Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.
Today I'm writing to tell you how this verse manifested itself in my life recently. A while back I knitted myself a hat from a free pattern on Ravelry called Skyping Beanie by Halldora J
I decided I wanted a short cowl to go with it but I didn't have a pattern. I chose not to search for a pattern as I'd seen many before and never felt compelled to make them and so I'd never knitted a small cowl, I was not sure how to begin. I knew the hat was 80 stitches around and that the cowl should be bigger, not much to go on. So I prayed in my heart for Holy Spirit to guide my hands.
I grabbed my favorite circular needles, size 9, and then pulled a good length of yarn off the skein and began "casting on", putting the yarn on the needle to begin knitting. After some time I stopped to look at the length of the yarn tail and felt I should cast on more stitches. The second time I stopped I felt like I had enough to begin knitting so I counted the number of stitches, it was 100. I counted again to be sure, yes 100. I thought, "That sounds like a nice round number Holy Spirit." and I knew that the Holy Spirit had prompted me to stop there.
I won't bore you with the details but I can tell you Holy Spirit guided me through the whole project or rather, "directed my path" because I acknowledged Him in what I was doing. This project took 2 or 3 hours and I admit there was a moment I thought I should do a pattern that was more like the hat pattern but I stopped myself and said in my heart, "No, I trust You Lord." And I'm glad I did, because I love what the Holy Spirit directed...
Printable Pattern Here: Holy Spirit Cowl pdf
