The Lord has worked on removing a fear of mine and continues to work on me, Praise God!
The other week I mentioned my experience going through a swarm of huge bees (or hornets) to complete an appointment. I may also have or have not mentioned being stung by something in August 1999 while attending the funeral of my grandmother in a hot dry NC cemetery. What ever that thing was that hit me at my left knee, it affected more than half of my body (toes to torso) and I was in a panic and extreme pain for at least 45 minutes. Because of that experience, I believed that I was allergic to bee/wasp venom for years. I believed that if it had been higher up on my body, I might have died.
On Tuesday I was headed to work later than usual and sprayed myself with my favorite fragrance (Nina by Nina Ricci) which is very sweet smelling and lasts long like the Lolita Lempickas I wear in cooler weather. L de Lolita Lempicka was the best, but they discontinued it. I wore a brand new blouse that I picked up on Sunday after meeting with my family friend from Ghana and rushed off to park and speedwalk to work while playing Pokemon Go.
I had the thought that a bee would land on my back like in previous times but the sun was not fully out and it had rained that morning. I didn't dwell on the thought. I crossed a major intersection and continued focusing on swiping to get experience points for the next Pokestop I was approaching.
I felt a sharp poke on my right breast but continued playing and didn't want to fiddle with my button down blouse as many cars were slowed next to me in morning traffic.
I the felt the sharp poke again and it made me stop to see if perhaps the bra that didn't have a wire that high was coming out of the garment and scratching me.
There was a small bee or wasp sitting on my chest in my blouse.
Now I don't know what kind of dance I did for those sitting in traffic. All I know was it fell through my shirt to the ground and I stomped it out of its misery. I then proceeded to go into panic mode because remember, I thought I was allergic to bee stings. I didn't see a stinger but kept feeling sharp pain all the way to the Walgreens store that I told myself to boycott in 2008 after I returned from my trip to Italy.
Walgreens lied to me about the international phonecard I purchased (I asked a clerk and called customer service in store before making the purchase and was lied to at by least 4 other Walgreens reps on the phone and in person when I tried to get a refund). I never got a refund and the store manager was rude so I vowed not to purchase anything from them again.
On Tuesday I was willing to bypass my office building and Walgreens downstairs to go to Rite Aid and get what I needed further away, but with my mom on the phone demanding I think about my life, I took heed and stopped in there for generic benadryl.
I was fine. I was thrown off for the day but I was fine and I thank God for that. The Lord brought me through this week and I had successful meetings. I completed a lot of work. I finally decided to deposit that settlement check (yesterday). And I lived through being stung twice by my heart. Now perhaps because it went into fat, it wasn't so big of a deal, I don't know. Not an artery or near many nerves or something.
God is good because it could have been worse.
I am thankful for this week, and thankful for this Sabbath. I am thankful for a peaceful place to live and being without stress today, complete with canisters and canisters of flying insect/Wasp Raid in stock. These stinging flies are able to squeeze in through a closed and locked kitchen window, no joke.
I thank Jesus that I can find another place to be comfortable again and to know I am no longer "severely allergic" to bees.
Happy Sabbath
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