Here’s a question for any of our women who have been mothers. Do you remember your favorite gift that you ever got at a baby shower?

A woman named Louise Cramer tells the story of opening gifts at the shower for her first child. Among all the necessities and toys, Louise found one very special gift. It was a baby quilt hand-sewn by her grandmother, who had passed away years before. As Louise marveled over the beauty of the quilt, it hit her that her grandmother had planned this quilt, and spent weeks stitching it together, long before Louise ever got pregnant. Louise writes, “She probably knew as she patiently stitched it that she would never meet the child for whom she was sewing.” Motivated by love and faithfulness, Louise’s grandmother planned this very special gift for a future great-…