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Henrik's stars

Kuglestjerne
Ball/cube made of 6 weaved stars, Design and weaving: Henrik with the stars, Brønderslev. Photo: Hans Dybkjær 2008

Suffering

I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.
[Lamentations 3, v19-20]

A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.
[Proverbs 15, v13]

In the small Danish town Brønderslev Henrik is weaving stars together. The unit is the well-known Fröbel start made from 4 strips of paper, but Henrik makes it more beatifully than most people. They can be bought for between 25 DKK and 200 DKK, depending on size. Henrik tells that contacts are welcome, via Glorigami.dk.

To me the three figures (thorned ball, cross, and heart) symbolize suffering, faith, and love.

Kors af stjerner
Cross made from 26 weaved stars, Design and weaving: Henrik with the stars, Brønderslev. Photo: Hans Dybkjær 2008

Faith

They that trust in him, shall understand the truth: and they that are faithful in love shall rest in him: for grace and peace is to his elect.
[Visdommens bog 3, v9]

"Don't be afraid; just believe!"
[Mark 5, v39]

Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Those who walk in the dark do not know where they are going. Put your trust in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.
[Johannesevangeliet 12, v35-36]

Stjernehjerte
Heart made from 46 weaved stars, Design and weaving: Henrik with the stars, Brønderslev. Photo: Hans Dybkjær 2008

Love

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing
(Paulus, 1. Corinthians 13, 2)

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
(Paulus, 1. Corinthians 13, 13)