Sugar Probs

I know I’m not the only one who’s heart and mind are currently all over the place.  My emotions are just crazy.  I’ve found myself breaking into tears way too much lately.  This world can be so hard and heavy and dark.  And throw in holidays, like Father’s Day, which bring all sorts of emotions to the surface and I’m kind of a lost cause.

I read the other day in 2 Corinthians 5…just a short passage…1-10 and I couldn’t get past it for the day, so there I sat in big ole lady baby tears.  Just streaming.  Here’s The Message translation:

“For instance, we know that when these bodies of ours are taken down like tents and folded away, they will be replaced by resurrection bodies in heaven—God-made, not handmade—and we’ll never have to relocate our “tents” again. Sometimes we can hardly wait to move—and so we cry out in frustration. Compared to what’s coming, living conditions around here seem like a stopover in an unfurnished shack, and we’re tired of it! We’ve been given a glimpse of the real thing, our true home, our resurrection bodies! The Spirit of God whets our appetite by giving us a taste of what’s ahead. He puts a little of heaven in our hearts so that we’ll never settle for less.

That’s why we live with such good cheer. You won’t see us drooping our heads or dragging our feet! Cramped conditions here don’t get us down. They only remind us of the spacious living conditions ahead. It’s what we trust in but don’t yet see that keeps us going. Do you suppose a few ruts in the road or rocks in the path are going to stop us? When the time comes, we’ll be plenty ready to exchange exile for homecoming.

But neither exile nor homecoming is the main thing. Cheerfully pleasing God is the main thing, and that’s what we aim to do, regardless of our conditions. Sooner or later we’ll all have to face God, regardless of our conditions. We will appear before Christ and take what’s coming to us as a result of our actions, either good or bad.”

In the NIV version is says repeatedly “We are of good courage”.  I want that.  Good courage…not letting Satan have the upper hand in my heart, but not letting anything stop me from loving like Christ loves.

My mind keeps turning and turning and nothing seems to dial it back much.  And then the emotional eater in me decided making chocolate chip cookies…obviously eating a good quarter of the batter…seemed to be the obvious solution.  Duh.  I went to the freezer to pull out the chocolate chips (my mom always kept her chocolate chips in the freezer) and then utterly gasped when I saw there were none.  Oh my.  You would have thought I’d seen a decapitated head sitting in there instead of just no chocolate chips.  I might have teared up.  This is where I need the emotional eaters of the inter webs to unite with me and make me feel less, ummmm, un-weird(<—– real word, feel free to use it at will, especially when you are looking to come off as super intellectual)…less not an emotional eater.  These are normal happenings to others right?!?!?  I just know they are.  We emotional eaters have to stick together…maybe start a Facebook page.  Strike that, if I start a new Facebook page it will definitely be a “Bring back the Kit-Kat Blizzard” Facebook page.  Priorities people, priorities.  But I digress/wander far off topic.  I like to think God hard wired me to be madly in love with sweets…this makes it a gift from Him…and we all know it’s a shame to waste your God given gifts and not put them into full use.

Littles just went down for a nap and all I want to do is peruse Pinterest and look at all things sugary.  I’ve landed happily on the following items:

Fudgey White Chocolate Brownies

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Salted Caramel Popcorn

I specifically remember Mom making homemade caramel popcorn in brown paper bags.  Now that’s a lovely memory.

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And Hot Buttered Pretzels

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Hear me out on the hot buttered pretzels, scroll down far enough and there’s a cinnamon sugar edition.  Hallelujah.

 So lesson for today is clearly:  Laura has sugar probs…send prayers and cookies.

Happy Thursday.