Yesterday I had an "awe"some day! It all started with this message I recieved on Facebook.
"Hi! Hope this isn't weird... God put it on my heart to send this to you. I hope you are doing well. Do you still go to Life Church? I started going to the small one in Lutz and I'm loving it. I'm looking to really plug in with other life minded women through my current journey. My husband and I are seperated in our home and I'm trying to trust God has big plans for me." link to the song "All Joy No Stress"
"I'm going thru a divorce." I replied, "Amazing that you are sending this to me."
"That gave me goosbumps." she text back.
"I was literally just going to post about peace and joy. Thank you for being obedient to the call!!! That's how miracles happen." I wrote.
"It was so random!! I was thinking about my dog training clients and wondering how you were doing. I remembered that I saw you guys going to church the one morning and the Holy Spirit was like... here's what you need to do."
"You are a chainbreaker. God is so good and He has your back!" she responded.
I was NOT "friends" with Jen. She came into our lives as our puppies trainer. That was over 2 years ago. And when I did see her, it was quick; in passing. It has been several months since the last time we went to church. So seeing this message from her was a complete SURPISE!
I was covered in chills. That song seemed to speak to my SOUL. All joy no stress. That is what I told God that I was going to focus on from here on out, then, she sent this song as confirmation. I had never heard this song before.
Lyrics
I got that good news smile on my face
I got that feeling that the world can't erase
There ain't a single day I let go to waste
I got that good news smile on my face
All joy, no stress
No worries, I'm blessed
From early in the morning 'til the crickets and the sun done set, yeah
All joy
Bad news (all joy)
Rent's due (all joy)
In the struggle (all joy)
Yeah, in the battle (all joy)
Yeah, life will get you down (all joy)
But there's joy still to be found (all joy)
You can't buy it 'cause it's free (all joy)
So lay your troubles on the ground, get to singing with me
The following day we met up at my house for lunch. It's one thing to tell but another to show. I wanted her to see for herself what I had prayed for and how God delivered.
I did not have a job last year, I prayed and God gave me Divine Distillers. I didn't know how I was going to get out of my current situation, then God made a way. Habakkuk 2:2 - "write the vision and make it plain upon tablets." Everything that Karly and I wrote down that we'd love to have in a home, He delivered and on my birthday!
We shared our "war" stories realizing that we have had parallel lives. It was refreshing to connect with someone who seemed to know what I went through without having to explain myself. And NO judgement, just pure love.
I brought her up to speed, started to tell her about what happened to my foot and the bees that were at the home.
There were hundreds of bees on my property and I'm allergic! I was so fearful expecially when they got IN the house, IN MY bedroom/ bathroom!!! I had to make a really difficult decision: to have the bees killed or risk my own life.
Homes are supposed to provide safety and security and I definately did not feel either with the bees present.
For weeks following the extermination of the bees I cried and carried all the shame and guilt I had on my spirit. That was until I was sharing with my gardner that the bees were gone. He asked what happened to them and I reluctantly told him the truth; like a confession. And began to cry.
He asked me why I was crying. I said because I had the honey bees killed. He said, they were NOT honey bees, they were Africanized honey bees. He then proceeded to show me pics of a home he works on that had those bees take over the entire property. They were imposter, other wise known as "killer" bees. I felt safe with them gone, however was not feeling at peace with the decision.
When I told Jen about that experience, she told me how it was a prophetic act. "When you killed the poser bees that were trying to kill you in this secular world, you were killing the spirits that were trying to kill you in the spiritual realm."
WOW that hit me. And then we discovered that we had been trading other people's deception over our intuition.
It was like a full circle moment.
The toe injury that I had is in my foundation. the armor of god the feet represent the gospel of peace. The right big toe is tied to your past - traumas.
This was a release and restoration.
Then, later that night, I was getting a bath ready for myself and dropped the wood scooper back into the jar as I have done hundreds of times before, when the glass broke. I felt there was a message being sent so I looked it up.
"Broken glass is a sign of release or freedom. Good things are coming your way!"
I accept. Thank you!
"Girl, I am sooo thankful for today. It healed me and empowered me to see that I just need to keep believing. You gave me an energy boost and helped me see i'm not stuck. You gave me Hope!"
And she Blessed me by being obedient to the call to reach out to me. I felt that God was using her to show me that he sees me. I was confirmed. Confirming the word with signs and wonders.
Oh and Thank you to God for blessing me with a new friend. A true friend.