i once read this piccoult book about this couple dealing with abuse in their relationship. the woman tries to leave the man several times but can't because she is so attached. and there is one line i will never forget from that book.
"he was stitched so tightly in the seams of my heart that removing him would mean unravelling myself"
i wanted that. i read the book years ago and have forever stuck with that line. but oh man what a picture of what we fill our hearts with.
now i want christ stitched so tightly in the seams of my heart that removing him would mean unravelling myself.
that's how i've been thinking about that quote. christ. stitched so tightly that without him i'm not me. i'm nothing. and only christ. i'm a visual person. so every day i've been stitching. every time i spend time with the lord- another stitch. every time i read. every prayer. little stitches that bring me closer to god. that bind him tighter in my heart and harder to remove. because without him i will surely unravel.
i can feel when things in my life try to pull christ out of my heart to make room for worldly things that don't matter. and maybe they break a few stitches. but the more stitches i sew the harder they are to break. i want christ in there. nothing else.
so i will keep stitching tighter and tighter and i will be whole.
