a different kind of weekend.

this weekend was nice... it really was. i can not say i really wanted to go. last week was busy, and i had already committed to work at camp marannook for the weekend at what they call "family camp". i left immediately after class on friday and came back this afternoon around 3. funny, i did not really want to go to marannook because i wanted rest this weekend. free time to catch up on things. yet, this weekend brought so much more rest than i would have received in auburn. i worked with a precious family. they had a 3 yr. old little boy with big blue eyes and curly blonde hair... precious!! they had a 4 month old little girl. so, needless to say she was

stuck to my hip all weekend and i loved it. well... mostly. it's going to be hard to come to the day i commit to having a baby. one that is full time, never leaves my side.

i think i am having withdrawals from little marriemma. oh my goodness, she was adorable. i officially felt like a mom when i had this crazy contraption wrapped around me with marriemma tagging along on a hayride. then, this morning i had one baby on the hip, the other hand taking pictures with a canon of the rest of the family. yep, i think i know what it feels like. i had nap duty, which gave me some time to sit on the front porch of the cabin in the middle of the woods and read my bible and journal. it was not super consistent, because someone was usually crying. however, the weekend was just great to get things in perspective.

however, tonight i came back to a crazy shenanigans chase that took me all over auburn, only for me to be killed in the end. blah. great way to begin the week.

oh well. hopefully one of my allies will go far and i can help that particular person and maybe that particular person will win due to some of my inside skills. just saying.

but, these days i have many things to worry about. so while i was at marannook and was able to think and not be so distracted my "auburn stuff", i begged God that He would reveal some truth to me... which He did. let me give you some.

"Cast your burden on the Lord and He will sustain you. He will never permit the righteous to be moved." - Psalm 55:22

"Come to me all 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." - Matthew 11:28-30

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." - Philippians 4:6-7

"For I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." - Philippians 4:11-13

"Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand." - Proverbs 19:21

"And God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father, be glory forever and ever. Amen." - Philippians 4:19

do you think God has things under control? i think so.

"But ah! Too soon the pleasing scene
Is clouded o’er with pain
My gloomy fears rise dark between
And I again complain,
Oh and I again complain

Jesus, my Lord, my life, my light
Oh come with blissful ray
Break radiant through the shades of night
And chase my fears away,
Won’t You chase my fears away"

- Thou Lovely Source of True Delight

"Be still, my soul:
thy God doth undertake
To guide the future,
as He has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence
let nothing shake;
All now mysterious
shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul:
the waves and winds
still know His voice
Who ruled them
while He dwelt below."

- Be Still My Soul