around my house for my coffee cup or tea glass. I saw this pattern and tutorial and wanted to make one. The material is from Farmer's Market. This mug rug is about 8 inches.                

Tutorial is from Freshly Pieced Blog and also Lily's Quilt.

Women of the Bible Eve

Since January I have been in an online Bible Study Women of the Bible. We study one women a week and make a 6" quilt block. I have loved the study but have been very challenged making the small blocks. There are very little instructions and I have struggled through each block and you can tell. I may need to make some blocks over but not yet.

I have had a very busy year and have not kept up with all the blocks, but hopefully I can catch up. I will posting a couple of blocks each day for a while. This will be my journal of my study.

The first block I completed is Eve. Right now, I will confess these are not perfect blocks, but nor were any of the women I have studied. Now that I say not perfect--the Garden of Eden was a perfect place with a perfect companion and a perfect relationship with God.  Perfect--until Eve throught she could have more. Eve means "Life-Giving".

Thought from Women of the Bible by Ann Spangler: Throughout scripture, God's grace is often most beautifully evident within his judgments.

A scripture: From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. John 1:16

This block is called Garden of Eden.

Oh, this week we are studying Jezebel--cannot wait to study her life and see how she fit in God's plan.