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10-01-2011, 10:28 AM

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FroggyinTexas

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Originally Posted by TanyaL

Just a thought here, if you are going to make prayer shawls to show people how much you really care about them, enough to make the shawls and add Bible verses to them and pray for the people receiving them, then do you really want to do the quickest and easiest construction method you can find? Aren't these two ideas at odds with each other? It doesn't sound exactly like "When you care enough to send the best."

I did not think of this as taking a short cut or providing something that was "second best." I thought of it as giving something that required my financial resources, my time, and my skill as well as my knowledge of Scripture or appropriate literature for those whose spiritual life does not include the Bible. I thought of it as giving something made with love. I, by the way, am a retired United Methodist pastor and know just how much prayer shawls mean to people who are ill or who are standing by friends and family members who are ill.

The original poster said her friends have minimal sewing skills. Should that preclude their giving a prayer shawl they make with love? froggyintexas

10-01-2011, 10:38 AM

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wvdek

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I think it time for a "time out" and a prayer.

10-01-2011, 10:40 AM

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FroggyinTexas

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Originally Posted by wvdek

I think it time for a "time out" and a prayer.

Ditto. froggyintexas

10-01-2011, 10:41 AM

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TanyaL

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I stand rebuked.

10-01-2011, 04:05 PM

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COYOTEMAGIC

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My shaw was made for me when I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer by a drown you in the river Southern Baptist. I am an ecletic pagan. Prayer has no religion, only purpose.