Yesterday I was up early again. I think I get my best insights and direction for the day early in the morning. How does the old saying go ... The early bird catches the worm. So, the night before I fell asleep to listening to a replay of a free webinar, I participated in a few weeks ago. I am starting my day off and then this song starts playing over and over again inside of me and it stayed with me many hours as my day unfolded. I was in NC a few weeks ago and during worship a song about fire inside us we kept singing over and over again. There was a portion when the words were "in us" but I was already singing "in me." Then the prophet began to sing the words "in me." I shared with my friend I was already singing that and then the words shifted from "in us" to "in me." Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Thats the song that was playing inside if me for many hours yesterday. I baked a brand-new recipe. Red Velvet cookies with Cream Cheese flavored baking chips. This was not a cookie mix but from scratch made cookies. If you are allergic to red food coloring, then I suggest staying away from this cookie because red food coloring is one of the ingredients. When I am not sure of a new recipe, I will cut it in half and figure out the ingredient amounts to adapt. They turned out fine. I bagged up in cute treat bags some for my 3 neighbors and then the rest went in the freezer. When I was outside early yesterday, I saw 2 beautiful gardenia blossoms. I cut both of them. If you ever go to Cracker Barrel and order pancakes, they give you that cute little bottle of syrup. Don't throw it away. Take it home clean it out then remove the label from the bottle. You now have a tiny vase to put a flower or 2 in as a bud vase. I had one and I placed the perfect looking gardenia in it, and it sits on the kitchen windowsill now. 2nd new experience of the day was to draw a bath and take the individual petals from the gardenia and float them in the bath water. I am going to give to you future brides out there a further insight as to how to make you wedding ceremony even more beautiful and special. It will cost you a pretty penny for this to take place and effort also in seeking it out. You know how rose petals are strewn as the flower girls go down the aisle preceding the bride. Well, imagine this ... ordering gardenia petals but they have to be really fresh so as to not turn brown in color. Use gardenia petals and imagine in your mind the most beautiful fragrance of gardenia filling the sanctuary. Now, someone out there go and try this and let me know if it added that extra special touch to your wedding ceremony. Visualize the flower girls scattering gardenia petals just before the bride walks down the aisle to meet her husband at the altar. Hum, I wonder if gardenias were around when Queen Esther had her beauty treatments in the bible? I tend to wonder about things like that. So, if that is the case then my idea is no longer a new idea.
3rd new experience was putting up the squirrel baffle box outside. I had to tweak it today hopefully to get it to work but I tried it right, that is what counts.
Let's move onto the afternoon of yesterday. I headed out to a neighboring town and earlier in the day I just knew to go to Ross in search for luggage. I was at the Kroger and struck up a conversation with a lady by the refrigerated section. She noticed the price of dairy items just keeps going up even with using a store coupon. She and I both remembered as she pointed out to me the price of Parkay squeeze margarine was 0.99 years back. I agreed and shoppers were leaving their coupons behind since they expired yesterday for someone to find and use. I then asked her what she thought that I had witnessing tracts with me and if I left them where people were leaving coupons. Hey, they just may need Jesus more than a store coupon was my thought. She replied to do so but she wanted 1 of them because she likes to read them. She suggested leaving 1 by the cookie table then I went back to the margarine section and where the coupon was left by another person, I gently left a tract right beside it.
Off to Ross and boy oh boy there was a great deal waiting for me on a carryon piece of luggage. I even found an Izod backpack with a sleeve to place on the handle of the carryon luggage, it was Perry Ellis. I also found 2 clearance watches. You know how I do tend to like watches and they were there for me to find. I saw one and the face of the watch caught my attention. Then I always check to see if it is a genuine leather or fake leather watch band. Those fake ones really don't last long before they start to fall apart. Genuine leather it was, a Kate Spade watch with the retail ticket showing 198.00 but the Ross sticker reflected 39.99 now reduced to 21.99. The face of the watch shows a map figure of countries and below in gold lettering "going places." I am going places and that was prophetic to me, along with getting a new piece of luggage. 2nd watch was Betsey Johnson. I think she creates whimsical styles, and they really are at great price points to begin with. Ross's original price was 16.99 now reduced to 12.99. I am wearing it right now as I am composing this.
Oh, earlier in the day I received an email from Jentzen Franklin to join the church livestream and I did just that. It was a great word and a timely message also. I then flipped to livestream of another potential church that is local for me to visit them and I just may do that. I think yesterday all in all was a great day. Oh, the luggage value the retail value ticket lists as 280.00. Ross original price 54.99 reduced to 37.99. The Izod personal size backpack with luggage sleeve was comparable value 35.00, Ross price 19.99. It was not on clearance, but it was just what I needed to bring on the airplane with me. Pack my beautiful purse I may travel with and put the content of the purse in the backpack. I told you that Holy Spirit looks out for me, I trust He does the same in your life also. The backpack has that phone charger feature that I have to figure out how that works.
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| Another selling point for the whimsical watch, I love mother of pearl on face watches and this one has it. |
Well with listening again, I guess I was singing the right words all along and just maybe the worship team was doing their own version of set a fire down in our soul?
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