how blessed is D.O.?

well let me tell you. FYI, today marks the one week anniversary of my being back in these United States.

It's also the Lord's day, which means I had the great opportunity to go to the Lord's house and worship Him with fellow believers. I actually also went to the service last night because a friend, Click, wanted to go (Click is my friends name, it's not a link... you can click it, but it won't do anything). In the time I spent at church so far this weekend (3 services), I've had 5 or 6 different people come up and tell me that they missed me and that it's good to have me back, and they said it in the absolute most sincere way. About 4 families asked me to come over for dinner and tell them about my trip. I got to hug my pastor Butch and as we held each other he said, "it's so good to have you back." Also, many many people told me how they have been praying for me while I was gone. I was seriously just in awe of how amazing the Body of Christ is when it is working the way it was created to. I got to tell people about my trip, listen to them talk about their summers, and just be blown away by how unworthy I am to know these people, both young and old.

After the 11:00 service I went to lunch at, of course, Wendy's. The blessings continued to pour out from the heavens as I walked in and half the staff erupted with excitement on seeing me. They said they had been talking about me the other day, and they missed me. Then one of the new staff members asked me where I went to church and where it was! The staff always sounds interested in going to church, but they've yet to come... I truly believe that some of them are going to come in the near future. God's so good to use me to demonstrate His love, though I don't come closing to doing it justice.

And above all, I'm overly blessed to have the Creator of the Universe love me perfectly as He does. Today I thought of the day in the future when I'll be in His presence, and how He too may hold me in His arms and say, sincerely, "it's so good to have you home." Oh man. So tight. Now for a Sunday afternoon nap.