Good morning to you all. I was up early today and Holy Spirit wants me to try a new version of a coffee blend, I said ok and it is now brewing as I speak. His version of an Almond Joy flavor sensation. So you need chocolate, almond and coconut right. I blended chocolate mocha along with toasted coconut coffees. Now don't jump ahead of me yet ok. I then added almond flavoring to the water and lets see what happens.
For some reason I am back on the subject of my pink journal. When I was reading it I came across a typo error I created. I knew the word from the experience I had was a "popping" not a "poping.".You may say what is the big deal if you already knew what the word was when you found the error. The reason being is I knew what it was meant to me but would someone else understand it if they were reading this particular journal. The answer is no they would not. I am not some sort of perfectionist or anything like that. I was taught by my pastors in Ohio to do the work of the Lord with excellence.
I have read thoughts/perspectives about journaling and I agree with them to an extent. Some think just write down as the experience or inspiration is given to you by Holy Spirit no matter what, even if the spelling is not correct or you scribble the words. The point, I get it, is to capture the moments while they are fresh. Now let me take you back many years ago if I may. When I started out hearing, seeing, feeling, knowing I was receiving from Holy Spirit I wrote it all down. When I am in this mode I do not think, for the words come to me in a rapid pace and I am the scribe to receive the words. After I receive them and write them down I then read what I received. There were times I would maybe begin to doubt that what I received was from heaven or not. This was my key tester during these times. I would see a word and thought to myself maybe it was spelled incorrectly. I would pull out my trusty spell check tool and sure enough the word I wrote was spelled correctly. I would marvel at Holy Spirit in these very moments and the twinge of doubt dissipated. See, those were my training ground days and I still am in training in my very life. Do not judge me or think harshly because I am a stickler for correct spelling now that you know a bit of my background.
I will still tell you that as I read ministry books today a misspelled word becomes a distraction to my train of thought as I am reading. It is as though there is a bright, flashing neon sign when I stumble upon misspelled words in books that have supposedly been proof read by the professionals. Maybe now a days with modern technology an actual person is not reading a draft copy/final copy of a manual before it goes to print? Do you think it is automated some way and that is how misspelled words are not being caught? I have another thought on this subject also. So, in these books you will see several endorsements of others that recommend this book to the potential readers of the book right? They are usually printed in the front of the book or you may see one or two of these endorsements on the book jacket somewhere. My question I propose is this, did the people actually read these books all the way through before they endorsed the book? If they did then I would hope and trust they would share with the author any typos what do you think? This is just food for thought, if the industry no longer uses actual individuals to proof read books then maybe it is time to go back to the basics and start hiring individuals again as proof readers.
I tried the coffee and I got this idea as I was pouring a cup of coffee. Next time I will enhance this flavor combo by adding a bit of baking coconut to the brewing basket/coffee filter to see if that releases fresh coconut flavor to this combination. "Happy thoughts with happy days if you start your day with prayer today." See, that was a Holy Spirit download as I was bringing this to a conclusion. Joy Joy Joy I release in the name of the Lord today. Very interesting isn't it, I started out this blog mentioning an Almond Joy candy bar!!!
Oh by the way, the next time I come across that misspelled word in my pink journal I will correct it, you know why? You may read it some day.
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