🧺 She Wove Baskets
🧺 She Wove Baskets
A Love Story About Mercy, Redemption, and Seeing People Through the Savior's Eyes
June 29, 2026
Hello, my friends.
It's me again...
Just the old man from the sticks.
I've been thinking about one of the most misunderstood love stories I've ever read.
Most of us grew up hearing only one side of it.
A young missionary...
A woman with a difficult past...
A father who believed the worst...
And a story that seemed to end in disappointment.
But what if there was more to it?
What if the greatest miracle wasn't someone's fall...
but someone's redemption?
🧺 The Basket Weaver
The Nemenhah record tells of a woman named Itsahbehl.
She had made mistakes.
She carried scars.
But she had also done something many people never noticed...
She repented.
She opened her home.
She welcomed those who taught about the Peacemaker.
She fed them.
She served them.
And she quietly sat weaving baskets with her own hands.
Yet the people around her remembered only who she had been.
They wouldn't buy her baskets.
They wouldn't worship with her.
They wouldn't let her leave her past behind.
Isn't it amazing how easy it is to believe repentance—for ourselves...
yet struggle to believe it for someone else?
🦬 A Man Who Saw More
Kohrayahntohn didn't see a scandal.
He saw a daughter of God.
He saw courage.
He saw kindness.
He saw someone trying to begin again.
Sometimes loving another person means standing beside them when everyone else walks away.
That kind of love always costs something.
But sometimes...
it's exactly where the Lord is standing.
🌾 Mercy Builds Tomorrow
One of my favorite thoughts from this story is that mercy never ends with one person.
When one heart is healed...
a family can be healed.
When a family is healed...
generations are blessed.
We often think redemption is only about yesterday.
Heaven is usually thinking about tomorrow.
❤️ What About Us?
Maybe you've made mistakes.
Maybe someone still reminds you of them.
Maybe you've wondered whether God has really forgiven you.
Or perhaps you've met someone who is trying to come back...
and you've wondered whether to trust them.
The Savior has an amazing way of seeing what people can become instead of only what they have been.
What if we learned to see one another that way?
How many lonely people would find a home?
How many broken hearts would begin to heal?
How many "basket weavers" would finally discover that they belong?
🌿 My Porch Thought
The older I get, the less interested I am in labels.
I'd rather know someone's heart.
I'd rather watch what the grace of Christ is doing in their life.
I've discovered that heaven writes much longer stories than we do.
We often stop at the chapter called Failure.
God keeps writing until He reaches the chapter called Redemption.
Maybe that's why I love this story so much.
It reminds me that Christ never throws away a soul willing to come home.
Neither should we.
🔎 Continue Your Journey
If this story touched your heart, you may enjoy searching these topics using the magnifying glass at the top of the blog:
Kohrayahntohn
Itsahbehl
Samuel the Lamanite
Mercy
Repentance
The Peacemaker
Judge Not
Redemption
Love One Another
Nemenhah Records
Each search opens another piece of the journey toward Christ.
Be Holy, my friends.
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🔎 Continue Your Journey
If this song or blog touched your heart, there is much more to discover.
At the top of The True Remnant blog, you'll see a 🔎 Search (magnifying glass) icon.
Simply click it and search for topics that interest you, such as:
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🌿 Consecration
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🌿 Hear His Voice
🌿 No Poor Among Them
🌿 The Medicine Wheel
🌿 Babylon
🌿 Peacemakers
🌿 Families
🌿 Charity
🌿 The Holy Ghost
🌿 The Nemenhah Records
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Thank you for joining me on this journey.
May the Lord bless you as you continue seeking His voice.
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