So I have a couple of things to talk about but really I think in the end they tie together.  I use this app on facebook called Message from God.  This app gives you a daily random "message from God."  There are so many times that the message I receive truly applies to what I am thinking or feeling or going through on that day or during that times period.  On Friday the message I received was:

On this day, God wants you to know

... that your pilgrimage to God is your pilgrimage to yourself. It's never too late to start, and it's never too soon to take one more step on your pilgrimage.

I feel like when David died I was put on this pilgrimage whether I wanted to be on it or not.  It has been a time of change and growth and growing closer to God.  Which is all good I think.  Part of that growth is being able to take a compliment and believe it is true.  In the past because of how little I thought of myself whenever anyone complimented me I shrugged it off because I didn't really believed it to be true.  In the past week I have been complimented on a variety of things and each time I took them to heart and believed them to be true.  Last Sunday one person said she loved my hair and how I was wearing it.  Another said my glasses really complimented my face.  Then on Thursday a friend commented on how much weight I had lost and how good I was looking.  Yesterday I had a customer tell me how fast I am at my job and how friendly I am and that I am a blessing.  Each of these things just warmed my heart and made me see just how much I have grown as a person in the past 18 months.  And for that I am eternally grateful!