Elastic

 

Daily Gratitude Year 14-Day 134: Today, I am grateful for elastic. 

I do not think in all this time I have been grateful for elastic! How can I have missed this wonder of the sewing world and so much more? All of the celebrating that goes on in May often involves sweet treats and other caloric items. 

Elastic is equally helpful if we are losing weight in preparation for vacation, summer and swimsuit season. Honestly, it is the magical quality that lets us stretch and shrink and still be able to fit into our clothes that makes it truly a wonder in modern fashion. It allows us stretch for comfort when we need it to stretch. It pulls in items that would be too big, too. 

No zippers to snag in the wash. No buttons to lose in unknown places. It lasts well beyond the garment sometimes. Elastic is truly changes many of our days and we take it for granted. 

Whatever our day brings, elastic keeps us comfortable. Its flexibility provides self control, even when we do not. When we win at dieting, it adjusts. When we lose control it stretches. Oh, the very daily battle of self-control is real. 

"For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control." -1 Timothy 1:7

His spirit of power, love, and self-control are accessible to us. Sometimes we use it. Sometimes we don't. It helps us stay calm, cool, and collected. It helps us be courageous. It helps us stretch. 

Today, I am grateful for elastic.