On March 29th of this year, I very suddenly and unexpectedly lost my husband of 40 yrs. He was my best friend, my greatest fan, my support and the love of my life. Life has been difficult since his passing and I often wonder how I can go on without him. But God gives strength each day and hope that I will see John again some day. One of my struggles has been to be able to sleep at night. Psalm 4:8 has been a great comfort to me and I decided that maybe others would be helped by this scripture, too. I have made it into an in the hoop pillow. It requires an at least 7×7″ hoop and final size is 12×12″.
For those of you who cannot stitch this size, the center wording design (only) is also available for 5×7″ hoops. The single design is also available for 7×7″ hoops to be placed in the center of quilts or ready made pillow cases. I placed that design into a blank provided courtesy of www.allaboutblanks.com and like how it turned out.
I hope this design will be a comfort to you as well.
Did you remove the back on the all about blanks pillow case. Ordered one the other day and don;t think I can hoop it as is.
Hi, Judith, yes, I undid the seams, hooped, stitched, then restitched the seams. It comes apart fairly easily. Let me know if you have other questions about it.
So sorry for your loss, may the God of peace and comfort you at all times.
Thank you. It is a lovely verse and pillow
I am so deeply sorry for your profound loss. You’re in my prayers dear Monika.
Peace & Love,
Marie
I am so sorry to read about the loss of your dear husband. May the Lord hold you in the palm of His hand and give you comfort. I thank you for sharing your heart and talent with the stitching community.
This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing your story about creating it. My father went to be with our heavenly father in September. I may stitch this out for my mother.
So sorry for your temporary loss. May God comfort you as you encourage others. 🙂
I’m very new to embroidery and just came upon your website. I’m very sorry for your loss. I have a dear friend who is going through this very same heartache now. Putting her trust in the Lord every minute of every day is helping to keep her strong, although it is very difficult. May the peace of the Lord be with you Your designs and projects are beautiful! I am sure to be one of your faithful followers.
Thank you for your kind comments. Without the Lord, I really don’t know how I would be able to deal with the heartache. But God is faithful and is right there with me. I hope your friend finds the same.
I certainly am glad there are people like you in the line of business and have a heart for the Lord. He is my Lord and Savior. Janice Bartles
I share yr pain with God showing me there was a new life awaiting me & whilst scripture was more than comforting on a practical note I slept with my dear husbands dressing gown with his fragrance for the first year – it really did help me to get through.
Am praying
Rosemary, I am sorry to hear that you, too, have experienced the pain of losing a husband. We all deal with grief differently, don’t we? It’s now been 7 yrs since my husband’s passing and the
Lord graciously gave me another chance at happiness with my second husband. He, too, had lost his spouse and we are grateful to have found each other.
All the best and many blessings to you.
I am so sorry for your loss, may the Lord comfort you for time to come too. We lost our daughter and I know how difficult it is to deal with the lost of a child, cannot imagine what it will be to loose your husband! Big hug to you.