Please know that the cd I blessed Mr. Martin was probably the very first cd I purchased of this "Never Alone" cd. To be honest with you I lost count of the number of this cd I have purchased and given away to people as a blessing to them. I know this for sure that numerous number of hours of listening to this very cd either at home or in my car blessed me immensely. I would play a song at times and put it on "repeat" mode when I needed to hear a message for me. Like, "You Are So Beautiful" when I needed encouragement in my own life. How about my favorite song, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" the instrumental along with the vocals so superb that caused me to believe again and where troubles melt like lemon drops. "What The World Needs Now" you know what the world needs, it needs love sweet love.
Well, I get to my destination with the cd in hand ready to be blessed and then to bless Mr. Martin. I shared with him that this is my very own personal copy of this cd and Holy Spirit told me to bless you with this today. For him and his wife that it was "crooner" type of music. I shared with him that the very cd was sent to some prominent people and you would know who they were if I mentioned their names. I actually shared with him the names. He said he would listen to it. I also told him how he has blessed me with the honey he sells for a few years now. Next confirmation I ask him the cost of the honey, his response $20.00 I then told him I knew that because Holy Spirit told me that.
I have learned throughout the years as I walk with Holy Spirit it seems to get easier when He says give this away. I used to struggle with this but I know He is faithful and He has something lined up for me already as I trust and obey His lead/direction.
I have a personally signed copy of this very cd with me but it is not for me it was purchased and when Holy Spirit says "bless" I will "bless" the very person at the right moment with this copy I have set aside for them.
See, when I moved to this region in faith almost 5 years ago I accepted a position with a govt. agency. I knew it was seasonal work but there would be a short period of being furloughed and then brought back for the next season. I accepted the position and moved to a state where I did not know anyone at the time. So, they told us this was a first and the budget did not allow them to keep on the "seasonal" employees past the end of March. We were trained and in a classroom setting for many weeks and when we were actually released to be on the phones we were there for such a short period of time that we could not even be technically evaluated. In this time we all knew we would be called back to work but did not know when. Many of the people that trained with us found other jobs in the furlough time and did not return when called back to work. I stuck it out and I applied for unemployment and I actually qualified for a little bit of allowance for the food stamp program.
That was a very hard pride thing for me to deal with. I had a nice salary when I accepted this position and moved here. So, when unemployment ran out I found myself having to search for a job to work in the meantime while waiting to be called back to work. It was in this time I had to pull forth on my prophetic words spoken to me and even greater, words Holy Spirit spoke to me that it was Him calling me to this location and to trust Him. I did but let me tell you it is not always that easy when you are walking it through in life. In this time of having the blessing of temporary food stamp assistance that is when I discovered the local farm market and they accepted the food stamp program. They gave you tokens and then you used the tokens with the various vendors. I had to trample on self pride and just do it. I did and this is how I met Mr. Martin and his fabulous honey he sells. At times I would share with the vendors that I was furloughed and would be called back to work. Maybe that was me trying to not explain to them but trying to convince myself that it was temporary affliction. My bills were all met during this time. I ended up getting an inside sales job on the phone. It was all about producing results and I did. I was so thankful for this job and when I received the phone call to go back to work I let them know it was a callback situation. The way it was worded I think it was like mandatory callback or something of that nature and I went back to work.
This was very hard for me to stand in line to apply for food stamp assistance. I tried not to judge people that were also there for the same reasons, they needed assistance. I then started thinking I am an able bodied person that can work and there really was not big dollar funds for me to live off of but others were probably getting a lot more assistance than what I qualified for. Why is that? Do not get me wrong I was grateful for the assistance I did qualify for but people that only need temporary assistance should be looked out for also.
I was 56 or so years old when this happened in my life and I still found a way out. Do you know how? Holy Spirit protected me and made a way for me. Would I have chosen that very route, probably not but if I didn't accept this route I would have never met Mr. Martin and his wonderful honey that he sells. What the enemy meant for evil God sure did turn it around to bring glory to Him this very day. See, testimony is far greater than any financial gain in life. Now, financial blessing can also be a part of your testimony too. Those very years ago I met Mr. Martin to only be able to bless him just a very few short days ago. Never under estimate the value of your testimony and never quit sharing your testimony. For the testimony you share today may be the very blessing a person of even people needed to continue their walk with Jesus. To God be the Glory in this very testimony.
This really is a superior quality of honey. I just had 2 cups of coffee this morning with it in the coffee cup. Today I mixed a maple flavored coffee with a pumpkin/harvest flavored coffee that I brewed.
Holy Spirit wants me to share this scripture from the new Passion translation bible, Proverbs 31: 14-31
I already put in a full day today. I was up early and hemmed a dress, polished my nails and wrote. I cannot wait to see what the Lord has in store for me the rest of this glorious day what about you? I think breakfast would be just lovely now.



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