Blessed

I have just recently started going back to church. I'm so glad that on the very first church we tried we both love it. I have amazing friends from high school and they were the ones to tell me about this church and thought that we would enjoy it and that we should try one Sunday.
Well, I finally told Henry one Saturday night we are going to church tomorrow so we need to get to bed b/c I'm tired of using the excuse that I'm tired and therefore can't go to church. So, we got up and got the troops ready and off we went. It was pretty crazy in there like really crazy and I had a moments hesitation b/c I was under the impression it was a smaller church but I spotted some friends of ours and we forged ahead. We got the boys checked in and dropped off in the right rooms and off we went to the service.
There we were with so many of my friends and it was just like my soul had awakened. It was fantastic the music was great and the pastor was amazing and he spoke on a subject that Henry and I both needed to hear. Well, we went again the next week and it was a lot less chaotic in dropping off the kids at their rooms. However Dean screamed this time when he realized what was happening but the people there are amazing and said not to worry he would be fine. So, we dropped off Chase and Zale both eager to go play make new friends and play with familiar ones (they each have a buddy that they know in the same room which is also a blessing) and learn about Jesus through fun stories and crafts. Again great service and something that I so needed to hear and I'm just so pleased that Henry is happy here too. This past Sunday went just as the week before in dropping off the kids (I'm hoping Dean will get used to it soon!) they did say they were able to put him down on his own so we are going in the right direction. He's so happy to see us when we come get him that he starts to cry. There was a guest pastor/speaker and he too was great and fun to listen to and had such a super message.
I'm not really sure as to what this post is about other than I just have felt so much happier and more content since we have been going to church. My soul and spirit are being "fed" in sense and feeling satisfied in the spirit is a wonderful feeling. I want to open my heart even more and explore what the Lord wants for me in my life and that is my next step. I'm going to ask that very question and listen to what He says and I will do my very best to get my life going in the direction the Lord wants me to go.
I have come to realize that I'm truly blessed. There are so many in the world who have less than I do and yet they still find happiness and joy in their lives. I should be grateful every day for all that I have and not to focus on all the things I don't have b/c all this "stuff" could be gone in an instant. What is left is our family and friends who have been there all along but for whatever reason we have taken them for granted. "Thank you!" to all of you who have been there for me through the years. I'm sorry if I have ever taken you for granted or if I have ever hurt any one's feelings by my actions or words you have my deepest apologies. I hope that I have been there in a way a friend should be there for all of you if you have ever needed me. I want to be a woman who is happy, loved, caring, strong, selfless, beautiful (on the inside), a good wife and mother, and above all else a servant of the Lord. I'm not there yet but I'm on my way and I'm just so blessed to be on that path.
"Count your blessings name them one by one. Count your blessing see what God has done."