My Weekend..

Let's start with Thursday.. Went to Mugshots with a good friend of mine and had a McDonald burger.. If you have not ever been to Mugshots you NEED TO GO.. They are actually opening up right down the road today.. It will be a great place to just go and hang out sometime with my friends..

Friday night was a crazy night for me.. It was all there until the next day.. I did however get a little shopping done, which was fun..


Saturday I baked a cake (did not take a picture, pop my hand now) It was a skate cake for Chloe.. Maybe her Mom will email me a pic. Saturday night I dropped into the new El Potrillo for some good ole chips and salsa.. Then off to see "The Ugly Truth".. Good movie.. Crude Humor, but funny as all get out.. Then out with friends..

Thank you so much to all of my friends this weekend for the extra added support.. It was a tough one but everything will work out for the best.. I met some awesome folks, thanks for the generous amount of support.. Friends are there for you through thick and through thin.. Thank yall for all of that.. Addi came home a day early, it was good to have her home.. I didnt however get to go to the shower for Olivia.. Congrats you guys on getting hitched.. I know yall are having a get together in a few weeks so we will see what happens by then.. I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend.. I missed all of my kiddoes and cant wait to have them all home together..

Matthew 11:28-30
Pressure. We all work under it. We are driven by it. We try to escape it. We take vitamins for it. We feel it in our chests. Our stomachs churn. Our palms get sweaty. And all of us get squeezed by it.

Two questions confront us: How do we live with stress? And is pressure always bad?

The fact is, many of us want less pressure from the things that are good for us to bear. There can be positive effects from pressure. It is not pressure, but our response to pressure, that determines pressure's effect on us.

Isn't that what we need to seek God for? We should pray, "Change the pressure rating and broaden my shoulders. Strengthen me, Lord, so I can handle that which has come into my life."

He will! He promised, "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."

You may be experiencing stress because you are carrying burdens you should be bringing to Jesus and leaving with Him (1 Peter 5:7... casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.). Or God may have brought certain kinds of pressure into your life to help you grow and become more like Jesus (Is. 48:10.... Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; James 1:2-4......My brethern, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.). When the pressure mounts in your life, be sure to cast your cares on Jesus and ask Him for strength to bear up under the load.

Hudson Taylor, the great missionary to China, summarizes, "It matters not how great the pressure is, only where the pressure lies. As long as the pressure doesn't come between me and my savior, but presses me to Him, then greater my dependence upon Him."