Let Me Tell You About My Day Today...

It started out just fine-I got up earlier than normal and had plenty of time to do what I needed to do. Until...I used a generic brand "Q-Tip" and the whole cotton tip came off of the stick and lodged in my ear. I was pretty good at getting a bit of it out with tweezers, then I panicked a bit & put ear wax cleaner drops in my ear, thinking it would get it out NOT. Now my hearing is a little muffled at this time & of course it is in the ear that I use at work when I wear a headset to interview executives. I cannot work now-so someone suggested I go to an urgi-center for help. I go & they assess the situation and all I asked was "Will it hurt and of coarse, how much will it cost?" Their plan of action was to irrigate it & that would loosen it and out it would come. NOT. They just kept shooting warm water into my ear and with them doing that my hearing is now much worse, so distorted it is like having an ear plug deep in your ear. I am then told the Dr. could not use the long-looking instrument to get it out because he is not trained to do this & he didn't want to injure my ear. The next thing I hear is that I have to go to an ENT Dr. and they called for me to make an appt.
With this happening of coarse my 1st instinct is that I want to go back home where I moved from I know my Dr. back there could take care of me. I am a woman of great faith and in these moments I tend to retreat back to a child's faith if that makes sense. There's more to this story, here I am with minimal hearing in my ear, missing home, can't work today & then I feel a nudge by Holy Spirit to step out in faith farther than I ever have in my entire life. I say to myself, not today, but I follow through.What is next in my Life Lord-what do you have waiting for me? I received a response to my faith action and even in the midst of that Holy Spirit has me minister through it. I find myself speaking words of encouragement. Only God's grace can give me the ability to operate like that. When I don't know what to do He sees me through He truly does.
I now have to go to the ENT DR. and I don't know what to do-I want to cry again & I think I did. I called my son now I don't always get through to him & this time he answered the phone. I cried just a little & asked him to pray for me, I was almost at the Dr.'s office. He said he would. Everything went well at the Dr.'s office as you can see from the picture. This is what was removed from my ear & now I can hear again.

You know my son called me after the Dr.'s appt and shared with me that he prayed & knew that I was going to be OK. I shared with him it would be $140 for this Dr. visit and his positive outlook was it will only be $40 more to get it taken care of. You see, this is a child that has been raised up in a "faith" home for he reminded me what a blessing I got today. You see, the 1st Dr. charged $100 and when I cried and said I only make $ an hour and I can't even work today- he actually credited the $100 back to me and said he could get in trouble for doing it & he did to help me out. So, instead of $240 today-$140. Now let's see I am sure there is a spiritual side to this story about "hearing." Holy Spirit take over and share Your words with Your people through me-Your open vessel.
"As you go forth in faith never let the enemy bombard your mind with thoughts of fear & doubt. If you do that he has won & it is not his or his territory to win. You are My child & no good father let's his daughter or son take a beating right before him does he now? If you did not follow through with the stepping out in faith the enemy would have pinned you down & tied you up today. A true faith will follow through even in times of trouble or challenge. It is not about you or even the outcome to come forth it is in the hearing of My gentle voice & responding to the nudge. When one can follow through it is as though all heaven stops & looks upon what you are doing. Remember, there is a cloud of witnesses and they cheer you on. If it was not I that called you forth to step & stretch your faith this very day you would not have been able to be an encourager too this very day.
You were able to experience lack of hearing today in the natural but were able to hear in the spirit. How many can hear in the natural & choose to not hear in the Holy Spirit? In times that are about to come forth the people will be seeking out those that hear My voice & obey. Not those that only want to do what they want to do. You were stretched very much so today and even though it may have felt uncomfortable at the moment you will see great & mighty things on the horizon.
I am being shown a mountainside that is lush and green & full of life (tree's that is.)  So inviting to the on looker. Go forth for I take you to the mountains & it is I that will destroy them in 1 motion of my hand to break through for you to go through. When My people that are called by My name humble themselves & pray & fast-I will heal their lands & hearts too. Never give up faith or stepping out when I call you to step forth in faith.
As you search & seek out MY true meaning for your life you will stumble upon the most beautiful gifts I have waiting for you. They are there for those that step out in faith. Will you let Me bless you this day? Then seek My face saith the Lord of Hosts."
There's more to this story...as I waited patiently to be seen by the first Dr. I brought along my card making kit and see the picture of the card. That is what I created today.

 I was also able to make good of this very day, I went to the post office to deliver 2 packages and a card, all of which had words of encouragement to those I sent them to. After my Dr.'s appt. I was then able to get the oil changed and tires rotated. It was in the waiting for that, I was able to write. God is good He really is good. I am sure that you will see His goodness in your day today too. I trust that you will.