The Life of His Princess

For those of you who know me well (or are friends with me on Facebook), you know that I knit. If you know me really well, you know that I love knitting but have been slow in my progress with more advanced knitting. I've been knitting washclothes for years, last year I knit a dress, this last winter I knit many, many pairs of hats and mittens and one scarf, for Christmas presents, In January I knit a Circular sweater. Now these, are finished projects- behind the scenes I've been working on socks for around 3 years now. Yes, 3 years on a single pair of socks. See, I couldn't get it right,  every time I finished turning my heel (turning the heel means finishing the heel and preparing to knit the foot of the sock) it was wrong! I either would end up with a hole randomly in the middle of my heel, or I had lost so many stitches along the way that I went from an adult size sock to a infant sock. 3 years ago when I started this adventure in socks I tried turning the heel ar...

"What I don't understand about myself is that I decide one way, but then I act another, doing things I absolutely despise. So if I can't be trusted to figure out what is best for myself and then do it, it becomes obvious that God's command is necessary. But I need something more! For if I know the law but still can't keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help! I realize that I don't have what it takes. I can will it, but I can't do it. I decide to do good, but I don't really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such as they are, don't result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time. It happens so regularly that it's predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up. I truly delight in God's commands, but it's pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me ...