I am having so much fun being a hostess to one of my friends that travelled from Knoxville to be with us as we gather for lunch today @ O' Charley's in the quaint little city, we all worked in together over around 8 years ago. So much fun. I am going to share with you a recipe I made last night as an appetizer. I used to make this when everyone was eating pizza with a crust made with yeast dough and I was not eating yeast products then. It is so so so good. Think of the crust as pie dough and I actually made my own single crust pie dough for this. Then the sauce portion is a combo of ricotta cheese blended with lemon juice, garlic, parmesan and mozzarella cheese and seasoning. Then you slice thinly zucchini and yellow squash and that is layered on top and bake it in the oven. Try this recipe it is that good. I made meat sauce with grass-fed beef and added sauteed onions, garlic and mushrooms to a jar of Bertolli organic Marinara sauce and I still had some homemade pasta in the freezer from when I went to the international market last time in Atlanta. I also made homemade meatballs from the grass-fed beef for the sauce. When I make meatballs, I use a large sized cookie scoop to form them and cook them in the air fryer to pull all the fat from them. I also made a salad too. I have a lovely back porch and I usually sit on it for breakfast, but we ate dinner out there last night. It is so delightful sitting out there while the birds are still chirping. I think I must be a people type of person because I do enjoy having guests stay with me. I adapt to a quiet life when they leave because I have been solo for well over 26 years now. Not including the years my children were growing up. But to give you some idea, one is in their mid 30's and the other will be turning in their 40's in another year so you figure out the math of how long I have been living solo. Nope, I live with Holy Spirit and Jesus in my heart and God's kiss of blessing on my life. What in the world was I thinking saying I live solo!
Back to my lunch gathering story now. So, we all applied for a seasonal position with a government agency, and we all were hired together. That is how we met being in training classes for many weeks before we were released to go on the phones and help the people that called in. It was a very micromanaged job that was seasonal. Meaning we were hired to get through the main working months of the year and then we would be furloughed but with knowing you would be called back the next year. We all qualified for unemployment when being furloughed. It happened to be that first year after all those weeks in training we were not on the phones very long because we were all called into a meeting to be told there was a budget cut and it never happened before with them laying us off as early as they did. Some of us came back the next year and some went on to get other jobs and didn't come back when they gave the phone call to report back to the office for the next season. Some actually moved up the ranks in the agency and then retired. I no longer work for that agency and have not for several years now. It was a true testimony to get hired to work there and then eventually meet my friends. I interviewed for that particular same job but back in Ohio 4 years prior. I must have been in the system somehow because I remember getting a call when I lived back in Ohio, and they told me I was next on the list back then to be hired but they had a budget cut, so I never really did work for them.
All of my paperwork was in order and in the system at the time back in Ohio and I completed the group interview and customer service testing. I was told that I scored so high on the customer service test that there was no expiration date for the test results for me. So, everyone else came to the office location and interviewed and took the customer service test also and had pictures taken for their badges. I arrived at the office and started talking with other recent hires and they shared how they had their interviews, etc. So, it comes time to get your badges and I tell someone I never was called for my picture to be taken yet for the badge. Guess what, the picture on my badge was from the picture I took in Ohio 4 years prior. See, God had a plan for me to move miraculously to this state because of the people I would be meeting not because I knew no one that lived in this state. Yes, take the opportunity Holy Spirit opens up for you with a huge door opened up for you to choose to walk through. When we were asked to share briefly about ourselves in the beginning, I shared how I was miraculously brought there to work.
In our group we were all kind when people called in and we were on the phone with them. We were trained well and let me tell you this was a truly detailed job. Even to the point of how you answered certain questions they may have and getting phone call reviews in which you were rated on a variety of things. It was good training, but you know me and my proofreading right. We would be in the classroom and for some reason I would point out typo errors on the slide. Oh, my goodness, oh my goodness. Not me, but I recently found out that one of us is working on a book and actually hired an editor, but we do not quite know what the book is about. Will find out more today I suppose. See, being retired and older in age should not deter you from doing what God has placed on your heart to do. I volunteered to proofread the book for typos for no payment, but they already had someone working on that aspect and hired an editor too.
I am here to encourage you to take the opportunity God gives to you to go where He wants you to go. He is faithful. There is still a book inside of me but mine won't be written or published until I get married. My story will be combined with my husband's story of how God miraculously brought us together because yes, God can be a matchmaker, He really can. See, I have all my prophetic dream journals and I suppose that if I go through them excerpts of them will be incorporated into the book. I am a prolific writer I would like to believe, and you have experienced some of this through the prophetic dreams and adventures Holy Spirit takes me on. So, I wait with anticipation when the joining or the union takes place and one day I will share with you all that I am getting married. Great works of God takes great works of faith so never ever give up hope okay. If He gave you the dream so big then contend for that dream being fulfilled because it was not you but God Almighty that placed that dream inside of you and enjoy the adventure on the way.
Oh, this is important to share. When you may be dealing with vertigo that is dizziness. I have found out that one of the reasons could be you are not taking in enough water daily so increase your water intake and that may help. Another important thing is I recalled Bob Jones teaching one on a video I viewed where he talked about dizziness is connected to witchcraft so be very careful whom you allow to place their hands upon you and pray for you. Yes, witchcraft they are finding out is infiltrating the church. Having a great resume does not always qualify you to bring someone into your ministry or church staff because you just may find yourself connecting yourself with a spirit that will begin to manifest so very slyly and when you open your eyes to the fact this subtly happened over some time the damage has been in operation already. As tough as it may sound, go through your ministry staff and fire or let go of the ones operating in this witchcraft spirit and your ministry will rebound and be fine again. Vertigo is real and it is just as real that Christians operating in the spirit of witchcraft are praying nasty things like this on godly people. See, this one is sly. They gently worm their way into the ministry, but their ultimate goal is for the main minister to be swayed to having their own agenda fulfilled under the guise of the ministry. Be very careful whom you hire and whom you choose to have speaking into your ears. Yes, even pastors out there will deceive other ministers for you to take their side on a situation. God sees all this going on and a person can be vindicated from bad lies being told on them. Yes, even when one has gone to the grave already God in a mighty way can vindicate them and clear their name to be buried with dignity and honor. God watches out for His own children.
For whatever reason that portion was added to this blog entry today on 6/7/2024. Gotta go get the decaf coffee brewing and prepare breakfast now.
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