I Never Made It Downtown Last Night. Would You Like To Hear Why?

 My plan was to head to Nashville last night for the Nashville Outpouring under the big, white tent. What a day I had yesterday, 9/27/2020. It started off kind of early and I organized my books according to authors and theme's too. I did a few chores around the apartment and I headed to the grocery store in search of canned pumpkin. I saw a recipe last week and I told the leasing office I would bring them in some when I baked it. Who would have ever thought there was a shortage on canned pumpkin of all things? Publix did not get any in for a few weeks and a Kroger I went to on Saturday had none at all. I sensed to go to a particular Kroger's and off I went in search of canned pumpkin. I was so happy when I found it there and I was then able to get the rest of the ingredients I needed to make Pumpkin Crumb Cake with Caramel Sauce drizzled on top. I did a little bit more shopping and I paid for my groceries. I get to my car and I put the key in the ignition and all I hear is a tick, tick sound and the electric still worked in the car. I guessed it was a battery that needed to be jumped. Well, I selected the wrong choice to reach out to for help. I called my auto insurance because I thought I had roadside assistance. All they did was file an incident report for me and could give me no further info. I was told that someone would call me back to further assist. I never received a call at all and when I called them back I was told all they do is submit claims and customer service was closed. I found out today that I do have roadside assistance but only to the degree that they will reimburse you up to a certain amount. They do not send out someone to assist you that is.

I then remembered I have on my car warranty roadside assistance so I made that phone call. I waited about 40 minutes and they sent someone to jump start my battery. It started up real quick so I thought the battery was just fine. I drove it out on the road for about 45 minutes before I came home. Parked the car and I rested and made a salad for dinner. I felt a nudge to go and try my car and take my things to go walking. Good think I followed that nudge. It started to make a slight tick noise when I put the key in the ignition and then it turned on. I knew to go to a local auto parts store to have the battery checked. When I arrived there and tuned off the car I tried starting it up again. Nothing, no battery power starting the car. I purchased a new battery and they installed it for me. I found out the battery was the factory installed one and the tech told me they usually do not last as long as that battery lasted Praise God. I went walking at the park. I finishes up my walk just as the sun was about to set for the day. I prayed in tongues while I walked. As I was heading out on the trail just before turning around to walk back I sensed to go so far and then look between the trees at the river. I saw 1 deer on the other side of the river and it just looked at me .I captured a picture of it and I knew it would be ok with not heading to Nashville to go see Pastor Rod Parsley.

Sure enough, I was listening to the replay of the tent revival meeting from last night and for some reason he was not able to make it there. They video taped a message from him that they played for the people. Yielding is important it really is. It was as though I was being kept from travelling to downtown for some reason yesterday evening. The night before I went to Summerfest for Jesus to experience "Selah" worshiping in a concert. It was beautiful. I captured a few short video clips I will share with you. It was almost near the end and someone it tapping me on the shoulder. It was my friend and her husband and so we conversed for a bit too. We see Pastor Jackson walking by us and I felt led to thank him for blessing us and how I am blessed on Saturday's with this. He got a smile on his face. It is good to bless those with encouraging/affirming words when you are blessed by them or something they are doing that blesses you. I started off the day early on Saturday I was at the post office by 8:00AM to put a letter in the mail. I already composed the letter on paper so I had to type it and then print it on Fall themed stationary all before I could go to the post office.

I shared with a friend my day yesterday evening and it ended up being not just a phone call but ministry time Praise God. That is what sharing is all about. I felt led at one point to begin to pray for them and I did just that. Really, when you think about it ministry is sharing with others right? So then just do it. Do not wait for a platform, conference or a church service just reach out as Holy Spirit shows you and that is ministry. Get it, good.

I was in a cooking/baking type of mode today. A few weeks ago when I was in Franklin at a Tuesday Morning store I found a cook book with recipes when using your electric air fryer. I found a recipe for a boneless pork loin roast. I made it this evening along with my sauerkraut recipe. I do not rinse off sauerkraut for this one. I sauté chopped onion, bacon pieces and a little grated carrot. I then add the sauerkraut and a little bit of brown sugar to cut the tart/salty flavor of the sauerkraut. I then made home made dumplings from a recipe in my Croatian cookbook. I then rounded off the day with baking the Pumpkin Crumb Cake. I would probably make that recipe again. I already cut off a piece and brought some to one of my neighbors. I told another neighbor about it and she said she would try it but her husband did not like pumpkin. She suggested when I make it that she would come over and have a piece of it at my apartment. Do you like pumpkin?  I also steamed some of the Amish fresh yellow and zucchini squash I had.