Pinterest is making me fat

Aaaaah.  Pinterest.  My newest, bestest guilty pleasure.  Why do you tempt me so?  Everything about you inspires me - especially the yummy deliciousness that you post.  You are making me fat.  I blame you.  It's not the complete and total lack of physical activity that I have made an art form.  It's not my sedentary lifestyle that has become my claim to fame.  Oh no.  It is YOU, pinterest.   Let me give you a glimpse into why I can't quit you...



hello, fried egg, avocado and BACON






jalapeno popper dip - (to die for, btw)






apparently this little dandy is called "crack-bread"







hot fudge pie - oh my







lemonade cake with cream cheese frosting




and finally...


poblano mac -n- cheese




Do you see what I'm up against?  Will power - you are no match for delicacies like "crack-bread" and cream cheese frosting.  Oh well.  I can embrace a few extra l-b's for the love of pinterest.  Gotta run.  I have to make dinner.  Probably something with butter, cream cheese and nutella.  Happy eats.

iQuit

Warning: Ranting and Raving Alert.  Enter at your own risk.  Don't say I didn't warn you.

I have loved a recent sermon series at church.  It's all about resolutions.  Sort of.  It's actually a series focused on things we should quit.  Let me explain...

Week 1 -  Quit Making Excuses
Week 2 -  Quit Complaining
Week 3 -  Quit Living in the Past
Week 4 -  Quit Comparing

My personal favorite was week 2 - QUIT COMPLAINING!  I loved with a capital LOVED this sermon.  I think Pastor Paul wrote it JUST FOR ME.  Do you ever feel that way?  Anywho, this sermon talked all about how complaining breaks God's heart.  By complaining, we are forgetting to praise and glorify Him for all we have and all He has freely given us.  Oops.  Guilty.  Complaining is TOXIC and CONTAIGOUS.  It contaminates everything. 

Complaining is just so human.  I am guilty of this on a daily basis.  Hourly basis.  Sometime minutely basis (is that even a word?).  Nothing ever seems good enough, easy enough, convenient enough.  For example... Traffic.  Long lines at Starbucks or the grocery or anywhere.  Empty toilet paper roll - I really hate this one.  Dishwasher full of CLEAN dishes waiting to be unloaded.  Seriously?  WAAAAAAAA.  Boo-hoo.  Woe is me.  I feel myself getting sucked into a negative vortex that consumes me.  Ugh.  Yuck.   This sermon was so very eye-opening for me.  Like I said, Pastor Paul had me in mind when he composed it. 

So how do we swim out of the darkness?  How do we accentuate the positive...eliminate the negative?  I guess I'll start by focusing on blessings.  Everyday, simple blessings.  A car that enables me to drive in traffic.  Money for groceries or Starbucks or whatever.  Toilet paper.  (Did I really just thank my lucky stars for toilet paper?).  A dishwasher.  That works.  Hmmm...  Ok, you get the pic.  My life is bliss.  Bliss I tell you.  Thanks Pastor Paul for attempting to change my course.  I pray that I can find the silver lining of each passing rain cloud.  Maybe I can learn to love that empty roll.