When I read the prompt question, my mind immediately went to a picture of a quilt, handmade, of course! The seamstress cuts and measures out each square, being sure to leave extra in the piece for sewing to all the other sections… this way the quilt is just the right size and not smaller than planned. Measurements are very precise, otherwise, it could swing the other way and we end up with a quilt that is too big.

Looking back to when the first person sewed together a blanket and then to this day, we have kept the same size measurements, for the most part. Aside from some creative twists that have brought us BlanketJammies, sharable sleeping bags and the like, we have retained a sizing standard for a bed cover… why?

What if we just started making a one size fits all family blanket, that just runs throughout the house, leaving holes for heads and arms, in whatever room you had to be in during the day… why not? Who cares that it won’t fit in the standard Washer/Dryer, or that it would require an entire Family Size bottle of detergent for each washing… we can just wait for a rainy day and drag the whole thing outside for a washing. It would be a great family activity, as it would require every able bodied member to hold it up off the ground while it rained… but wait, we also could just hug each other as hard as we wanted, without hurting anyone, because we need to squeeze all the water out before our blanket could dry.

Now I know that I’ve taken us all down a weird Rabbit Hole Idea, but it is with good reason. The scenario that I created is very unrealistic and… in truth, quite odd! My point is… so is the concept of living a longer life! God started things out giving mankind hundreds of years to their life, moving in time to limit us to only 120 years… He had a reason for it, and I fully trust it was for our own good! We screw things up in the 120 years we are given, and adding years onto this would be very useless. After all these generations we are still arguing over Racism, Equality, and Governing of the people… it does not fill me with comfort to think that they could then extend the terms of office in the White House… uh uh!!! 

There is a line from an old movie I once watched, where one of the characters uses an analogy of a skein of thread holding a tapestry together… and I like analogies! Forming a picture in our minds helps to reinforce an idea, making it easier to remember a lesson or skill we’ve taken the time to learn.

My favorite verse in the Bible comes out of where… you should all know this about me… Psalm 139! While I won’t read you the entire chapter, I will leave you with my favorite part…

My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Psalm 139:15,16

I’ve been woven into Gods Tapestry and He knows where both my beginning and end are… I’ve no fear because I’m surrounded by so many other threads that make up the whole of our earthly quilt! I plan on dwelling in my one day at a time plan, since that is all I am actively taking part in… there is no promise of tomorrow, that I’m aware of! Our creator is the most masterful of all Quilters, building by a design that is flawless, so I’m going with that answer, concerning, What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life…

I pray that you think on this with each bite of the cookies below!