Sounds of Heaven Memoirs: A Little Late But At Least I Am Writing/Sharing Right.

I knew one thing today and that was for me to write tonight 1/29/2020. Oddly enough I was excited to write again today for that was on my agenda. I have been in training the last few days at work and for some reason I was pretty tired tonight when I came home from work. After dinner I laid down to rest a bit and the next thing I knew it was almost 11pm when I woke up. I already put fresh beets in my electric pressure cooker earlier and I had to then take them out of "hold" mode and peel them and place them in the refrigerator. I was so thankful for today I actually found a good, fresh batch of beets. Meaning not old tasting but actually sweet tasting like beets should taste. I know me and I know how Holy Spirit works through me. I had to complete that task after I woke up and sure enough I lay down to go to sleep and now I am wired to write. I promised Holy Spirit that I would write about my recent trip and I would write it today. Now, when you read this it may be the next day technically but I was active in writing on the day I said I would write when I agreed with Holy Spirit when He said I would write today. I am going to share a bit about an update on the miraculous anointing oil flowing forth from a bible in Dalton, GA. I also went to the church that is actively in revival in Dawsonville, GA. Even though I was on the grounds of the church I was not able to stay for the church service this time.
On my journey to the destination I stopped in Dalton, GA to pick up some anointing oil for a person that asked for some at church. I felt led to also bring a book to give to a woman that prays for people at this store to bless her with it. She was not in that day so I wrote a note and they will give it to her. She is a true prayer warrior. I then inquired about the miracle flowing anointing oil. Here is the update: Holy Spirit produced 13 gallons via this man's bible and 8 gallons the prior week. They have weekly prayer services at a church across the street from the gift shop to accommodate the many people that attend. A few weeks ago they started baptizing people at the services. The flowing oil ministry even provides scrubs and towels for those that feel Holy Spirit moving upon them to be water baptized. Also, if you are in the Dawsonville, GA area I was told the oil/bible will be at the church experiencing revival February 2, 2020.
I was planning on attending that very church this visit but you know what, I believe a family dinner should take precedent when the opportunity presents itself. I had to do a bit of shopping in Dawsonville, GA so I looked up the church address. After shopping I was then in search of this church while in the area. Possibly at least step onto the grounds of this church even though it may just be the parking lot. I am fine with that for this visit. The name of the church is Christ Fellowship Church and guess what? It is only 0.7 miles from The N. GA Premium Outlet, where I do like to shop. I was not able to get into the church to walk around because the doors of the church do not open until a certain time. I did get out of my car and spoke with a few people that were already getting in line to wait for the doors to open. One older gentleman told me of his water baptism experience - he asked for a double portion and when he went under the water in baptism he then fell back into the water a 2nd time. His explanation to me was that he did ask for a double portion. God was faithful to his request what do you think? He said he was going for a 3rd portion that day in the water baptism. I then said to him to go for a 4th and as I left I told him to have fun and do a 5th as a proxy for me, 3 & 4 for him and 5 for me. People were already waiting at the door of the church when I arrived a little after 4pm. It was around 4:22pm that I took a few pictures of the church outside and I was about to leave the parking lot and Holy Spirit wanted to speak to me with me playing Lauren Daigle's song, "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" playing in my car. I had a notebook with me so I then received words from Holy Spirit while sitting in my car in the parking lot. Yes, God does speak to His people. Are you willing to stop and listen and then receive them? Somehow I came across a statistic from this church and did you know that over 11,000 people were water baptized at the church in November, 2019? Amazing, as I hear testimonies of those that were baptized.
Oh my gosh do not tell me that Holy Spirit does not give you the desire of your heart because He did this for me on 1/18/2020. I went to a church event months ago and when I booked a place to stay I came across a lovely bed-n-breakfast and I wanted to stay there then but it was booked and not available. I found a quaint Airbnb then. Well guess what? I will be going to the same area again and this time it was available. Hotels are fine but for me I love the experience of a more private, cozy, personal touch added type of place. Now regardless of staying in a hotel, Airbnb or b&b I still bring my Lysol cleaning wipes and I do clean surfaces to make sure they are clean for me. I am fussy when it comes to that sort of thing. They have a harp and a piano in one of the sitting areas and a fireplace may be in the room I will be staying in. I will keep you posted on this experience. I like to add a personal thank you touch when staying somewhere. I will probably bake or bring chocolates or maybe just leave a thank you note this time. Let's see what Holy Spirit inspires me to do. Why do I do this? It is because Holy Spirit places it upon my heart to bless others in this manner. If He should change my manner of blessing I am also open to that too. See, follow Holy Spirit guidance and He gives you everything you need in every situation ok.
As I am heading back home from this journey I had a few stops to make along the way. I stopped at a local grocery store that they do not have in the state where I currently reside in. I like it because it is a family owned type of grocery store chain. I saw wild bird seed 2 for $5.00 so I picked up a bag for my birds at home. I am looking at my receipt and noticed they charged me $2.96 instead. I am already on the road and Holy Spirit nudges me to go to the last store location in the state on the journey back home to return it or get a refund. I know the exit where this store is located and a truck was in front of me so I missed the exit. Holy Spirit says turn around and go back. I dismiss the first exit to go back and then I pick the next exit and I do turn around. I was only about less than 7 miles away at that point. I let the store know that when I purchased the bird seed at another store that the sign said what it said and I was charged wrong. This store so graciously not only refunded me the wrong amount of money I was charged but they also gave me the bag of bird seed for free. That is their store policy.
You are saying at this point what does this have to do with the story she is telling. It is all about timing. I look back now and see my footsteps were truly directed by the Lord on this return journey. He kept showing me where to stop along the way because there was an appointment already set up for me back in Dalton, GA. In reality this trip should only take a couple hours give or take a bit. I left that morning around maybe 10am and arrived at home about just before 5pm. I love the journey's Holy Spirit takes me on do you?
Remember when I told you I dropped off a book for someone in Dalton, GA. I was told they would probably get the book on Tuesday. Things happened in the mean time. I am in the gift shop because I felt led to go back there to check on something but to also purchase note cards. The lady that I left the book for was there. Not volunteering or praying she happened to stop in the store. She told me she actually got the book on Friday and thanked me for the book. I thought I was going to get painted angel note cards but what I thought was a package of note cards was actually scripture verse cards. I knew to get note cards, with looking throughout the entire store I found hand painted note cards by a local artist so I bought them. Are you following this journey? It was all God's timing because if I missed a heartbeat so to speak of Holy Spirit I would have missed the connection with the lady at the gift store. He is so amazing He truly is.
The other day 1/28/2020 was a day in which I prayed for people. I called my son early in the morning to let him know I would be in training again. He assures me that this training program is widely known in private industry and I should definitely update my resume to reflect the levels of training I have received so far. He mentions something to me and I said let's pray. That is what we did over the phone. I just love this as I am praying he interjects with prayer and I acknowledge what he just added to the prayer and it even took the prayer time into a greater dimension. I was so proud of my son that he did not hesitate to draw something into this prayer. Later that evening I get a text message for prayer. I am of the nature that generally if someone asks for prayer that I don't just say I will pray I will probably call them and pray right then and there. I did just that and I am glad that I did. Usually when I pray the person will thank me for the words I prayed and I tell them it is Holy Spirit giving me the words to pray for them.
Oh, one more thing. Remember when I mentioned that I thought marketplace ministry was coming to an end? It did. I know Holy Spirit nudges and when I reached my 7th year anniversary with the company I knew my season was completed and to wait and see what Holy Spirit has for me now. I asked for a simple confirmation and He surely did give me one I would not doubt. I can now share with you the organization that I did work for, it was Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. I wrote a very nice letter of resignation. This company truly blessed me the years I worked there. I know it may have only been a 3 hours shift I worked in the gift store on a Sunday morning but I was able to bless people that I probably would not have been able to bless in a church setting. I truly am most thankful for this company allowing me to serve their guests in the capacity of assisting them in the gift shop. My all-time favorite task was when they allowed me to sample, meaning I would engage guests with an item or items we were sampling that day. My family also was blessed with me working for this organization. Your generous employee discount can be shared with family and friends (only when you were not clocked in to work that is) and so many numerous times were they blessed with not only shopping in the store but family meals also. Thank You Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and may God bless you immensely for loving not only your customers but for taking great care of your employees also. May you receive a 7 fold return of blessing for the 7 years you so graciously allowed me the honor of working for you.
I will show you a picture of the very last item I purchased at the store with my employee discount. A memento for me to have.
First pictures will be the lovely bench that is outside of the gift shop in Dalton and the flower arrangement also. I love the cabbage roses when they grow in the winter months do you? Then pictures of the revival church in Dawsonville, GA followed by the magnet I bought, which is actually made in the USA, yay for that. Notice the one picture of the church, I love the flags flying that caught my attention. I also included a picture of the N. GA Premium Outlet and my all-time favorite row of stores that I tend to shop down that aisle.