Dear Lord, Thank You for how good You are to us, for how You watch over us even when we don’t know it. In our busy world, where there are distractions and stress everywhere, help us to be able to wait on You, to wait for You to speak into our lives. Help us to always be seeking Your heart, Your will, and Your glory. Help us to make You the focal point of our lives. Amen.
親愛なる主よ、私たちに対してどれほど良いお心遣いをしてくださるか、どれほど見守ってくださるか、そのことに感謝いたします。私たちが気付かないときでさえ、お守りいただいていることに感謝いたします。忙しい世界で、気を散らすものやストレスがいたるところにある中で、どうかお待ちする力を与えてください。あなたの声が私たちの人生に語りかけてくださるのを待つことができるように助けてください。常にあなたの心を求め、あなたの御旨を求め、あなたの栄光を求めるようにしてください。私たちの生活の中心にあなたをおき、そのことを助けてください。アーメン。
Michael’s Gray and Brown Scarf I had just written a scene in Lady Wynwood’s Spies, volume 5: Prisoner where my character Michael gives the heroine a very significant scarf. When looking for a stitch pattern, I found the one used in “#31 Comfort either for a Lady or Gentleman” in The Lady's Assistant , volume 2 , published in 1842 by Mrs. Jane Gaugain, pages 125-126 (click on the link to view and/or download the free PDF of the digitally scanned book). When I did test swatches, it turned out to be a pretty eyelet pattern that looks like branches or vines winding upward. I tried the pattern as a parallelogram scarf and discovered that the pattern has a changeable orientation, looking vertical or diagonal depending on how you looked at it. So I decided to use this pattern, knitted as a parallelogram, as Michael’s scarf. I decided to use a smaller needle and add a slip stitch in the pattern to make the eyelets a bit more close and less lacy. When paired with a brown an
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