Sweater Pieces and the Master Blocker

Today in Relief Society, a woman stood up and held up a navy blue sweater with whitestitching's all over it. It was absolutely beautiful and she said she had never knitted, sewn, or done anything like unto it before in her life, but that was the first sweater she had made and it looked..well, like a sweater!
(forgive me, I don't remember her name)

This is her lesson:

While this woman held up her sweater, she pointed out all the flaws about it:

• The neck line was stretched out not because she had worn it a lot, but because that was how she knitted it
• The bottom of the sweater was stretched out not because she had worn it a lot, but because that was how she knitted it
• The right shoulder was larger than the left
• The back was loose

She began to explain the process of knitting a sweater. You don't just start at the top nor the bottom and just knit together the whole thing, you have to do it in pieces. For example, you have to do the left arm, right arm, front, back, bottom, neck line, etc. Once you have all the pieces, you begin to stitch them together with another color of yarn.

Once your sweater is complete, you take it to a Master Blocker to get the sweater fitted. Basically what happens is he will get it a little wet, and then mold it to whatever shape you've asked him to (so I would assume your body shape), he'll then pin it down and let it dry. Once it's dry, it is now able to hold that shape.

So Relief Society was about knitting a sweater? Not quite... Lets break it down a bit.

The sweater is your life. The pieces of the sweater are pieces of how you live your life, how you build your relationship with Heavenly Father, and how you strive to keep the Gospel as your foundation. The Master Blocker is Heavenly Father. As you build up your pieces (faith, trust, obedience, etc.,) He will then take you (your pieces) and build you up. He will mold you and shape you into the person that He has intended, so long as you keep those pieces in tact and trust Him.

Now, always remember that even though your sweater may not fit perfectly, and one arm may be bigger than the other, it is good enough...

You are good enough for the Lord

and the Savior is always there