The Blanket I Finally Finished
I finished the blanket.
If you have been reading this blog for a while, you know about the blanket. The crochet project I started months ago. The one with the dropped stitch around row twelve. The one I ripped back and redid. The one that sat in a basket for two weeks because I was too tired to pick it up.
It is done. It is not perfect. The tension changes in a few places where you can tell I picked it up after a break. One edge is slightly uneven. But it is warm and it is finished and it is going to someone who will never notice the imperfections because they will be too busy being wrapped in it.
Philippians 1:6 Explained
I held it up last night and thought about Philippians 1:6.
“For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.”
The word “perfect” in Greek is epitelesei — it means to bring to completion. To finish what was started. Not to make flawless. To complete.
What Philippians 1:6 Actually Means
Paul wrote this from prison. To a church under pressure. In a season where nothing looked finished. And his confidence was not in their performance. It was in the one who started the work. God began it. God will finish it.
When You Feel Like an Unfinished Project
I think about this on the nights when I feel like an unfinished project. When the edges of my life are uneven and the tension has changed and there are places where you can clearly tell I took a break. The promise is not that I will be perfect. The promise is that He will finish what He started.
God Finishes What He Starts
The blanket took months. It sat in a basket. It got ripped back. And it still got done — not because I never stopped, but because I kept picking it back up.
I think God works the same way with us. He does not need our perfect consistency. He just needs us to keep letting Him pick us back up.
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