Voice Of Torah Blog

White Linen

It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. – Rev. 19:8

Our guests arrived on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. We were doing a conference with Mike Clayton and Kelly Ferrari Mills. They brought another couple along with them Rosemary and Vernon Norton. Rosemary works with linen and makes beautiful throws, skirts, and bedding just to name a few. After our meal Rosemary gave me a beautiful white linen throw. I was extremely grateful and I knew it would come in very handy at the Convention Centre. I do not have great circulation due to my quadriplegia so I tend to get cold when I'm in an air-conditioned place. I usually take a thin blanket or a sweater and something for my legs for when I do get cold. However, this new beautiful white linen throw was a true gift! The next day, Thursday, we headed off to the Convention Centre and as the conference got underway, shortly after praise and worship, sure enough I began feeling quite cold. I put on the beautiful white linen throw. By evening I was absolutely freezing. Rosemary then handed me a natural coloured throw which really helped warm me up! She then told me to keep both! I had picked out beautiful outfits to wear for the conference for each day. As it turned out I had to cover them up with my two throws, no one could see my nice outfits. What I came to understand was that when I would wrap myself in them I would warm up so that eventually I could uncover myself. Then when I started feeling chilled again I would cover myself up. I learned a lot about linen, it keeps you cool in the heat and warms you up in the cold. However, on Friday afternoon Rosemary and Kelly gave a beautiful presentation on just what the flax has to go through before it becomes a beautiful piece of cloth. I was listening intently and then I heard that beautiful still small voice as I looked down at my two throws. I was first given a white linen throw because that is how my Heavenly Father now sees me! Even though many times I don't see myself that way I thought to myself, to which I quickly heard of course, it's not what you still see in the natural but what I have cleansed with My Own Blood, and it is cleansed indeed! Tears started streaming down my face as I sat there listening and I clearly heard Him saying to me it was my intent for you to have the white linen throw first! What an amazing Creator we serve! We always look at things in the natural when we need to be more in tune with His Spirit!

Theresa