Today, August 12th, 1951, the Singer Sewing Machine was patented. Issac Singer, a mechanic, cabinet maker and actor, devised a sewing machine that used a shuttle moving in a straight path to sew. His patented design was made of cast iron, with a placed spool of thread on an adjustable arm and used a friction pad to control thread tension. Singer used his abilities to exhibit and sell his machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m sure this bit of trivia doesn\u2019t alter your day, but it did mine. It reminded me of the phone call from my sis-in-law, Karen, last week, telling me that she bought Mom (who will be 98 in October) a small Singer sewing machine (pictured here). It seems Mom was wanting to do a little sewing \u2013 taking up some pajamas that were too long and a top that was too big. Mom had no problem with threading the machine and sewing the stitches. When Mom moved from her home to live with Karen and George, she gave her Singer-in-a-cabinet to her granddaughter. Who knew that she\u2019d want to sew again? I love it so much that Mom is still so clear-minded and just won\u2019t quit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have a portable Singer machine that I keep handy for quick sewing projects. When I started making face masks recently, I noticed the \u201ctension\u201d was off \u2013 the top stitch was way too loose. I mentioned above that Issac Singer added the friction pad to control thread tension. I simply rethreaded it and the tension was perfect. I started thinking about the friction and tension that we have been dealing with \u2013 not just over the coronavirus, but for years now, with politics and disagreements. Our country needs something to control all the friction and tension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another word for friction and tension is stress. People are really stressed out and for good reasons if we simply focused on the doom, gloom and despair. But I found a stress reliever in my friction pad that I land on daily. You see, God, our great innovator, knew that we would encounter plenty of reasons to \u201close it\u201d \u2013 to get our “threads” all tangled up, bunched up and even slow down the progress. What does He do to help us \u201ccontrol the tension\u201d? As Christians, how should we handle stress, because we all know that anything that distracts us from our relationship with God are the things that derail our relationship with Him. Here are some of His built-in ways that I’ve come to rely on for tension-free living:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u271d\ufe0f Worship: Focusing on THE ONE Who helps us control our \u201cthread\u201d tension. Worshipping He Who is always worthy of all our praise, brings peace and calm and balances us out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
? Pray: Praying through stress keeps us focusing on the Lord. It re-routes our primary attention from earthly issues to our Heavenly Father’s promises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
?\u200d\u2640\ufe0f Ask for help: That\u2019s what friends are for \u2013 it may be time to ask for help from our family or friends. Even a simple prayer request over a text message keeps us plugged in to people who care about us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
? Seek Community: The Body of Christ is meant to strengthen each other when we\u2019re weak, help us in times of need, support us during difficulties, and celebrates God\u2019s faithfulness with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
? Read & Memorize Scripture: This is my life-saver! God\u2019s Word is a lamp to our feet and pathway and the provider of every answer we need to life’s stressors. Meditating on the truth of Scripture surely brings light and life to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The more we practice the presence of Jesus through intentional thoughts on Him and His peace, helps us to recalibrate for tension-free living — remembering all the while that we serve a mighty, all-powerful God Who reigns over all our lives and promises to work all things for the good of those who love Him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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