Feeling Blah!

So I'm struggling today. It's not that it's been all that bad of a day. In fact I have nothing really to complain about. It's just been a blah day.

I am grateful that my cold has continued to be mild and livable.

I am grateful that my baby slept through the night.

I am grateful for great friends that have made moving here extremely easy.

I'm hoping that I can get some time tonight to read the scriptures and hopefully find a spiritual uplift that I obviously need.

Cleanliness is next to Godliness

So I didn't get on the computer yesterday so this will be for 2 days.

Yesterday I felt the Spirit of God so strong as I bore my testimony of the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ and of the Book of Mormon and living Prophets. The bearing of my testimony helped it grow.

I saw God in the eyes of my little boy as he was so intent on going up to take his turn. He doesn't grasp yet why we go up to the pulpit on Fast and Testimony Sunday, but I could see in his eyes that he felt the importance and really wanted to. I am going to work with him so that he can do it by himself next Fast Sunday. I believe that he does have a testimony seed in his heart.

Today I felt God in my home after I worked really hard to clean. It felt really good. I decided long ago that my house was never going to be one of those that are always clean all of the time. Maybe someday, but not in the foreseeable future. But I definitely feel the difference when I make a true effort to have a "house of order"

I have felt God in my heart as I have been working really hard on my food storage and being prepared. I feel so blessed that we have had the extra money to do so. I have a testimony of the scripture "If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear." (Doctrine and Covenants 38:30).

A Man of God

I saw God today in the face of a man called to serve as an apostle of the Lord as he talked to me (I don't know how he picked me out of the millions of women across the earth he was speaking to:) about my ability to rise above, to be a better me, and that I don't have to do it alone. I am so grateful for a loving Father in Heaven who gives us leaders to strenthen and lift us up. What a neat women's conference.

I am grateful for a husband who supported me in going to the meeting and the dinner before the meeting.

Happy Thoughts

Right now I'm trying to have happy thoughts as I listen to my kids complain and my baby cry.

Today I am grateful that my van started each and every time I needed it.

I am grateful that my children have such healthy lungs that they can make noise:)

A New Venture

This blog is motivated by my sister (Thanks sis!), who posted today about all the positive things she could think of in a very rough week. And also by Sister Marjorie Pay Hinkley (wife of Gordon B. Hinkley) who's quotes I was reading today in a book called Small and Simple Things. One of her quotes says "When we look back on decades of life we see that the seemingly insignificant things we do over and over actually weave the pattern of our lives. And if those small and smple things are good , we will end up having lived a fullfilling life--and that is a great thing." What a great role model.

I have realized that with all the small and simple things happening every day in my life, I need to stop and be more grateful for my blessings. I need to stop and see the hand of God in my life, and I'm going to try to use this blog to do just that.

This blog will probably be a hodge podge of thoughts thrown together and maybe some ramblings, but oh well, right. It's just for me anyways. I have promised myself that this will not be a place to complain and vent. Only positive things here.

I am also thinking that it would be kind of fun to share thig blog with friends and family who want to share some of their moments also. Let me know if you are interested and I could add you to the author's list.

Today I am grateful that my van is broken down in my driveway and not at the store across town or the dentist's office. I am also grateful for a husband who has a knowledge of cars and how to fix them and for a brother-in-law who is a mechanic and lives across town.

I am also grateful for good friends who are so willing to help out in times of need.

I am grateful that I was able to get the piece of fruit snack wrapper out of my 1 year old's throat and that he didn't choke on it.

I saw God today in my son's eyes as he told me all about how exciting it was to ride the school bus home to his friend's house.

I saw God today when my baby was the first one awake and I had five minutes to snuggle with him (and have him climb all over me:).