My Children Gave It To Me

original is 24″×24″
mixed-media (oil & fabric on canvas)
© 2002 Rachel Pearsey

original is sold

description on back of card:
The fabrics I have used in this quilt come from old clotheswith unique histories and stories.   As quilts are passed on  to the next generation, so the stories of our lives must be passed on, from generation to generation, so they will not be forgotten.   We must remember our heritage, and the many ways that God has shown His faithfulness in the past, so thatwe will be quick to trust Him and praise Him in the present.  

Ruby was 99 when I met her and I had the opportunity to listen to the stories from her life.  I asked if the ring she
always fingered was her wedding ring.  “No” she replied,  “My children gave it to me when my husband died.  I was 48.”  Over  half  of  her  life she had lived as a widow,  and this ring represented those years filled with stories of God’s faithfulness and sufficiency!

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