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Greetings to All!

It has been a lazy day for me. I woke up around 9:30am. My husband was preparing lunch so I was free of making the decision of what we were having for lunch. I had a small salad, some tea and sat down to enjoy the Food Network on a Saturday morning. "The Kitchen" is my favorite program on the Food Network and it was listed, so I tuned in. I pulled a blanket over my body and enjoyed. After about an hour or so of relaxation I begin to think about what my post would be about today. The highlight of my day would be the LSU vs McNeese football game and that is not scheduled until 6:45pm this evening. As I was contemplating what to post I had a quick prompting of the spirit, "Pull one of your journals." I went to my bedroom and chose one. When I saw it I knew it was the one. To my surprise it began with June, 2025. 

Such a good memory to begin with, my grandson's graduation from 8th grade. Oh what a wonderful day that was. My husband and I had traveled to DC for the occasion. I remember the weather was beautiful. It was a perfect day, a little on the warm side but wonderful. My prayer for Nathan that day was as follows: "Lord I ask for a long life for my grandson. I ask for good health and longevity. I pray Father that you shall bless him beyond measure and may you carry him in the palm of your hand. I ask Lord that you protect him all the days of his life. I ask Father that you impart knowledge and wisdom one thousand times more unto him in every aspect of his Life. I give you thanks and praise for answered prayer." This prayer flooded my spirit like a tidal wave. He is now a sophmore in high school and God has kept his word thus far. 

As I moved along in the journal this was the next notation: I had received word of Father Greg's death. Quite a contrast, from the mountain to the valley. I began to weep as soon as I read the notation. I had totally forgotten we were in DC to celebrate Nathan's graduation. I did not linger but it did jolt my memory. I could remember exactly where I was and I remembered all the details of that most haunting moment. I was surrounded by my family which I was most grateful for. I missed his funeral due to my being in Washington but I remembered mourning his death in a very intense way. The distance made it so much more difficult. I noticed a notation I made in the journal a few days later. It was a word from God and it went like this:

God reveals Father Greg's position in my work at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church: God speaks: "Wanda, Father Greg was my shield of protection for you in that church parish. Without this shephered, my protection for you will be gone. You must prepare to leave. You cannot stay for your students, I shall take care of them." You must understand I had not visualized Father Greg as a shield of protection in my work as DRE. This was quite an eye opener for me but it was in line with a word from God I had received in 2023 at Manresa. I had made a note of the message received in Manresa. The Manresa retreat was scheduled for all church parish staffs in the Diocese. During adoration I received a word from God that I must move from the well, it was no longer part of God's plan for me. He also told me that the well no longer had living water to give. At that point, 2023, I did not equate the well to the DRE position. 

I shared the message with Father Greg and after months of discernment and prayer he felt the message was pertaining to my work as DRE. With patient perserverance he helped me implement a plan to leave the work I so dearly loved. Father Greg knew we would walk this out by faith and not by sight. He was so attentive to my thoughts and my staying in alignment with the message from Manresa. I began to down size and it took some time but things began to flow without much resistance. We took my position and made two positions of it. I chose to work less hours so we could pay the two people chosen for the positions. I began downsizing hours but not the work load. These instructions came from God as to how to accomplish what I could see in my spirit. The Lord made it clear to me who the two people should be. Father Greg tested those waters quite thoroughly. After months of prayer and discernment we were moving forward. By the end of 2025, the plan was in place and I would be leaving in March of 2026. I was being obedient under the guidance of a man of God and all had come to full fruition. 

Preparation, preparation, preparation by a divine encounter. I have thought of this spiritual movement time and time again since that moment in time. God spoke in 2023, Father Greg and I began to move forward slowly and intentionally. Neither one of us ever thought of one of us dying. Well I know I did not. Oh but God, he knew all along what was coming. He knew the devastation that would linger in my soul to lose Father Greg suddenly. What a loving Father we serve? Just think if I would have ignored the prompting, if I would have brushed it off and not been listening intently in adoration. It would not have been God's fault but it would have been negligence on my part. I will be eternally grateful to God for the preparation to leave the well. To leave the well that I would no longer receive living water. Another miracle in my life. I have had so many miraculous encounters I have lost count. 

Trust in God. Trust that he knows what is best for you. He loves you. No one else loves you more and that includes those closest to you. If you read my post yesterday concerning the Bayou Jacob property, I believe that prompting is preparing me for something ahead also.  I have the same feelings as I did in 2023. Unsure, some confusion, the decision to go/not to sell, is this really you God? As I am writing this post today, I realize I have the same uncertainties I had when I had to prepare to leave the DRE position. This journal post is reassuring me spiritually, I have heard the still small voice within concerning the property.  I cannot see what is ahead of me but I have learned I don't have to see.  God has a plan for you and it is always a plan to prosper, to protect, to guide and keep you in divine alignment. Amen

PEACE

Wanda