Too Blessed

To be stressed!

                I am the Queen of stressing out. Ask my roommate from last year, I stressed over all things big & small, my problems & others. She even tried reading off of WebMd.com what stress was going to do to me. It never worked! So, I’ve come to the conclusion that I will just always be stressed…learn to live with it? Sure, but now it’s time to start counting me blessings in life, not just counting the things that cause me to stress.

Stressed spelled backwards equals…DESSERTS!!! I’ve decided to make one new or old cookie recipe a week for the year. As I put in each ingredient, I must think of something I am thankful for, or a blessing in my life, and give thanks to God.

                Last week, I made Chocolate Chip Cookies….a favorite in this house.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 tsp. Vanilla

1 c. Shortening

¾ c. Brown Sugar

¾ c. White Sugar

2 Eggs

1 tsp. Baking Soda in 1 tsp. hot water

2 ½ c. Flour

1 tsp. Salt

1 c. nuts (optional, I never do, because Dad & B would just not have it. They hate nuts!)

1 bag of Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips

Cream shortening, sugar, eggs, vanilla, & baking soda. Add dry ingredients & mix well!

Bake at 375 for 12-14 minutes I use a baking stone, they always seem to get really crunchy if I use a baking sheet. Enjoy!!

Blessings

U A brother who tried to help me bake. He ended up just holding the measuring cups & dumping ingredients into the bowl.

U A sister-in-law who gets super excited about cookies & waits patiently for the first batch so she can sneak a cookie before A.

U A house which I can bake in.

U The quality family spent enjoying cookies.

U Having Fridays off so I can stay up later to bake!

U Leaving in the mornings, and hearing a sweet “I love you” from R.

U Waking up on mornings off to find that Kitt has jumped in my bed.

U Being able to lead a Confirmation group this year.

U Being able to put aside a few hours to catch up with friends.

U A sister who can bake cakes & cupcakes…we make a good pair!

" “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?  Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

    “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.  But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

Matthew 6:25-34