During heart month, we have had some very cold days and nights. It feels so good to be warmed with the quilt that loving hands have made. There are many dedicated women throughout our country who spend many hours making quilts in their homes in churches. These quilts are made for world relief, the homeless, and the needy. Quilts made with love really make wonderful gifts for that newborn baby, that child who loves to nestle in bed at night with the quilt all around. And that young student, first going off to college. That quilt for a young married couple can also be a very special gift of love. The past week I read about a pastor's mother who lived alone, and had a fall at the foot of her bed. She fractured her hip, and was unable to move and could not reach her phone. Two days later, she was found, but it was too late. She had gone to God's warm, loving care. Her elbows were scraped, and somehow she managed to cocoon herself with a warm quilt that had brought memories of her childhood. Loving hands had made that quilt. Love is a quilt, a quilt is love. 

I am reminded of what a prairie woman in 1870, who was a quiltmaker for her family, stated, "I make them warm to keep my family from freezing. I make them beautiful to keep my heart from breaking." To all those quilt makers - may you send out another comforter that may be a haven for a need, a shelter for the storm, in the warmth of love. One can almost hear a loving quiltmaker say, "there's an extra comforter at the foot of the bed." 

Warm Thoughts: A heart filled with love always has something to give. Love is the answer that everyone sees. Love is the language that every heart speaks. Right in your heart, every day is the best day of the year. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. May every day be your best. 

Warm Thoughts from the Little Home on the Prairie Over a Cup of Tea by Luetta G. Werner 

February 23rd, 1995

Published in the Marion Record

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Trina