A New Week - What a Blessing!

I just came in from eating my lunch out on the back patio. Oh, I love the Texas sunshine! A new week and how is God going to use me and how I am going to use it for God? I have a verse I would like to share that a friend sent to my husband when he mentioned this blog last week. Romans 12:2, "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - His good, pleasing and perfect will." I already had that verse all marked up with an orange marker :). As believers we have no choice, no desire to do anything but what this verse calls us to do. The lines are not so blurry today as they might have been years ago. It is much easier to determine what is right and what is wrong. So be transformed, be "repurposed" for God and spread that to others. You will be a blessing to someone this week!

Last week after I started this blog - hoping that some of my market bags would sell, I prayed asking God how I could help to support a friend who is going on a mission trip with her family. Funds are tight as they are with most everyone these days, but I thought, "OK, the next 2 bags that sell will go to support this family." That afternoon I received orders for THREE bags :). Now isn't God good?

My family smiles at me because I get all excited over "new" bags that people bring me to crochet into market bags. They have adapted well to my new projects. On our way to church yesterday all the doors in our neighborhood had purple bags on them for collecting clothes, etc for a local mission. "Hey, honey, look at all those purple bags!" I could just hear the excitement in his voice. :)


I am adding a couple of pictures of bags that I have completed this week. One of my favorites is the medium size of the square one. It is a really nice size and a fun look. You can see the size difference between the large and medium square bags in the photo. They are both very nice sized bags with square, flat bottoms. Large - $30, Medium - $15, plus shipping.You can always contact me at deknits@yahoo.com if you have questions or would like to order one. Each bag has its own individual characteristics because of the different bags.

Ok, so this is my first attempt at blogging. It started because I wanted a way to share my "repurposed" plastic grocery bags. I was looking for a bit of an income to help pay my daughter's homeschool curriculum costs and it has led to this.


I enlisted my family's help in finding a name/title to fit me the best. So...I do use fabric for purses that is repurposed, I am a fervent recycler of anything and right now especially of used plastic grocery bags. 


But as we were thinking...I AM REPURPOSED IN CHRIST. I am not the same. I am a new creature made and perfected through Jesus. Hebrews 10:14 tells me, "For by a single offering He has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified."


So here you have the Repurposed Woman. Certainly not a woman who has everything together, but through the help of the Lord, I am growing. I look forward to others' input as I share my life growing in the Lord, recycling and creating bags and other things by using repurposed fabrics and bags and who knows what else may come across my path.


I think as a follower of Christ I have a responsibility to care for the earth He has given us. I strive not to be wasteful and to be a good steward of all that has been given me. Perhaps you have ways to live our lives better, using and not wasting. 





 Here are some of the market type bags that I have made from recycled plastic grocery bags. They are samples of what I make. I do sell them so let me know if anyone is interested.