My granddaughters love to create bracelets and necklaces with beads.
Itsy bitsy teenie weenie beads.
I have established a system for this artistic endeavor.
The puzzle board comes out from under the couch.
The boxes of beads go onto the board.
And away they go.
The puzzle board prevents the delightful sound of tiny beads bouncing all over the floor. Most of the time. The girls are very careful and they keep the pink beads in the pink section, the blue beads in the blue section, etc. I have taught them well. When everybody goes home, I put the boxes away and slide the puzzle board back under the couch. It’s all very orderly.
Until this happened.
It wasn’t the nine year old or the four year old.
It was me. I tipped it over after everyone was gone.
And yes, I spent the following week sorting out those darn beads.
I’m so glad it happened, though,
because as I was picking up all the minuscule pieces,
I heard the Spirit whisper.
“Some days your life is nicely sorted and everything is in place.
Don’t get too smug.
Some days your life is a chaotic, disordered, mixed-up mess.
Don’t despair.
There is beauty in all of it.”
“In Him, all things hold together.”
Colossians 1:17
Even the itsy bitsy teenie weenie things.
a small drop of ink 
Yes, I would find beads in my carpet long after I was done w/a art project. The LORD holds it/us all together, even in our seemingly messes. Those mixed up beads were pretty. ( :
Cathy
A true artist would see the beauty in the mess! Love your artistic eye, Cathy!
Through God’s grace, we are given the chance to put all the spilled pieces back in place… though he loves even the spilled pieces.💕.
Linda G
He probably loves the spilled, broken pieces the most! He’s making something beautiful in His time. Eccl. 3:11
Love all your blogs, Dinah. Also love when you post pictures of those grands !
Thanks Diane! I try not to overdo the cuteness with too many grand pics!
Of course it would be the nana!!! We all need to be understanding and calm when that happens. Good lesson for me who thinks I have it all together! Smug for sure!
Wow, I’m impressed you managed to tidy them all up again. 😀
Organizing is my hobby! Perhaps you noticed I didn’t separate the dark pink from the light pink. I’m not that crazy! Thanks for reading.
😀 Haha, you’ve got to draw the line somewhere. I imagine it is quite therapeutic to organise them. But they are so tiny!