Blessed Bracelets

Besides being a Deacon in my church, I am a Pampamesayok, Full Mesa Carrying Shaman. My grandmother was a Curandera (a healer) in the tiny town I lived in,  in South Florida. I’ve grown up with the “gift” of hearing, channeling, mediumship, feeling Spirit and as a Shaman, I am able to journey into the Upper and Lower Worlds on behalf of clients to help their souls in whichever way is necessary.

In the Winter of last year, I felt VERY strongly to make red bracelets and finally in the Spring of this year, I stilled myself and asked God, “Why do you want me to make these bracelets?” I was immediately shown the Blood of the Lamb being spread across old wooden doorways in ancient times. At first I thought, “Ok…. that’s….morbid and creepy.” and the next image I was given was the plague that hit during biblical times, when Pharaoh wouldn’t heed the warnings of Moses. And then it hit me!! “THE PLAGUE!!!” God told his children to put the blood of the lamb over the door and the Angel of Death would not befall them!!” and at the time we were hearing the beginnings of a new Global Pandemic creeping in from overseas!!!

So I started to fervently make these bracelets. As I made them, I prayed over them and I asked God, “Why the simple three-strand bracelet? Why not something fancier?” (my dad taught me to make AMAZING knots and I could have really made these splendid!) But I heard, “the Holy Trinity” as I braided them. This was amazing to me! Three strands for the Holy Trinity and the color red to symbolize the Blood of The Lamb! As I was braiding I felt so strongly as if I was wielding swords- like weapons. Also, the numbers I made these in every day were quite astounding to me!  The first day I made 43. 4+3=7, God’s perfect number. The second day I made 61, 6+1=7. I mailed some out to friends and family and my first bundle of packages also added up to 7!!! 

The 2nd day I was making these bracelets, I was sitting on my bed, keeping watch over my mother, who nearly died two times in January. She lives with me now and she looked over at me, startled. I asked her what was wrong and she asked if I had just touched her. I said “no, my hands are tied up in these bracelets.” And she looked away. Since her near deaths she has developed the gift of sight, which happens to many people who die or nearly die. I shrugged her question off as “Newbie, she’ll get used to the sensations from Sprit trying to get her attention.” But as I sat there, braiding away, I felt a horrid stinging sensation on my right arm! I got up and went into my bathroom and looked into the mirror at my arm, which, as I stood there, three long scratch marks appeared down my arm.

“oh no you don’t!” I said and chuckled in a challenge! I know what this means! I’ve done enough house blessings and have been doing this spiritual work long enough to know when a heavy energy is upset with me. It was time to sage my home, pray for protection and safe keeping. So I cleansed my house with Holy Water and Sage and continued on with my bracelet making. My pastor once told me that I was on “the Enemy’s hit list,” because he’d been a pastor for a few decades and had never met anyone who had as many bizarre experiences happen to them as I have- I’ve been attacked plenty of times. It’s not fun, but it is what is it.

To date, I can’t count how many bracelets I’ve made, as I’ll suddenly get the urge to make more, but it’s been a lot. They are currently up for sale in my Etsy shop, along with other protection bracelets and intention bracelets. 

I made some for my family and those closest to me. One of my best friends said hers came off in the middle of the night. She had a nightmare that night that she was being attacked by something and woke up terrified. She realized her bracelet had fallen off and she immediately put it back on. She said she felt “so much better” once she put it back on and told me she doesn’t have dreams she remembers, let alone nightmares like that. My son tells me whenever he looses or breaks his (he’s a rambunctious teenager) “bad things happen” to him. Another one of my good friends broke hers and she said she felt anxious without it and came over immediately to get another one.

Making these bracelets has been a pleasure, as it forces me to slow down, be still and pray for whomever receives and wears them. It’s my tiny contribution to helping someone feel peaceful and remind them that they are loved and protected. The power doesn’t lie in the bracelet itself, the power lies in the person wearing them, and their relationship to Our Maker 🙂