God's Tapestry

Proverbs 31:22 “She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.”

Tapestry is a woven fabric made from threads of different colors to form a picture or design. Historically they were woven by hand using a loom. They consisted of vertical threads, which made up the warp, and horizontal threads, which formed the weft. A prepared drawing would be placed behind the warp as a pattern for the weaver to fix his eyes upon. This drawing revealed the colors to be used and the pattern to be woven, thus revealing the end result. The weaver would wind the threads of the weft over and under the threads of the warp, which were attached to the loom, in agreement with the pattern before his eyes. After each weft thread was added, a device was used to beat the wefts tightly together. Unlike ordinary fabric in which the warp and the weft are both seen, the finished tapestry would reveal only the weft threads. The original warp threads were no longer visible. Finished tapestry was a mirror image of the prepared pattern.

Once you accept Christ as Savior and Lord, your clothing is silk and purple. You are the shining white Righteousness of God and belong to the Royal Family regardless of how you feel about it or what you have done. You are a virtuous woman by virtue of the blood of Jesus. The virtuous woman’s life begins as warp threads attached to a loom, yielded but unfinished. The warp threads that once consisted of a life of sin and unforgiveness are now washed clean, but that is only the beginning. Now begins the weaving of your coverings of tapestry. You are the co-author of your life story, and it is never too late to change the ending. Psalm 139:16 says: “Your eyes saw my unformed substance and in Your Book all the days of my life were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them”. God has a plan. The drawing of a meaningful life has been prepared. That pattern can be found in no other place than the Word of God: Psalm 16:11 “You will show me the path of life…” Psalm 119:105 “Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” As you put the Word of God before your eyes, the weaving begins one weft thread at a time. As you trust and follow the Artist’s plan, the warp threads are hidden in the weft. You become who you were created to be. Your life becomes the life of purpose you have longed for, hidden in Christ.