Jane Pierpont

Have you ever noticed a button hanging loosely by a few threads?

Then you cannot find a needle or thread and a thimble?

Thus the old adage “A stitch in time saves nine.”

This is a photo of a few Thimble Hats that I have made.

How many of you have needed a thimble or needle and could not find it?

I always recommend that the Thimble Hat be placed beside your favorite chair where you would sit to sew on a button or do a small mending job.

These hats have the dual purpose of holding a thimble and a few needles.

In addition when I gift someone with the Thimble Hat I also give them the poem I wrote which has an added purpose of having the Thimble Hat close by.

The most important task is that of reading the Word of God daily and keeping it close by.

The Scripture that goes with the “One Word” is in the poem I wrote in the photo below.

“The Thimble Hat and The Book”

The thimble hat & the book i made this little thimble hat with lots of love and prayer just for you on this special day for your mending, so beware!

Now don’t put this in a hiding place

So you can’t find it in a hurry or you will lose that pretty button and cause lots of worry.

If you put it on a little shelf or hang it up somewhere

You will never have to look again for a needle for repairs.

So as i send this little gift i pray that you will know

That the word of god needs to be in a place where it will show

Then when you have a special need you’ll know right where to look to seek wisdom from above and find peace in the “Book”.

Isaiah 26:3-4 “He will keep in perfect peace all those who trust in him, whose thoughts turn often to the Lord. Trust in the Lord God always, for in the Lord Jehovah is your everlasting strength.” LB

by Jane A Pierpont 8-27-10

“True happiness and peace do not exist apart from God”

Acumen – ability to understand and reason – judgment.

While studying in my early college years I was writing a paper which required the frequent use of the word judgement. When I received my paper back from my instructor, to my great disappointment, every single time I wrote “judgement”, it had the proverbial red check mark over every ‘e’.

In my opinion, the instructor could have had the discernment to make a note stating “the short answer is that ‘judgment’ is the prevailing (“dominant”) spelling.”

Most import and to the point, these scriptures will support my thinking about discernment.

Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”

The Apostle Paul encouraging believers to develop a discerning spirit.

In Philippians 1:9-10 (NIV), Paul prays,

“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.”

Here, discernment is linked to love, knowledge, and pursuing what is morally excellent. (From BibleStudyTools.com)

As you can see I never did forget to back space and delete the ‘e’ when writing. Indeed, I even type it correctly, automatically, but not without memories.

Galatians 5:22-23 NIV

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law

Isaiah 55:6-7 KJV

6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Micah 7:18 NIV

18 Who is a God like you,
who pardons sin and forgives the transgression
of the remnant of his inheritance?
You do not stay angry forever
but delight to show mercy.
Lord, thank you for your mercy and grace, and stedfast love.

1 Timothy 6:6 NIV

6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Hebrews 13:5 NIV

5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,
“Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.”

One Word: Relief

Matthew 11:29

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me [following me as my disciple], for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest (renewal, blessed quiet) for your souls.

YES, as my dear Ken F. Pierpont was preparing to go for and ultrasound at the VA in Battle Creek this morning, I was very concerned about his going alone.

He had refused help when it was offered.

I was just starting to work on my One Word when I heard a sound from the restroom.

I waited and I did not hear more. I quickly stepped to the door and said, are you ok?

I heard Ken say, “Open the door!”

When I opened it there he was on the floor. He said he was not hurt but he was not able to get up.

I had a hard time but we were finally able to get him to his feet.

When he assured me he was, ok, I let him finish up and I called our son from across town and of course he assured me he would be here in time to take Ken for his appointment.

I prayed, and then I shared with our daughter and asked her to pray explaining the situation.

When Ken came out to have his lunch I broke the news of my decision to call Nathan and that he was coming to take him to the VA.

He looked at me with a concerned look and then his demeanor changed completely – One of relief.

Indeed I too had one of relief.

I had the assurance of a superseder, a stand-in. What a relief to me.

This getting old is hard, I’ll tell you.

But often we cause ourselves grief by trying to control things.

Now trusting the Lord’s wisdom to make the right thing happen soon to help my man.

1 Cor. 6:19-20

19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

11 Cor. 4:16

16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

What a blessed reassurance.
I truly feel it every day.
Everyday with Jesus is sweeter than the day before.