The Prayerful Weaver

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art; Thou my best Thought, by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light. Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word; I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord; Thou my great Father, I Thy true son; Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one. These are the two verses of this hymn that are quoted on my calendar. Underneath them, where you would expect the author’s name to be, are these words - Irish Traditional. Wikipedia has an interesting article regarding the origins of this hymn  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Thou_My_Vision The article explains " Be Thou My Vision " ( Old Irish : Rop tú mo baile or Rob tú mo bhoile ) is a traditional hymn from Ireland . The words are based on a Middle Irish poem often attributed to the sixth-century Irish Christian poet Dallán Forgaill , although it is probably later than that. The best-known English version, with some m...

Hello, I’m Liz and I live in Liverpool, Merseyside. I’m a retired Civil Servant who now enjoys a life of crafting, lunching with friends, and taking short breaks in the UK, mostly to Scotland . I’m a Christian and attend my local Church of England church where I am one of four lay Readers there. This involves assisting with the distribution of the sacraments at our Parish Eucharist; reading the Gospel passage; and occasionally preaching. I am also a trained Spiritual Director within the Liverpool Diocese which means I am authorised to accompany others in their spiritual journey, and guide them in their relationship with God. My crafting journey began when I was at infant school at the beginning of the 1960s. Knitting was taught in schools in those days! It’s a hobby I’ve been interested in ever since. In the 1980s, I tried learning to spin on a borrowed spinning wheel, after seeing members of our local Guild of Weavers and Spinners give a demonstration at a library in the...