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Feb 18 Hand-Sewn Clothes
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Posted at 10:11 PM by Amy -
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He made them hand-sewn clothes.
After God’s heart was broken by Adam and Eve’s choice to eat the forbidden fruit and before He banished them from the Garden of Eden, He made them hand-sewn clothes.
I don’t know how many times I’ve read these beginning chapters of Genesis, but I’ve never paused and felt the weight of God’s actions.
God cared about Adam and Eve’s shame. He stooped to grip a needle and thread to tailor-make a covering for much more than their bodies- but for the wounds in their hearts.
…and He wants to do the same for us. To drape the most vulnerable and exposed parts of our hearts with all of who He is.
6 Comments on “Hand-Sewn Clothes”
SO good. wow.
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The God of the interim – so good.
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Beautiful. I’ve always been struck by how God went to *them.* I heard the best Rheinard Bonnke sermon on this. He said how God is a Father whose children were with Him and then were lost. He was comparing it to what it’s like today for a parent to lose a child, and how desperately they want them to be found.
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That is a beautiful picture… thanks, Amy
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scribbled next to that verse in my Bible is “God dressed them”. in the same way, He covers my sin and shame and exposed heart in a way only He can… i love that.
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So today in counseling I found myself saying to the guy…”how do I get myself out of the way to do what God has brought us there to do?” I am comforted by this post. Thank you for writing it.
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