TAPESTRY OR "THE MASTER WEAVER"

Answer to last blog question -  The Emrgency Medical Hologram (EMH)
Doctor from Star Trek Voyager

What episode is this quote from? : Romulan ship: Surrender and prepare to be boarded.  Picard's response "That'll be the day".

TAPESTRY OF LIFE

My life is but a weaving between my God and me,
I do not choose the colors; He works so steadily.
Oft times He weaves in sorrow, and I in foolish pride,
Forget He sees the upper, and me the underside.
Not till the loom is silent, and the shuttles cease to fly,
Will God unroll the canvas, and explain the reason why.
The dark threads are as needful in the weavers skillful hand
As the threads of gold and silver in the pattern He has planned.

Corrie Ten Boom (author of "The Hiding Place") & surviving prisoner of Nazi Germany******************************
another version

The Plan Of The Master Weaver
Our lives are but fine weavings,
That God and we prepare,
Each life becomes a fabric planned
And fashioned in His care.
We may not always see just how
The weavings intertwine,
But we must trust the Master’s hand
And follow His design,
For He can view the pattern
From the upper side,
While we must look from underneath
And trust in Him to guide.

Sometimes a strand of sorrow
Is added to His plan,
And though it’s difficult for us,
We still must understand
That it’s He who fills the shuttle,
It’s He who knows what’s best,
So we must weave in patience
And leave to Him the rest…

Not till the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly
Shall God unroll the canvas
And explain the reason why—
The dark threads are as needed
In the Weaver’s skillful hand
And the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned.

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Star Trek TNG Season 6 Episode 15 called Tapestry is a great episode that demonstrates how life really is a tapestry - how God weaves in the good times with the bad and somehow it all works out for good to those who love God.