Removed tons of garbage and placed all of Marks “new things” together in the trunk.
Made salsa – finished it.
Cleaned out the Tupperware and storage area.
Frustrated that not one loaf of bread has been prepared in the gas or electric oven options. More than a week with zero progress and there just be consequences. Lord, help me, please.
Cleaned amd reorganized The PanTRY.
Took a long bath and left a great bath for Mark.
Thank you, Father God, for blessing the day from the start.
Leaving out a ton…intentionally so. I see what God has done and must wait for others to see what He has done. Until then, I shall continue soaking in the truth.
I learned late, late last night my Assisi Elizabeth died Monday, June 2. We met In Italy, October 12, 2023. We texted when she returned to Florida. When she was back in her home country of Trinidad, she asked if I could use WhatsApp. Our covenant to pray for each other was beautiful and remains. What a blessing from God for her daughter to message me
She has a treasure trove of all her mom’s favorite prayers that exchange. Elizabeth was intensely private yet the Holy Spirit bound us from the first day we met.
Our entire small group has rayed for her daughter this evening. Terri prayed for all of us and it was tear jerking for me. I know God heard her voice and my souls cry. The prayer circle was powerful and I could feel the Holy Spirit moving.
I just realized I asked for all three prayers tonight. I asked for Elizabeth/Alexandra. Can’t delay in fulfilling a vow to God. I also asked that we pray over all our children. Then tears fell and I asked for prayer for the battlefield on Saturday. Lord, you heard all my prayers through dinner, the lesson on Daniel , the group prayer and everything else. Thank you Lord.
Mark and I both received haircuts today which was a first. Just a a little fun fact I won’t forget. The Godversation at the hair salon with Birdie was precious. I could not help but be compelled to tell her, my goodness, you are beautiful! She had been in court today and said she what hoped someone would tell her she looked beautiful today! Just a kind word goes so far!
Love that Sarah witnessed the fact Birdie confirmed “beautiful” was an answered prayer and called me “cute”. Jesus is all about the childlike jubilant heart chasing Him. Never have I been called cutes for 33 days straight.
I asked Sarah to do for me what she would do for her mom. Just consider my hair and face shape and do what would be best. The Holy Spirit told me to tell her that I was to give her the control and Trust God. I will forever treasure her spiritual insight and honesty. I pray for her family anyway, but now my prayers can be made clearer.
Before…After
So much goodness in the day! Little Lilliana and Leland reminded me so much of my babies at their ages at the salon. Much more on this, yet I must complete a post before midnight.
Mark and I started the day with a great lesson which tied into every other aspect of my day.
Yahweh, I AM YOURS. 💜✝️
Praise, Praise and more Praise. I have been singing all day.
I will sing Hallelujah to the one who does all the things the world says can’t be done. I know my God can do it. I’m gonna worship through it. Oh, Tasha Layton, how The LORD has used your gifts to draw me to deeper surrender.
Lord, thank you for all of it. Every little detail. prison ministries. Recovery. Compassion. I legit don’t deserve it and yet you pour out the vase of this 13 years at old child in the form of a 57 year old woman!
Forever blessed to be a special kid in your way.
Elsbeth kinda vibe. Powerful Godversation day with JackieTerrie loves Jesus so much ! Paul. Paul. Paul. IanChristine prayed over me after the vomit session. 💜✝️💜Back of Ian’s shirt. Recovery was post yesterday 💜✝️💜Wades shirt. Again, recovery! Ravi
For now, I close with humility and a few happy tears
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Lord, I am so overwhelmed and in the best way in this moment. You inspired all of the creativity and clarity in wee hours. Thank you falls short. I praise your glorious names, all of them! I praise you with every ounce of my body. I thank you from the depths of my invigorated soul!!!
What a glorious day and it’s minutes from 7 pm. The fact you repeated books and took me back to 1 Kings today is making me smile all the more in this moment. As one does, I snagged two pics of my Bible pages from his morning. This was the left page.
On the right hand page, 1 Kings 10:10 says,” Never again were so many spices brought in as those the Queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon”. Lord, forgive us of our outrageous laughter and remove anything from our hearts that does not serve you. We trust you know the hearts you gave us. I am convinced you gave us that hearty laughter to fuel our day. I will forever giggle to read the 10:10 verse with President Trump’s language patterns and to remember how you have moved so mightily today.
We listened to this message this morning and it was like pouring gasoline onto a fire. I was nudged to send myself messages for anything which guy punched me during the message. Thank you, Lord. I see you what you did there!
Soul filled up and overflowing, I drove to work. Andrew Ripp’s Breakdown is such a totally joyful vibe.
At this point, it is now pushing 8 pm and I must share highlights via images. Obedience first. I arrived at the shop and quickly posted this to my personal Facebook page.
Shortly after, I saw a message from a woman I have not spoken to in eleven years. The post was originally made to our business account and explains context. Hours later, I was nudged to share to my personal page, as well.
New inspiration to build up other small community businesses.
At the beginning of the post, I shared a page from my Bible at home. thank you, Father God, for showing me the study notes match us to my husband’s response on that text. TEN better. The way the Holy Spirit works with me, I love a sweet last minute reminder to share the word shared with Jackie.
I love you. I can not ask for anything in this moment, Father God. You give me immeasurably more than I could ever deserve.
Two days ago, this was part of a text conversation with my husband. I felt nudged to make certain he knew several things he had taught me in The Bible. The Holy Spirit has been palpable and active. The nudge was clearly to humble myself to my husband and for his edification.
We did go for a late walk last night. This is the screen shot from the night prior. The heart and spirit are the same. 💜✝️💜
This morning, I woke at 6:30. I knew I needed at least one more hour of rest. When I did wake up, I flipped to 1 Kings. Rather than repeat the content, I will share a post.
Mark and I specifically discussed the map and historical context of the two Golden calf worship sites. We discussed Bethel at length. We talked about the study notes in the image below, as well. When I arrived to the shop, I read today’s devotional. I was somewhat awe-struck.
Every single thing the Holy Spirit taught me today was tied together in word and spirit. In this moment, I can only grin like a Cheshire Cat because of what He taught us the other day about doing things “in deed”.
The deed to my heart and soul says OWNED BY YESHUA. My Jesus directed me a long time ago to TRY to mark my prayers with 💜✝️💜.
Coexist. In the past, I felt guilty for how grief impacts me. That said, I have been a work in progress since my concussion in March. It has been chaos in many ways. Clearly, I have not had the gumption to post or share since being in the hospital.
Adding insult to injury, a new law passed in April which appeared to cause our business to close by year end.
Between grieving the potential loss of our business and attempting to write my husband something for our Tenth anniversary this weekend, the Lord sent a reprieve via another shop owner on Knoxville. God bless Terri and her KV team.
Terri and I shared a wonderful Godversation whereby she clarified something about an amendment which gives the power of “or” to Tennessee vape shop owners. There is clearly more hope than originally understood.
Not today, Satan. I know this is not a full post and it falls short in many ways. However, it is EXACTLY what I am being led to post in this moment. God is still in control and all my eggs are in His Basket.
Crack me open, Lord. Make my yolk more tasty for the world. Help me stand in the gap for your children. Show me how to help them FEEL YOUR LOVE. Give me your words and edit the Carol outta me. I love you. In Jesus name, amen 💜✝️💜
We had very slow days at both of our shops today. Roughly an hour ago, I sent my husband a little text prayer and within an hour, we were more than halfway to the goal. It is okay if God does not want to send the entire amount. We trust His plan for our business.
Yesterday was a different type of Sunday for us. We left to eat at Maple Street Bakery and clean out our storage shed near our other shop. It was a super productive afternoon, and it felt good to be actively working toward goals with my husband. I worked non-stop on organizing those boxes and contents at the Smyrna shop today.
Before we cleaned up to leave the house, we talked about a particularly clear dream my husband remembered. Listening to him describe the lack of visibility, it “felt” like the darkly filmed Paramount shows we watch. The gist was he was wearing a long coat, couldn’t toss the ball back in and he was the same age he is now. It would be like me seeing myself in my high school cheer uniform on the side of a dark football field. Just because we do not always see everything in our path does not mean there are not obstacles.
I shared with my husband things I have read about how God absolutely does speak to people in their dreams. In my husband’s case, it is highly unusual for him to recall his dreams. These images and feelings were crystal clear to him. I encouraged him to consider the reason he is now dreaming with recall could be related to the extra time he is spending in his Bible. It was exhilarating to see him perk up during our Godversation.
While I am short on writing time and need to close up the shop shortly, I needed to take a few minutes to at least bookmark this dream and conversation. At the end of the day, we decided we would be taking a vacation together in August. It was downright cute the way Danny and Arlette got so excited to take the cruise with us. Before we went to sleep, tickets were booked and the plan is underway. It is good to have this trip to anticipate in the months ahead.
Father God, please know we truly appreciate all you have done in our lives, are doing at the moment and will do in the future. As we plan to leave our business for a week and trust your provision, please give my husband the same peace in his heart that I have in mine. I know it is you. In Jesus name, amen.
My God Room 