Last Saturday 12/16/2023 Great Holy Spirit Adventure. Involves Going To Crumbl Cookies, Cemetery & Einstein Brothers Bagels in Franklin, TN. Want To Hear About It ...

This past Saturday was one of those divine destiny days if I may say so myself.  I had to be at an early morning appointment in Murfreesboro. I saw in advance a portion of my day and agenda to be fulfilled. I knew a few things, get Crumbl Cookies to bless the cemetery office team with for their kindness to me this past year when I would inquire if the grave marker for Jeff Jansen had been ordered and placed @ the gravesite. I had to go to The Fresh Market to get some decaf peppermint cream coffee and to get bagels for when one of my children comes for a visit. That is all I knew pre-trip. See, when you allow Holy Spirit to direct your steps He does.

Never tire from learning regardless of your age okay. I knew to bring with me a Christmas card so I could fill it out to give with the cookies to the cemetery office personnel. I did fill it out. At Crumbl Cookies I was going to get as one of the cookie selections the red velvet sandwich type of cookie until the older in age server suggested not to get it. She tapped on the display cookie for me to see it was a hard and not soft type of cookie and it was not selling so well and not good reviews on it from people that purchased it. Lesson learned was to take the advice from a person who deals with this situation all day long. I go to the cemetery and sit in the entranceway and share my faith seed journey the past year of coming to the cemetery periodically to check on status of grave marker. It really is a testimony to bring great glory to God. I shared and blessed them with the cookies and then felt led to actually go and see the temporary grave marker until the permanent one is put in place. I share and call this my Christmas miracle prayer being answered; indeed, it was.

From there off to The Fresh Market in Brentwood for the coffee. On my way there I stopped @ Bruegger's Bagels but they were all sold out for the day even though the store was still open for business? I went and got the coffee and while in the car I called Einstein Bagel's in Franklin at a location that was not closed yet for the day to see if they still had fresh bagels. I inquired and said if they were not going to be fresh since they were made earlier in the day, I could just go to Publix early the next morning when those Einstein Bagels are delivered to the bakery department. This is when I learned something pretty valuable. Just because you see the name brand and placed out each day does not necessarily mean those are fresher than purchasing from the actual store. I found out the Publix stores are getting corporate Einstein Bagels, and they are frozen then thawed out if I understood correctly. Wow, see you just never know something until inquiring. So, I let the manager know a few flavors to put aside for me that I was heading back to Franklin from Brentwood.

Hang in there with me okay. I was closer to heading back home but something inside of me just wouldn't let go of me going to get bagels. I walk into the store and recognize a prophet and his wife at a table, and I inquire excuse me are you ... I recognize you from the Fusion Conference in Nashville. I am so candid and just assume prophets prophesy wherever they go so I asked are you here prophesying to everyone @ Einstein bagel. I think I may have mentioned that another time also. I shared how they prophesied over a well-known prophet @ the conference, and I then stood in line to get a book signed by that prophet. I made mention to the prophet that I did not know they were going to be prophesied over in the meeting and I already wrote up a card with a donation inside the card that sure did correlate with the word just spoken. I also commented how his wife was on a interview with Mike & Cindy Jacobs recently. She responded that they both just taped an interview with them, and it will air I believe it will be 12/28/2023. See, follow Holy Spirit and He never lets you down or disappoints you. All I knew was to get bagels to take home and individually wrap each one and place in the freezer. I stumbled on this one, take the frozen bagel and place in microwave about 30 seconds. Slice the bagel and place a little butter on each side and put in the air fryer for about 5 minutes and you have a delightful, toasted bagel. I let them know my child said not so much for the everything bagel, but I sure was on target for the other bagels I selected. Guess what, the everything bagel was already in a bag, so the manager said to the staff person waiting on me to just give that bagel to me too.

I then run into Publix, and I am going down an aisle and I hear a man on the phone asking is wax paper the same as parchment paper and I know they are not, especially if you are going to bake with one. I gently said they are not the same as I walked by. Apparently, the person they were talking with needed parchment paper and Publix was all out of it at the time. I did use their restroom while at the store and commented to the front desk that the Publix where I live has a much nicer/newer restroom and is a much smaller store and maybe they need to do a restroom remodel. Do you think I need to place filters on my thoughts or just speak the way it is. My suggestion may just be heard and acted upon someday.

Oh, there is more to this adventure. Remember when I placed the 20.00 bill into the hands of one of Jeff's sons and found out Jeff's birthday was going to be that Tuesday? In the mail on that very birthday was an unexpected check in the amount of 11.35 for me. I reached out to a very wise man that I don't know why I do but refer to him as a pastor to pastors and shared about the check amount. I searched in Isaiah 11: 35 there was not scripture, and I searched the reverse but nothing to be found in regard to the meaning of the dollar amount and Jeff was wise when it came to biblical meanings of numbers. I heard Isaiah. He then shared the numbers added up equal 10. Sure enough, Holy Spirit wakes me the next morning to go read Isaiah 10 the entire chapter. Then He speaks something pretty sobering to my heart about this chapter. He shared with me that what is located in this scripture is referencing the USA and the enemies of Israel, both groups. Do not worry if you are a true born-again believer in Jesus because He watches out for and protects His own and the country of Israel also. Be encouraged and do not fall for enemy chit chat okay and follow Holy Spirit guidance and you will be just fine. Never tire of sharing your testimony with others because you just never know how your testimony may encourage another or be used as a confirmation in their very life. Jesus is Lord and never forget that. All is well, all is well with my soul.

Temporary grave marker until permanent one is placed there.

 I was glad to see that someone is coming to visit the gravesite and pay respects because I did not place these flowers here and they had fresh flowers at one time when a picture was sent to me. Yes, visiting a gravesite can bring healing to you also. Jesus heals the broken hearted and never forget that.