Wonderfully made

 I was in Target yesterday browsing the women's section (something that doesn't happen too often anymore) and a girl was shopping with her mom. She grabbed a couple of tank tops from the shelf.  She then said " I know they are horizontal stripes, but if they are going underneath other things then it's ok."  Now I am not one who considers myself a fashion diva, but I am pretty up with the latest trends and at least know what is fashionable, even if I chose not to participate myself.  I was sure that she was wrong and thought about this on and off for the next couple of hours until I decided to just go online and check. 

As it turns out, she was right.... but so was I.  The first article  I looked echoed her words that vertical stripes are slimming and horizontal stripes accentuate your midsection.  But then the next couple I read were studies on how this is false and it really has more to do with the width of the stripes then anything else.  Yes!  Validation!  I am not totally off my rocker here.

Different subject but I will attempt to pull them together; I am attempting to make my boy's Halloween costumes this year.  I am excited about making them because I can just envision how it will look.  They are going as Huckle and Lowly from Busytown.  If you are not familiar:

Davis will be Huckle the cat and Jace will be Lowly the worm.  I am also a little nervous as well.  My vision is so perfect in my head, I just don't know how to pull it off.  I know it is just Halloween and it doesn't have to be perfect, but I really want it to match the image in my head.  I am struggling a bit with the lederhosen for Huckle and the robin hood type hat for Lowly.  I am hoping to make both out of felt and I am also hoping to find a forum or tutorial online.  If you have any ideas, I am all ears!

Yesterday Davis got his latest verse to memorize from his Wed night program.  "I am wonderfully made." Psalm 139: 14.  As I was helping him go over it in the car, I realized that I need to recognize more the importance of these words.  It doesn't really matter if I wear horizontal or vertical stripes.  I am wonderfully made.  As I am struggling to find a pattern to make these costumes for the kids I remember  Genesis 1:27

"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them."  God's pattern for making me was himself!  

I am WONDERFULLY made! What a great thought to focus on today. Much better than what I have been focusing on... Confession time:
I am nearing 30 and although I don't feel it, I worry that I am starting to look it. Not that looking 30 is the worst thing that could happen to me, but just a few years ago people would say I looked younger than I was.  Now people can pretty much hit my age on the head or even older than I am. : (  So I am starting to use anti-aging cream around my eyes and eating healthier. Doing what one can, but ultimately one can only do so much.  And minus plastic surgery, it's pretty much up to God!

I (you) may not be the world's standard of beauty, but I (you) am (are) made in His perfect image, so I guess that makes me (you) pretty darn wonderful ;)