{"id":1664,"date":"2009-02-07T23:33:01","date_gmt":"2009-02-08T04:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2009-02-07T23:33:01","modified_gmt":"2009-02-08T04:33:01","slug":"grace-and-the-red-sweater-of-the-growing-sleeves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/grace-and-the-red-sweater-of-the-growing-sleeves\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace and the red sweater of the growing sleeves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday February 8, 2009 <\/em> I have an oversized long red knit top I got years ago at Old Navy<\/em>.\u00a0 You know the kind: as the day goes on, it gets longer and longer.\u00a0 It has long sleeves.\u00a0 I have long arms.\u00a0 As the day wears on, I am constantly cuffing and re-cuffing them.\u00a0 If I don\u2019t cuff them 4-5 times and push them up over my elbows, I will end up with my sleeves dragging in the dishwater or paint.<\/p>\n

A few years ago when I saw the California<\/em> style of sleeves well past the fingers, I didn\u2019t get it.\u00a0 Until I experienced California<\/em> for myself.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t realize it gets cold there, even at the beach.\u00a0 I thought sunny meant hot, like Florida.\u00a0 I thought the surf would be warm, like ours. I always wondered why everyone wore sweaters at the evening campfire scenes on tv and in movies.\u00a0 Then the long sleeve idea, I realized, was genius, for young women anyway, with no body fat and constantly cold hands.<\/p>\n

I am so loving the cold weather we\u2019re having.\u00a0 It\u2019s novel to dress in layers and have the heater on.\u00a0 I\u2019ve definitely been wearing the red sweater of the growing sleeves this week.\u00a0 I thought of how this top also symbolized Grace as it demonstrates in my life.<\/p>\n

I start out knowing I\u2019m covered; that Grace in my life has it all covered for me.\u00a0 As the day goes on, and sometimes chores pile up and sometimes patience runs thin and I begin to forget who I really am, Grace expands to let me know I am MORE than covered, that there is an excess of Grace to reach from me to the sky and from me to the ground.\u00a0 Demonstrated by my sleeves at day\u2019s end being halfway to my knees\u2026LOL<\/p>\n

Plus it gives me faith every time it happens.\u00a0 Faith that it will happen again and again and again.\u00a0 Ever time I wear that sweater.\u00a0 Every time I need some Grace.\u00a0 Grace is always raining down on me.\u00a0 Just sometimes I have an umbrella up or a wetsuit on.<\/p>\n

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