Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Weaver's Shuttle

sSian/photo?authkey=Om_44VglYSg#5239226008431540610

Job 6:1, 7:1-21
Psalm 119:1-24
Acts 10:1-16
John 7:1-13


Job 6:1, 7:1-21

I love the brilliant colors in this cloth as they weave together ancient traditions and modern design, woven on traditional equipment for the modern world.
The rolling hills of Pembrokeshire, topped by the bleak Mynydd Presceli supported little agriculture other than sheep. Woollen mills hid in the narrow valleys protected from the lashing rain and howling gales. Some mills have survived, tourist visit them, ooing and ahing at the ancient way of life. The shuttle swings back and forth deftly through the warp. Long strings of yarn become beautiful cloth.
Job was in a bad patch. His life was racing away from him. The single thread of yarn of his life did not allure to the complex patterns and intensity of God's will for his whole life.

No comments: