Victory! My right to "Bare" Arms!
“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.”
I Corinthian 15:57
As I look back over the summer, there were three major things that I accomplished. I had the house painted outside: you cannot
imagine the relief I felt when I finally was able to find, with the help of my
neighbors, a house painter that not only was a good professional but he had a
wonderful
attitude (those 2 things don’t usually come together). He did a fantastic job! Secondly, I had some major tree removal and
trimming done in the backyard. Last fall’s
Hurricane Sandy that swept through my area did damage to a lot of trees. One
very tall Pine tree that was leaning at a 90 degree angle had to come down and
several other smaller trees were removed.
When the Tree guy was done, it looked like the sunshine had come back
in. Just a side note: It is hard when you are a widow or single
sometimes to find good reliable people to do projects around the house. My
advice is to ask your neighbors or co-workers for references, if the workers
are referred by someone you both know or who has utilized them, they most
likely will do a better and reliable job.
And thirdly (drum roll please), I got the victory over my reluctance to
wear sleeveless tops! Yep you heard it
correctly! I got the victory over my “Right
to BARE Arms!” My UPPER arms that is. I’m sure that to a lot of you reading this it
may seem absurd, but I was not blessed with trim, firm upper arms and as the
years have gone by they seem to want to migrate south…and in a hurry! So my cure for all of my adult life has been
to never wear sleeveless tops. Not even
a cap sleeve, it had to be at least a ¾ sleeve.
So Thanks be to God who gives us the Victory! Does God care about the little things in our
lives? You bet He does. He wants us to
be victorious in every area of our lives,
even if it’s the victory over exposing your upper arms. So
thankful that I can laugh over my sweet victories! Thank God for having a sense
of humor and helping me to laugh loudly through this journey of life!
My arms and I were fine with that arrangement until the soaring,
relentless heat wave that hit us this summer.
Honey it was HOT! and for a very
long time. I wish that I could tell you
that I was awakened by the voices of a band of angels singing “It is well for
you to bareth your uppereth arms”. But
no! I was so hot one day and I looked down and saw that I had on a long sleeved
top with the sleeves pushed up mind you, but it hit me! “You are nuts! GOD gave you your arms and if they are
working properly, you ought to be thankful!”
I couldn’t get to the store fast enough!
I bought the cutest really short sleeve tops and when I tried them on,
yes my upper arms sagged and swaggered to the occasion but I rejoiced because I
no longer felt that worry of what folks will think! I was FREEEEEEE and Cooool!
Hallelujah! And I looked cute
too! LOL.
On another note: Check out the full size Tea set I found at the local GW for $3.99
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Shelia ;)
Have a beautiful day.
Hugs!
blessings,
Diana