Scripture: Psalm 119:11
Introduction
It seems the whole world has gone mad for plaid. It’s one of the most recognizable designs globally, coming in almost every color and shade under the sun. While it may be trendy today, people have worn this iconic fabric for thousands of years.
The earliest known tartan in Scotland can be dated to the third or fourth century AD. In other parts of the world, tartan cloth has been found dating to approximately 3000 BC. Tartans had significant meaning as they represented individual Scottish clans. For further information on tartans, go to: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-plaid-180957342/
While plaid has been around forever, it has made a massive comeback, with various bold patterns known as buffalo plaid colors being all the rave. Below are program ideas that are all about plaid.
Program Ideas
Host a pajama party featuring all things buffalo plaid. Invite women to wear pajamas in their favorite color, buffalo plaid.
Watch the Broadway Musical, Forever Plaid, which can be rented from Amazon, or watch the trailer, which gives snippets of the story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx1tCaKeE_Q
Discuss
- While the premise of the movie Forever Plaid is fun to watch, is it scriptural?
– Hebrews 9:27 – “Just as man is appointed die once …”
– Ecclesiastes 3:2 – “To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die.” - As you look back over your life so far, are there things you regret, things that you wish you had handled differently? What can you do about them now?
– Peter denied Christ three times. Read John 13:37-38.
– Peter was sorry. Read Luke 22:62.
– Jesus restored Peter. Read John 21:17. - Have you asked the Lord to forgive you of your sins?
– Read John 1:9, John 1:12. - We have the rest of our lives ahead of us. How should we act so that we don’t have regrets?
– “Love the Lord our God with all your heart and will all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Mark 12:30, 31.
Farmhouse Harvest Buffalo Plaid Pumpkin Craft
Make DIY Buffalo Plaid Pumpkins. Here’s what you will need:
- Roll of Toilet Paper
- Fabric 18 x 22
- Wooden Spoon to help poke the fabric into the center of the toilet paper roll
- Ribbon
- 4″ sticks from the yard or cinnamon sticks.
- Faux fall leaves
For easy directions on making toilet paper pumpkins, check the following video.
https://www.madetobeamomma.com/toilet-paper-pumpkins/ or https://www.anallievent.com/diy-buffalo-plaid-pumpkins/
Strong Roots
Anyone who knows me knows I have a black thumb. Give me a growing plant, and it will take one look at me and wilt or die. Growing things is not my talent. But there is something special about when it’s time to harvest. I remember picking buckets of blueberries with my grandma to use in baking. Or taking my niece to the pumpkin patch to find just that right pumpkin. All the fresh treats that someone has worked so hard to grow—berries, apples, corn. A seed has been planted in the soil, then watered and tended to, and protected while its roots grow deep.
A tree needs to have deep roots to survive the storms of life. Have you watched the trees through the seasons of life? In winter, it’s bare, standing tall as the elements of life throw their best at it. In spring, the leaves and flowers start to bloom to life again. The beauty of the spring color changes our world to make it bright and beautiful. The fruit begins to come to life in the summer and grow toward ripeness. Then in the fall, the fruit is full-grown and ready for the harvest. We see all this beauty around us throughout the seasons of life. But it’s what we don’t see that makes the difference. It’s the strong roots that grow under the ground. The life force of the tree comes from how strong its roots are.
Christians are the same way; we have different seasons of life. Sometimes we need to stand firm in the storms, other times, we are full of life and color. But we can only grow fruit when we have a stable foundation in the Lord. Roots grow in every direction taking hold of the soil to keep it vital to keep it upright. Just like those roots, we need to hold on to the Lord to be our strength, and the stronger we grow in our relationship with him, the stronger we are when the storms of life come.
One way for our roots to grow strong is through the word of God. “I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You” (Psalm 119:1). Have you ever been in a storm of life and suddenly a scripture that strengthens you and gives you peace? That is an excellent example of God’s Word hidden in our hearts. These deep roots keep us strong through the many storms of life. When we hide His Word in our hearts, it helps us be ready to face life rooted in place and share His word with others.
