At the time I was a Catholic woman that was experiencing Holy Spirit in a mighty way in my life. I was very good and faithful at praying the rosary, divine mercy chaplet and an avid listener of a Catholic radio station that was local. The station was WMIH. I was listening to Sr. Sheeley one day and she mentioned an event that was going to take place in Mentor, Ohio. Not far from where I lived. Why was I attracted to going to a Jewish celebration @ a synagogue, Temple Am Shalom? Many, many years later I now know why because I have Jewish blood flowing through my veins and life.
I called Rabbi Lettofsky to seek permission to attend this gathering I heard about on WMIH, permission was granted to me. The day arrives and I pull into the parking lot, and I have no idea what to do at this type of gathering for church. Two ladies greet me in the parking lot and invite me to sit with them. They guided me along and explained what was happening and even how the Torah would be read. There was just something that was most powerful when they blew the shofar at that service. After the service these 2 ladies asked me a couple of times if I was Jewish. I responded no to them each time. I think they said I had mannerisms as if I was Jewish. I do not think I lied to them at the time when I responded no to their inquiry because I was not aware at the time that I was. It would be many years down the road that I discovered I am in fact Jewish by 2%. The timing of me being born fascinates me in my life story. If I would have been born prior to my great, great grandmother entering our family blood line I would not have any Jewish blood flowing through my veins. It only came into our family blood line with Great Great Grandmother Katherine. Does that captivate your attention like it captivates mine?
Even way back then Holy Spirit was taking me on adventures with Him, imagine that. A Catholic woman going on adventures with Holy Spirit while still praying the rosary hum. He sure did have great plans for my life even as it is continuing to unfold now in my very life. I pulled out 1 of my journals this morning to find the rough draft of a thank you note I sent the Rabbi. Isn't this interesting ... on that very same journal page at the bottom of the page I notated a rosary intention in my personal rosary & rosary on WMIH dated 1/10/96. Would you like to know what that intention was? "That Divine Insight fill Those That Love the Lord." You do understand this was a prayer intention coming from a Catholic woman right.
Back to my story now. I received an email inviting me to partake in a service that took place outside last evening on 9/26/2022 The Feast of Trumpets. A friend of mine was going to pick me up and we were going to go together. Things in life happen and it turned out I was on this adventure with me & Holy Spirit. I received the notice in the afternoon that they wouldn't be able to make it, but I was still going because Holy Spirit had me bake and take to bless the ministry an Autumn Cheesecake. I was going to make challah bread with apples in it, but my knee was acting up that day, so I know I make good cheesecakes and I needed to make something with apples in it. Think of cheesecake with a graham cracker crust with cinnamon in the crust. Bottom layer is cheesecake topped with think of apple pie filling. The recipe calls for apples mixed with sugar and cinnamon, and you could also put chopped pecans on top of that before it bakes in the oven. I felt led to replace pecans with raisins, I had a few golden raisins and a tri blend of raisins and that is what I did. I even purchased a couple of weeks ago a bakery type of box and yes, I had bakery type of string to hold it all together. Kind of reminded me of the olden days when bakeries would place the items in the bakery box then tie it with that bakery string so the box wouldn't open up. My bakery string was not white and thin like I remember it being. Mine was red and white and much sturdier in strength.
I knew I had to be at this service, so I enjoyed the afternoon preparing. Colored my hair probably for the last time with one of the colors I mix with another color to give me that coppery look. They discontinued 1 of the colors a few years ago and I bought many boxes of that hair color when Bargain Hunt had a great buyout. I think I paid 4.50 for each box back then. I stored it and would use it because I would get 2 hair colors out of 1 box since I mixed it equal part with another color. There was a hair stylist many years ago that told me how to do this and I am most thankful to her teaching me how to color my own hair. Soaked in the tub and polished my nails with OPI "Angels Flight to Starry Nights" how appropriate is that seeing this was to take place that evening as the sun set.
This ministry property is absolutely beautiful, and we were gathered at the top of the hill. Worship, prophetic word comes forth and the trumpets are blown in 4 directions N-S-E-W. Shofars and trumpets going off along with us making a circle type of gesture with our hand and placing it on our mouth area and we were the trumpets bringing forth our sound that was uniquely coming out of each one of us. So amazing, so amazing. They shared that people have told them that the top of this hill is a portal for angel activity and yes, it is. The whole time I was there it seemed like my aches and minor pains dissipated. They are seeking to place a house of prayer or prayer room on that very location. After the service there was no offering taken so I gave them 5.00 as a seed to be planted into that ministry adventure when it is built. God is good ALL THE TIME, He really is do you agree?
For some reason I am beginning to think that there has been a curse put out there on the property where I reside. I have noticed this a couple of times now. I can be somewhere where the presence of God is strong and no aches or minor, annoying pains in my body and it is like as soon as I touch ground on the land where I reside, they come back for whatever reason. I might need help in this one because I have prayed authority prayers and forgave anyone and everyone, I could think of so there should be no open doors opened for the enemy to have a foothold. Remember the rosary intention I shared earlier? Well, that is still good for today too.
I really did not know the correct title of that Jewish service back in 1995 so I just referred to it as the "blowing of the Shofar." After that adventure I must have been watching Sid Roth and he was sharing about the star of David. The next page in my journal I must have contacted the College of Jewish Studies because I have the phone number and name of a contact person. The star of David intrigued me. I notated the Judaica Encyclopedia Volume II page 687 Magden David or shield of David. I also notated at the bottom of that page flag of Israel. I love my journals because there is a plethora of items mixed in the pages of where I write. Next 2 pages of this journal 4/25/1996 @ 11:15PM were the notes I was going to share with the youth at a Methodist retreat. I was invited by friends to attend and share with the youth "Many Ways to Pray" is what I titled that teaching. I taught them the value of a journal could be their private letters to God.
After those pages I find the detailed notes, I took when I did research on the star of David. Above that was a draft of a thank you note I sent to my former husband thanking him at the time for taking me and our children out to dinner, that was dated 11/4/19996. Short but to the point. With just a few more pages left in this very journal.
The other day Holy Spirit highlighted to me Isaiah 52 and that is what I will conclude this writing with. I highly recommend reading all of Isaiah 52.
No comments:
Post a Comment