SELAH MINISTRIES
Carla Reed
21200 E Country Vista Dr $L-104
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
509-599-0433
Dearest Friends,
Blessings to all of you. May our Gracious and Loving Heavenly Father securely hold and keep each of you in His love and care.
I have several urgent matters I want to share with you. Don't worry, it's not about money.
For several days, I've been deeply stirred about a sequencing of events and prophectic numbers that I believe are signs of a major shift about to happen. I am not an alarmist and in fact, I dislike all the warnings and threats that come thru emails and 'doomers' to keep people's nerves frazzled and wear out the saints. They eventually lead to the hardening of our hearts and shutting our ears just to survive and try to live a normal life. This is not that.
However, I do feel the Lord wants to give us a "heads up". What this means is to "Lift up your head, for your Redemption draweth near". I'm not talking about a rapture and escaping what is to come. I have serious doubts that the theories we have imagined and merchandized is what is on the Lords' heart. While most of the modern church wants to escape and let the world get it's just desserts, the Lord has been faithfully preparing a people and a ordaining a means of escape that will lift us out of 'normal' Christian lives and cause us to ascend into a realm of Glory and Power that will affect change in the earth. I believe He wants us to live enraptured and captured by His love and joy and righteousness in the realm of the Kingdom of Heaven. "Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done, On (in) Earth, As It Is In Heaven... His Kingdom is within us and is about to burst forth with the full glory of a new creation. It is coming about through transformation and that is what I want to share with you.
Over two years ago, I began to see a certain number frequently. Many of you have had experiences with prophetic numbers and know that it is a wonderful way the Lord speaks to us. Our entire world is built on the reliability of mathematics and God loves numbers so much, we have a book called Numbers in the Bible. Moses wrote "Teach us to number our days". I'm glad we can always count on numbers... pun intended.
The number the Lord keeps blinking to me is 212. I'm going to share several key stories with you to show you how He has been highlighting this number to me and what I feel it is speaking presently to us. Keep in mind we are only three days away from 2-12, or February 12, which is why I'm sensing an urgency to give you a "heads up" that something very important is about to happen. Any warning to us is not to get distracted or nullify what He is saying just because we might not understand it completely, or he doesn't speak to you that way. He has watchmen to see what is coming and to declare it to you. So, hear my heart and if I have gained your confidence as a watchman, read carefully and prayerfully what I believe is a timely and exciting message to us. It is easy to get a yah..yah..yah..ho hum attitude. Ask me how I know. Beloved, let us watch and pray with joy.
The number 212 began to be a enigma in 2006. In September that year, I moved to Liberty Lake, finally getting my things out of storage since the major shift in 2005 when Josh went into the military, and I had to move out. After 17 months of travel, the Lord graciously opened up the door to move to a nearly new apartment in beautiful Liberty Lake. It happened so fast, my head was spinning. My address is 21200 East Country Vista Dr. I realized it later of course and marveled. Recently a lovely lady in Shippensburg, PA told me she always notes the prophetic meaning of people's addresses. When she looked at mine, we both laughed. I live on East Country Vista Drive. Do you know anyone who has driven east across the country more than I have? AND I have certainly enjoyed the vista, the view of America as I have driven east on several country vista drives... Apartment L-104. L for life, liberty, love. 104 or ten-four, a communication for over and out. And right now, I'm set 'a-part and meant' to hear what the Lord desires to say to me and others.
Two years ago on February 12, 2007, Gateway Fellowship in Coeur D Alene hosted a "Quantum Glory" conference beginning it deliberately on 2-12 as it was the anniversary of the Latter Rain Outpouring on 2-12-1948. Last year in 2008, marked the 60th anniversary of a movement that touched the world, brought major shifts and revelation to the church, challenged beliefs, and set the stage for the miracle healing tent meetings of the early 50's. There are many mixed reviews about the outpouring, depending on the resistance of certain religious denominations and doctrines still holding a grudge. However, it was the most powerful move to affect Western Christianity in the last century. I believe one of the keys to genuine revival and reformation is to honor the fathers, mothers and leaders of the last move. Granted they sometimes fight the new move, but some of it is due to the smug attitude of the new generation who discount and disregard the sacrifices made for what is coming forth now for them. No other generation as ours has so dishonored their parents and elderly. On my first trip to the west coast in 2000, the Lord kept highlighting the Latter Rain Movement and I didn't even know what it was. It has been my honor and delight to meet several elderly people who were part of that original move, and I've been deeply grateful for the legacy of faithfulness and testimonies that they have left to us.
After seeing 212 so often, I kept asking the Lord what he was trying to show me. There can be many meanings, but the one he reminded me of one day is that water boils at 212 degrees. That seems appropriate for the 'waterlady'. In other words, what has been visible, is now invisable. What has been liquid turns to steam and escapes the heat. I began to see it as the 'flash point of change' or the number of transformation, for water changes form. As I was pondering on this, I received a email forward with a website link in it called www.simpletruths.com. I rarely, rarely click on those, but for 'some reason' did that day. It took me into a website and the first thing I saw were the huge numbers 212. I was so surprised and immediately checked it out. I learned that it is used as the title for a huge motivational series called 212. The point being that at 211 degrees, nothing happens, but if you go the extra degree, water boils and then steam is produced and steam empowers locomotives... so go the extra degree. I made it known to the leadership at Gateway in CdA for their conference and we all rejoiced that the Lord was dropping us clues right and left. I was also reminded that the scripture says we go from "one degree of Glory to another."
" And all of us, as with unveiled face, continue to behold in the Word of God as in a mirror the Glory of the Lord are constanatly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another, for this comes from the Lord Who is One Spirit." (II Cor 3:18)
This very Bible reference speaks of transfiguration or transformation... and that is what is happening.
About the same time, I remembered a scripture reference in Jeremiah 1:11-13. (Amplified version)
"Moreover the Word of the Lord came to me saying, Jeremiah, 'What do you see?'... And I said, 'I see a branch or shoot of an almond tree' (the emblem of alertness and activity, blossoming in late winter)
Then said the Lord to me, 'You have seen well, for I am alert and active, watching over My word to perform it.'
And the word of the Lord came to me the second time, saying, 'What do you see?'
And I said, 'I see a boiling pot, and the face of it tipped away from the north and it's mouth about to pour forth on the south."
Here are some another references:
"Oh, that You would rend the heavens, and that You would come down, that the mountains might quake and flow down at Your Presence. As when fire kindles the brushwood and the fire causes the waters to boil; to make Your Name known to Your adversaries that the nations may tremble at Your Presence." Isaiah 64: 1-2
"He makes the deep boil like a pot; he makes the sea like foaming pot of ointment." Job 41:31
I also want to draw your attention to the fact that the sacrifices had to be boilied.
"And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting, and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecration and ordination, as I commanded saying, Arron and his sons shall eat it." Leviticus 8:31
"Take the choicest of the flock, and burn also the unused bones under it, and make it boil well, and seeth its bones in the pot. Ezekiel 24:5
" And he said to me, This is the place where the priest shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering and where they shall bake the meal offering, to prevent their having to bring them into the outer court, lest they should thereby wrongfully sanctify - separate and consecrate for holy service - the people who are there. Ezekiel 46:20
"These are the kitchens of those who do the boiling, where the ministry of the temple shall boil the sacrifices of the people." Ezekiel 46:24
As you can see my friend, boiling water has a significant place in the Scripture. Anyone feeling cooked yet? I have much better news for you.
Anyone watching the current state of affairs in our government, nation, churches, families, and the world in general know that we have come near to the boiling point. The good news is that the Lord is preparing a way of escape for His people and it will come forth speedily. In a moment as water reaches 212 degrees, the water molecules having been greatly agitated by the intense heat and pressure take flight and escape into steam. I can't help but feel we are about to see a major shift and change that will lift us out what has been and cause us to take flight into a dimension of spiritual reality unlike has ever been known. I'm really at a loss to explain it more fully, but felt the urgency to share with you that the focus on 212 degrees I believe, in part, is pointing to the coming date 2-12. I have had several people mention to me that the Lord is showing them something very important will be happening in February, and I do feel we are to keep alert and watch with an expectant heart and mind and an uplifted face to the Lord. Let it be as the Lord said to Jeremiah, "You have seen well". I do not sense this is a national or political shift or crisis as much as it is a change coming to us individually and corporately, especially those of us who have allowed our flesh to get boiled in the pot of affliction. Many of us are suffering physically, emotionally, and financially and haven't seemed to find any relief or explanation. Could it be the necessary process to get us to the place of complete release of natural limitations that will allow us to be lifted out of this present state of form into a higher dimension of spirit? Something is going on that cannot be explained or rebuked away. What has worked isn't working in the lives of most Christian people I know right now, and I can't help but wonder if we are being prepared for a great transformation and translation that will defy gravity and death. Paul said "this corruptible must put on incorruption and this immortal must put on immortality" I Cor 15:53. While most contribute these verses to a rapture, I can't help but feel the Lord is about to do a supernatural work in His people that will dazzle the world and frazzle the carnal enemy of mankind. At present, we are not able to cope with or challenge and defeat the forces of evil without Supernatural strength, power, and wisdom. Jesus, the head of the body is joined to His body and we will have the Mind of Christ directing our steps and ascent. My friends, Bruce and Reshma Allen of Spokane have been teaching about translation by faith, sometimes known as a 'Phillip trip'. You can access their website at www.stillwatersinternational.com for some amazing pictures and stories or to order tapes. Be sure and click on Third Day Signs and view an amazing picture taken in Coeur D Alene when Bruce was translated to Latvia to pray for a little girl in flat 212.
I am not date setting, but I am telling you that something is up very soon and we just need to look up and keep our heads up and stand up and rise up, for it will only be done in the Power of His Spirit. Human wisdom, will and determination will not win this battle. Regardless of what we feel or see on 2-12 or don't feel or see, we can still come into agreement with the Spirit of the Lord Who is doing a Mighty work in realms beyond our vision.
Another verse that is being highlighted repeatedly is Isaiah 60:1-2.
ARISE (just like steam)... from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you; Rise to a new life; Shine - be radiant with the Glory of the Lord; for your light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
For behold, darkeness shall cover the earh, and dense darkness all peoples; but the Lord shall arise upon you and His glory shall be see on you.
I am telling you beloved, that an ARISING is coming. The ability to ARISE will not come out of the weakness of our flesh or the determined will of our soul, but the command of the Lord who says, COME UP HERE!!! HE is bringing the change. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye... by the way did you know the word moment is not a moment in time as we have been taught? Rather the Greek word is 'atomos' meaning in the very atoms of our being we will be changed. That is why a great interest is in quantum physics right now and that what we see is made of what we cannot see. We are being renewed in our minds to see and think differently. Some of us have just thrown up our hands and said "I don't get it", but even that simple gesture if it's surrendering to the Lord can be a yielding of the natural mind. We can "get it" inside, even if our minds won't compute.
I want to share a few marvelous personal stories about 212 to encourage your faith and let you see that it has gone beyond ordinary circumstances. Some of this will be a repeat of an earlier email, but it is certainly worth the repeating.
After many weeks of prayer to discern the Lord's will and purpose, I left on Sept 16, 2008 for a "east country drive" with my focus and face set towards Eastport, Maine by Oct 10-11. The details are in past newsletters for the new folks on my email list, so go to the website: www.carlareed.com. I had been in the Seattle area the previous week and on my return trip to Liberty Lake on 9-11, the Glory van registered 144,000 miles; 12 x 12 x 1000 is another important number in scripture as you know and speaks of a governmental people in power and authority. I was on my way back to attend the Healing Rooms Conference in Spokane that night and interestingly enough, I was in Spokane on 9-11-01. After a few days of preparation for what became a 12 week trip on 'east country (vista) drive', I returned on 12-11-08 and my first full day at home was 12-12. What a glorious day it was to be home at last after over 13,000 miles and what a glorious testimony to the Lord's faithfulness to keep me.
When I left on Tues, Sept 16, I quickly recorded my mileage, but didn't really think about it again until I was in Montana about 200 miles and I glanced down and had come 144,404 miles since 9-11, which was only 40 miles away from all 4's. I decided to watch my mileage closely, knowing that soon I would turn 144,444 miles, and I wanted to be sure and stop along side the interstate and take a picture of my odometer. Just as I saw it was registering 144,443 miles, I noticed an off ramp to an exit and suddenly decided to get off I-90 to safely take a picture. When I got to the stop sign at the end of the exit ramp, it still had not turned 144,444 miles which I thought was odd as it should have. Instead of driving to my right or left on a road I didn't want to travel, I began to ease back toward the interstate on the on ramp slowly. It still didn't turn over and by now, I was sure it would have. So, I simply got back on I-90 and waited. Then, I passed mile marker 212 and within a short distance, the odometer turned to 144,444 miles. I stopped, put on my blinkers and snapped several pictures. I was so intense on watching for the whizzing traffic coming from behind me that I still didn't fully comprehend what was happening. As I eased back on I-90, which by the way, I have driven from Seattle to Boston, I was suddenly so aware of the miracle that had just happened. The exit I had driven off was 211 and the oddity of my odometer not turning over had a greater implication. In other words, at 211, nothing happened, but when I passed mile marker 212, the turning happened.
The focal point of Eastport, Maine had to do with it being my 4th corner of America, so 4's and door's were continually before me. Eastport also represented the East(portal) and what I sensed as a portal and opening into America. It is the easternmost city of America, and I had to drive through Perry and the reservation of the Passamaquoddy Indians known as the "People of the Dawn". Here the sun's rays first hit our nation, and as I stood watching the sun come up early that morning of Oct 11, I realized we are set for a MORNING GLORY that is dawning across the land. This is not about politics and governments, it is about a "People of the Dawn" who are ARISING in the earth.
While in Maine, I stayed with the most delightful couple, Richard and Linda Brink, who have pastored in the Oakdale/Waterville area many years. They asked me to share with their ministry school the night I arrived and I talked to them about 212. It spoke to them as well of the needed and coming changes which pressure and boiling circumstances are bringing about. Richard and Linda are key apostolic leaders in Maine and honored me greatly by presenting me with the key to Maine given to them by Chuck Pierce and allowing me to take it to Eastport with me to pray before I returned it to them. How wonderful it is when we work together.
The morning of 10-10 (John 10:10), I awoke with an excitement that could hardly be contained. As I made my way near Interstate 95 towards Bangor and then Eastport, I suddenly noticed a gas station. Without any premediated planning, at the spur of the moment, I quickly pulled into the Shell station to top off my tank. As I was pumping gas, I was startled to look across the pumps to see a man filling up a red Trans Am. His Maine license plate had three numbers - 212. I was stunned and quickly tried to take his picture without being noticed, and then I called Linda Brink to tell her and I wasnt' even out of town yet. As I filled my tank, I recorded my mileage and noted I had come 211.6 miles since the day before when driving up from Massachuesetts. That meant just as I pulled onto I-95, my mileage turned to 212 from the day before. I cleared it again and started north with such a sense of Divine destiny and purpose as I drove towards Eastport. The fall foliage was optimum and the beauty of color dotted the landscape with breathtaking views that made me want to stop and take pictures at every turn in the road. About 50 miles before reaching Eastport, my odometer turned to 148,888 miles, which meant that since the day of my encounter in Montana on Sept 16, I had come 4,444 miles. Now, how could you call all that coincidence? Why the focus on 212?
One other unique happening occured as I left Fredericksburg, VA on the morning of 11-1. I was driving to Marlton, New Jersey to speak the next day and spend a few days. I had to come around the Washington, DC beltway and felt it was timely as the elections would be held on 11-4. While in Eastport, Maine, I had felt to pray strongly and cry out against the election of Obama, and it happened again as I drove around Washington, DC. When I got into New Jersey, I decided to pull off into the Visitor Center rest area, stretch, and gather some information. When I got back in the van and began to drive, I realized I was just about to have come 212 miles and it was 2:12 in the afternoon. They both synchronized for about 10 miles before traffic or construction slowed me down and I had to exit. Once again, my attention was being focused on 212.
A few days ago, I talked to somone about it on the phone. Then I jumped up to get a drink of water and it was 2:12 in the afternoon and it happened the next day as well at the same time.
Another major focus for 2-12 is that it is Abraham Lincoln's birthday and there is a huge emphasis on Lincoln this year, including Obama's use of the Lincoln Bible to promote his image as a liberator. I hardly think Lincoln would approve of Obama's abortion agenda. It seemed like a sacrilege to me.
A matter of interest is that I spent 12 days in November in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania participating in some meetings with David and Becky Van Koevering. We went to the Lincoln Diner in Gettysburg to eat after the meetings and it was positioned near the train tracks that took Lincoln to deliver the Gettysburg address. We are surely seeing the signs of another civil war looming in America. Lincoln is so known for liberty and freedom and once again, we see the parallels with his birthday on 2-12. It seems rather odd I would spend 12 days in the Gettysburg area. And of course, don't forget I live in "Liberty" Lake.
For a few days, I have felt the Lord prompting me to email you and let you ponder these things in your hearts. He is bringing comfort to us in many ways and wants you to know that even though the heat has been turned up and you feel you're at the boiling point, He is providing a way of release and escape. I don't think it will be like anything we have seen before.
"Thou O Lord, art a shield about me, my Glory, and the LIFTER of my head." Psalms 3:3
"Love lifted me, love lifted me, when nothing else could help, love lifted me" Hymn
Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be lifted up, you age abiding doors; that the King of Glory may come in..." Psalms 24:7
You get the idea. Keep your eyes, head, face, hands, voice and heart lifted up. Remember He is the God of the LIFT. If you reference all the scriptures, it can't help but "lift" you.
My love to all of you. Keep me in your prayers and heart. Selah.
Carla
21200 East Country Vista Dr #L-104
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
509-599-0433
www.carlareed.com
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
February Newsletter
SELAH MINISTRIES
Carla Reed
21200 E Country Vista Dr #L-104
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
509-599-0433
www.carlareed.com
Dearest Friends,
Blessings and Greetings to you once again from beautiful Liberty Lake, Washington. It has been a great joy to me to be able to stay home for several weeks resting up from over six months of intense travel across America in 2008. I didn't know how tired I was until I had a chance to rest. The snow and cloudy, dreary weather have made for a cozy time of snuggling into the warm, comfort, and security of my own home and allowed a cocooning time that I trust will allow me to come forth with new butterfly wings. As it is, I've felt about as sluggish as the caterpillar and about as attractive. I have a feeling alot of you are feeling the same way. Yesterday, I felt the need to look up the word metamorphosis and google it on the computer. It was amazing to see all the beautiful pictures of butterflies and read about the process. So, if you are feeling 'processed', be encouraged! I believe what the Lord is doing in this hour is not near as much about us being more anointed as it is about personal transformation. So, if you feel you've lost your identity, you're right. You are a new creature in Christ and He is about to prove it to us all. So many of us feel like we have had to 'fly by the seat of our pants', so to speak, and He about to show us how to use our wings!!
For many of us and nearly everyone I know, it seems like we've entered a dark tunnel or birth canal that has squeezed us with nearly unbearable pressure. Personally, I have never known such darkness, but I know it is not from the enemy. It's the darkness of the Lord that He invites us to enter as He did Moses upon Mt Sinai many years ago. The people pulled away and stood back, and only one man entered into the dense cloud of darkness. It was there He encountered the Lord for 40 days and was given the Ten Commandments. We all talk about desiring mountain top experiences, but did we ever think the Lord would invite us into thick deep darkness? Recently, I was visiting with friends on the phone and told them I feel like I've been put in a dark room and I'm trying to be happy in there. Interestingly enough, I once worked in a darkroom developing pictures for a small town newspaper in South Dakota and I had to "feel" how to take the film out of the camera and putting it into the container with solution to develope the film. Then when I looked at the 'negatives', black was really white and white was black before the pictures were developed. Images appeared to be the opposite of what they really were. I believe we are being invited into "the dark room" that He might expose our negatives and turn them into positive images. The LIGHT always ruined the undeveloped negatives.
There are treasures in the darkness as the Lord hides Himself there for us to seek Him. When everything in us wants to run and try to fill the void or escape the uncomfortable feelings of being 'in the dark', we must stand firm and trust Him. We are being brought to a place of utter dependence and it really is a good thing. Beloved, when a 'dark cloud' is upon us or upon our family and nation, we can rest assured it's because His Overshadowing Presence is putting us in the shade of His Care. Over and over, I kept saying, " I don't want to fear the darkness. I don't want to fear this place in God". We will gather treasures in this place if we don't let the carnal mind of fear, worry and anxiety overtake us and cause us to run and pull away from the Lord.
Another thought that keeps coming to me is that we desire to know the depths of His love. Where did we think that would happen? We are familiar with the lengths, breadths, and love the dizzy heights, but the depths are something else. So if you feel like you're in a free fall with nothing to stand on, I'm thinking we may really be "falling in love" with Him after all. Deep is calling onto Deep and it's coming from deep within us calling unto the Deep of God. I recently watched a video about the ocean depths and what was so amazing at the place of deepest darkness beyond the sun's rays, was the incredible beauty of the plant and fish life that no one sees. Some of this was viewed from the Planet Earth BBC video series that has the most stunning photography you will ever see.
Here are a few scripture references to darkness:
He made darkness His secret Place. (Psalms 28:11)
Darkness and the light are both alike to Him. (Psalms 139:12)
Clouds of darkness are about Him, (Psalms 97:2)
I form the light and create the darkness. (Isaiah 45:7)
I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places. (Isaiah 45:3)
Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was. (Exod 20:21)
The mountain burned with fire, with clouds, and thick darkness ( Deut 4:11)
He came down and darkness was under His feet (II Sam 22:10)
The day of the Lord is darkness and not light. (Amos 5:18)
Is there a demonic darkness? Yes. But, we will learn not to even fear it and our times in the dark room will give us eyes to see and discernment about what is really going on. Many of us are confused and trying to rebuke the devil, when the Lord is dealing with His people in an un-precedented way. I know this much, rebuking the Lord is not a good thing even if it's done ignorantly, and certainly, judging others going thru' hard and dark times isn't too smart either. One of the major things I see the Lord dealing with is our fear of deception, which will actually keep us out of understanding deeper truths and hold us hostage in our misperceptions (missed perceptions) which are deceptions as well. In other words, the thing we fear (deception) actually comes on us because we reject truth thinking it is error and we can get more deeply cemented into our mental position and dangerously dogmatic. That in turn causes us to be suspicious of others and reject them and deeper revelations of truth in the name of our discernment. What a pit it can become for the fearful and self reliant. We will need so much grace and patience with each other in the days to come as the Lord reveals more of Himself and His ways to us. Even our language is changing as our new vocabulary in the spirit is being 'developed'. If we're not careful, we can misjudge what someone is saying if we dwell on the words alone and don't know the heart.
May the Lord grant each of you His peace and comfort in these strange times... the best of times and the worst of times. It would really be nice to hear from you. I have no plans to travel or minister until the end of March. As I was returning home in December, I felt the Lord say "Ninety days in the Secret Place". After so much travel and social and spiritual interaction, it hasn't been easy. I love the rest, but the mental torment of wondering how to pay the bills or the accusing "You should be doing something" can steal joy and rest quickly. I'm really not in a position to "do something" too much anyway, feeling physically and emotionally depleted after all the travel. I'm just not up to it. So, since I can't come to your house this time, would you come to mine? Visit me with your phone calls, letters, love, prayers and support. I really do want to hear from you.
Thank you for your love, kindness, and friendship, Financial support is at an all time low due to many who are also struggling. I understand it, my friends, and I would not ask you to take from your needs or your family's. Only do what is in your heart to do and we will agree for a multiplication of funds for all of us. Let us break the bread together and we will both eat well.
Before I close I want to make you aware of some websites that I think will be a blessing to you.
First of all, I want to recommend the websites of my wonderful friends, Alyosha and Jody Ryabinov. Alyosha has such wonderful healing music and you can order his Cd's on www.songofisrael.com. Click on my store and then you can listen to some of his tracks. They are some of my favorite CD's and very healing and soothing. Be sure and check out the Healing Scriptures CD that has Alyosha playing while Sid Roth is speaking scriptures first in English and then in Hebrew.
Jody has designed amazing and wonderful EMF(electro-magnetic frequency) shields that will help protect you against harmful frequencies from cell phones, computers, towers, and electrical appliances and wires. Her site is www.glorycareandwear.com. If you let her know I have referred you, she will be giving me a commission on the sales. I also have some EMF pendants and cell phone shields with me and you can call me directly. Be sure and watch the videos on her website and read the startling information about what our bodies are being subjected to. I have been wearing a pendent for over a year and know it has protected me well. Many of us have compromised immune systems because of frequency interference in our bodies. An unseen, but dangerous enemy of your health and mine.
For those of you who want to attend conferences and haven't been able to because of money or distance, I want to let you know of the most wonderful video online library that is being made available by Jim Otts of Spokane. He is the director of Royal Crown Foundation and has videoed many wonderful conferences all over America. He has compiled them and put them into a huge video library and you can subscribe for only $9.95 per month. That means you can watch unlimited videos of all the speakers and conferences you missed at a fraction of the cost. What an amazing blessing this is to the body of Christ. Thanks Jim!!
Jim is an outstanding Christian brother who has labored long and hard to make CD's and DVD's available to people attending the conferences who want to take something home. He too has lived 'by faith' trusting for his provision. The library "fee" is to help him cover production costs and is the bargain of the year! His website is www.rcfvl.com (Royal Crown Foundation Video Library)
For those of you interested in prophetic art, I want to recommend my friend, Pastor Mike DeLorenzo who lives in Des Moines, Washington (not Iowa). However, I did learn that Mike's mother was born in Sioux Falls, SD and that makes him kind of midwestern kin.
You can access his artwork at www.myfathershouseministries.com and see what keeps him busy. Also check out their website, www.ionways.com/aquapure to view the best water purifying system on the market. You can email or call Linda DeLorenzo about it. I have read about several purifiers and I'm really wanting to purchase the Athena system as it alkanizes the water. If Linda has about three people interested and ready to purchase at the same time she orders, she can provide a substantial discount on the price.
And of course, don't forget to visit my website www.carlareed.com to order my CD's, Akiane's book, or read and order "My Story". And of course, you can access Akiane's website at: www.artakiane.com to view the wonderful pictures.
About three weeks ago, I sent out my most recent book as an attachment called Days of Glory. It is my gift to you and to honor the Lord's great faithfulness to me as I encountered the Glory realms 10 years ago. I haven't heard from too many of you, so I'm assuming you've not had time to read it yet. I am hoping to get some copies printed in the near future and make them available for sale. I believe the book will be a great blessing to you and I'm going to include it as an attachment again as I think some people either missed getting it or it couldn't be opened. I will be commenting in the days ahead on what I feel the Lord is showing me about the 'Power of Ten', which is why I wrote the book. If you have trouble reading online or don't have the time to sit at a computer, print it off and enjoy the wonderful stories that I have shared. Then, give it to someone else who needs encouragement or email them the attachment. Let's proclaim His goodness and Glory to everyone.
Now, for a praise report!!!
Since returning from the east coast in December, I have been looking at and pricing new computers and wanted a new desktop altho' I've never had a desktop. I will continue to use the laptop that was given to me, but have had trouble with limited memory and my cd drive does not work to read or write. I wanted a larger screen that would be easier on my eyes, plus the memory capability for all the writing I want to do and to store several thousand pictures and data. Two weeks ago, I happened to go to the Staples store as a sales circular had just come out with a wonderful HP desk top with 6 GB system memory and 500 GB hard drive, plus a 22" monitor all for $659. It has the Windows Vista Home Premium edition which did cause some complications in transferring some of my old programs. But, I'm all ready with a new computer and so this is my first newsletter on my 22" inch monitor which is like a small TV screen. I also just hooked up to internet in my apartment and will be able to check emails more quickly and get online to see all the great google and youtube videos and data downloads really fast. I'm wonderfully spoiled and happy about it. I did not have the funds to pay cash, but didn't want to pass up the deal as I so needed it for what is coming forth in writing. So, if you'd like to give and apply a donation towards the new ministry computer, I'll be estatically happy. A special thanks to Jim Otts and his friend, Len, who came and helped this somewhat challenged computer non-nerd. They transferred my word files and pictures, altho some programs were not up to par and compatible with Vista Windows. I suppose there is a prophetic picture in this that our programs are out of date and we need to upgrade and get with the new program.
In closing,
Beloved, let us truly love one another and stay connected thru emails and phone calls. We are going to need each other as never before and the enemy would have us at war with each other, finding fault (and there's plenty of it) or hiding our pain, and withholding our love and support. If I can be of any service to you in prayer or just to talk, let me know. It's my joy and honor to serve you. I'm truly blessed by the best friends in all of America.
My love and thanks to all of you,
Carla Reed
21200 E Country Vista Dr #L-104
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
509-599-0433
Carla Reed
21200 E Country Vista Dr #L-104
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
509-599-0433
www.carlareed.com
Dearest Friends,
Blessings and Greetings to you once again from beautiful Liberty Lake, Washington. It has been a great joy to me to be able to stay home for several weeks resting up from over six months of intense travel across America in 2008. I didn't know how tired I was until I had a chance to rest. The snow and cloudy, dreary weather have made for a cozy time of snuggling into the warm, comfort, and security of my own home and allowed a cocooning time that I trust will allow me to come forth with new butterfly wings. As it is, I've felt about as sluggish as the caterpillar and about as attractive. I have a feeling alot of you are feeling the same way. Yesterday, I felt the need to look up the word metamorphosis and google it on the computer. It was amazing to see all the beautiful pictures of butterflies and read about the process. So, if you are feeling 'processed', be encouraged! I believe what the Lord is doing in this hour is not near as much about us being more anointed as it is about personal transformation. So, if you feel you've lost your identity, you're right. You are a new creature in Christ and He is about to prove it to us all. So many of us feel like we have had to 'fly by the seat of our pants', so to speak, and He about to show us how to use our wings!!
For many of us and nearly everyone I know, it seems like we've entered a dark tunnel or birth canal that has squeezed us with nearly unbearable pressure. Personally, I have never known such darkness, but I know it is not from the enemy. It's the darkness of the Lord that He invites us to enter as He did Moses upon Mt Sinai many years ago. The people pulled away and stood back, and only one man entered into the dense cloud of darkness. It was there He encountered the Lord for 40 days and was given the Ten Commandments. We all talk about desiring mountain top experiences, but did we ever think the Lord would invite us into thick deep darkness? Recently, I was visiting with friends on the phone and told them I feel like I've been put in a dark room and I'm trying to be happy in there. Interestingly enough, I once worked in a darkroom developing pictures for a small town newspaper in South Dakota and I had to "feel" how to take the film out of the camera and putting it into the container with solution to develope the film. Then when I looked at the 'negatives', black was really white and white was black before the pictures were developed. Images appeared to be the opposite of what they really were. I believe we are being invited into "the dark room" that He might expose our negatives and turn them into positive images. The LIGHT always ruined the undeveloped negatives.
There are treasures in the darkness as the Lord hides Himself there for us to seek Him. When everything in us wants to run and try to fill the void or escape the uncomfortable feelings of being 'in the dark', we must stand firm and trust Him. We are being brought to a place of utter dependence and it really is a good thing. Beloved, when a 'dark cloud' is upon us or upon our family and nation, we can rest assured it's because His Overshadowing Presence is putting us in the shade of His Care. Over and over, I kept saying, " I don't want to fear the darkness. I don't want to fear this place in God". We will gather treasures in this place if we don't let the carnal mind of fear, worry and anxiety overtake us and cause us to run and pull away from the Lord.
Another thought that keeps coming to me is that we desire to know the depths of His love. Where did we think that would happen? We are familiar with the lengths, breadths, and love the dizzy heights, but the depths are something else. So if you feel like you're in a free fall with nothing to stand on, I'm thinking we may really be "falling in love" with Him after all. Deep is calling onto Deep and it's coming from deep within us calling unto the Deep of God. I recently watched a video about the ocean depths and what was so amazing at the place of deepest darkness beyond the sun's rays, was the incredible beauty of the plant and fish life that no one sees. Some of this was viewed from the Planet Earth BBC video series that has the most stunning photography you will ever see.
Here are a few scripture references to darkness:
He made darkness His secret Place. (Psalms 28:11)
Darkness and the light are both alike to Him. (Psalms 139:12)
Clouds of darkness are about Him, (Psalms 97:2)
I form the light and create the darkness. (Isaiah 45:7)
I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places. (Isaiah 45:3)
Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was. (Exod 20:21)
The mountain burned with fire, with clouds, and thick darkness ( Deut 4:11)
He came down and darkness was under His feet (II Sam 22:10)
The day of the Lord is darkness and not light. (Amos 5:18)
Is there a demonic darkness? Yes. But, we will learn not to even fear it and our times in the dark room will give us eyes to see and discernment about what is really going on. Many of us are confused and trying to rebuke the devil, when the Lord is dealing with His people in an un-precedented way. I know this much, rebuking the Lord is not a good thing even if it's done ignorantly, and certainly, judging others going thru' hard and dark times isn't too smart either. One of the major things I see the Lord dealing with is our fear of deception, which will actually keep us out of understanding deeper truths and hold us hostage in our misperceptions (missed perceptions) which are deceptions as well. In other words, the thing we fear (deception) actually comes on us because we reject truth thinking it is error and we can get more deeply cemented into our mental position and dangerously dogmatic. That in turn causes us to be suspicious of others and reject them and deeper revelations of truth in the name of our discernment. What a pit it can become for the fearful and self reliant. We will need so much grace and patience with each other in the days to come as the Lord reveals more of Himself and His ways to us. Even our language is changing as our new vocabulary in the spirit is being 'developed'. If we're not careful, we can misjudge what someone is saying if we dwell on the words alone and don't know the heart.
May the Lord grant each of you His peace and comfort in these strange times... the best of times and the worst of times. It would really be nice to hear from you. I have no plans to travel or minister until the end of March. As I was returning home in December, I felt the Lord say "Ninety days in the Secret Place". After so much travel and social and spiritual interaction, it hasn't been easy. I love the rest, but the mental torment of wondering how to pay the bills or the accusing "You should be doing something" can steal joy and rest quickly. I'm really not in a position to "do something" too much anyway, feeling physically and emotionally depleted after all the travel. I'm just not up to it. So, since I can't come to your house this time, would you come to mine? Visit me with your phone calls, letters, love, prayers and support. I really do want to hear from you.
Thank you for your love, kindness, and friendship, Financial support is at an all time low due to many who are also struggling. I understand it, my friends, and I would not ask you to take from your needs or your family's. Only do what is in your heart to do and we will agree for a multiplication of funds for all of us. Let us break the bread together and we will both eat well.
Before I close I want to make you aware of some websites that I think will be a blessing to you.
First of all, I want to recommend the websites of my wonderful friends, Alyosha and Jody Ryabinov. Alyosha has such wonderful healing music and you can order his Cd's on www.songofisrael.com. Click on my store and then you can listen to some of his tracks. They are some of my favorite CD's and very healing and soothing. Be sure and check out the Healing Scriptures CD that has Alyosha playing while Sid Roth is speaking scriptures first in English and then in Hebrew.
Jody has designed amazing and wonderful EMF(electro-magnetic frequency) shields that will help protect you against harmful frequencies from cell phones, computers, towers, and electrical appliances and wires. Her site is www.glorycareandwear.com. If you let her know I have referred you, she will be giving me a commission on the sales. I also have some EMF pendants and cell phone shields with me and you can call me directly. Be sure and watch the videos on her website and read the startling information about what our bodies are being subjected to. I have been wearing a pendent for over a year and know it has protected me well. Many of us have compromised immune systems because of frequency interference in our bodies. An unseen, but dangerous enemy of your health and mine.
For those of you who want to attend conferences and haven't been able to because of money or distance, I want to let you know of the most wonderful video online library that is being made available by Jim Otts of Spokane. He is the director of Royal Crown Foundation and has videoed many wonderful conferences all over America. He has compiled them and put them into a huge video library and you can subscribe for only $9.95 per month. That means you can watch unlimited videos of all the speakers and conferences you missed at a fraction of the cost. What an amazing blessing this is to the body of Christ. Thanks Jim!!
Jim is an outstanding Christian brother who has labored long and hard to make CD's and DVD's available to people attending the conferences who want to take something home. He too has lived 'by faith' trusting for his provision. The library "fee" is to help him cover production costs and is the bargain of the year! His website is www.rcfvl.com (Royal Crown Foundation Video Library)
For those of you interested in prophetic art, I want to recommend my friend, Pastor Mike DeLorenzo who lives in Des Moines, Washington (not Iowa). However, I did learn that Mike's mother was born in Sioux Falls, SD and that makes him kind of midwestern kin.
You can access his artwork at www.myfathershouseministries.com and see what keeps him busy. Also check out their website, www.ionways.com/aquapure to view the best water purifying system on the market. You can email or call Linda DeLorenzo about it. I have read about several purifiers and I'm really wanting to purchase the Athena system as it alkanizes the water. If Linda has about three people interested and ready to purchase at the same time she orders, she can provide a substantial discount on the price.
And of course, don't forget to visit my website www.carlareed.com to order my CD's, Akiane's book, or read and order "My Story". And of course, you can access Akiane's website at: www.artakiane.com to view the wonderful pictures.
About three weeks ago, I sent out my most recent book as an attachment called Days of Glory. It is my gift to you and to honor the Lord's great faithfulness to me as I encountered the Glory realms 10 years ago. I haven't heard from too many of you, so I'm assuming you've not had time to read it yet. I am hoping to get some copies printed in the near future and make them available for sale. I believe the book will be a great blessing to you and I'm going to include it as an attachment again as I think some people either missed getting it or it couldn't be opened. I will be commenting in the days ahead on what I feel the Lord is showing me about the 'Power of Ten', which is why I wrote the book. If you have trouble reading online or don't have the time to sit at a computer, print it off and enjoy the wonderful stories that I have shared. Then, give it to someone else who needs encouragement or email them the attachment. Let's proclaim His goodness and Glory to everyone.
Now, for a praise report!!!
Since returning from the east coast in December, I have been looking at and pricing new computers and wanted a new desktop altho' I've never had a desktop. I will continue to use the laptop that was given to me, but have had trouble with limited memory and my cd drive does not work to read or write. I wanted a larger screen that would be easier on my eyes, plus the memory capability for all the writing I want to do and to store several thousand pictures and data. Two weeks ago, I happened to go to the Staples store as a sales circular had just come out with a wonderful HP desk top with 6 GB system memory and 500 GB hard drive, plus a 22" monitor all for $659. It has the Windows Vista Home Premium edition which did cause some complications in transferring some of my old programs. But, I'm all ready with a new computer and so this is my first newsletter on my 22" inch monitor which is like a small TV screen. I also just hooked up to internet in my apartment and will be able to check emails more quickly and get online to see all the great google and youtube videos and data downloads really fast. I'm wonderfully spoiled and happy about it. I did not have the funds to pay cash, but didn't want to pass up the deal as I so needed it for what is coming forth in writing. So, if you'd like to give and apply a donation towards the new ministry computer, I'll be estatically happy. A special thanks to Jim Otts and his friend, Len, who came and helped this somewhat challenged computer non-nerd. They transferred my word files and pictures, altho some programs were not up to par and compatible with Vista Windows. I suppose there is a prophetic picture in this that our programs are out of date and we need to upgrade and get with the new program.
In closing,
Beloved, let us truly love one another and stay connected thru emails and phone calls. We are going to need each other as never before and the enemy would have us at war with each other, finding fault (and there's plenty of it) or hiding our pain, and withholding our love and support. If I can be of any service to you in prayer or just to talk, let me know. It's my joy and honor to serve you. I'm truly blessed by the best friends in all of America.
My love and thanks to all of you,
Carla Reed
21200 E Country Vista Dr #L-104
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
509-599-0433
Days of Glory - New Book and a New Arrival!!
SELAH MINISTRIES
Carla Reed, Minister
21200 E Country Vista Dr #L-104
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
509-599-0433 or 605-376-0033
www.carlareed.com
Dearest Friends,
Blessings and New Year’s Greetings to all of you! It has been over a month since my last correspondence and I have some wonderful things to share with you.
First of all, I am so very happy to present you with a precious gift. I have just completed the first draft of a new book that I am calling "Days of Glory", and I am sending it to you as an attachment to bring blessings, joy, and hope. With darkening storm clouds gathering all around us, I personally felt the need to go back and remind myself of the Lord’s Great Faithfulness. He began to take me back ten years ago when I faced similar darkened days, and He caused His Face to shine ever so brightly and did above and beyond all I would have ever thought or asked. It was my introduction into a Realm of Glory that I believe is being released again this year, ten years later. My friend, David Van Koevering talks about the “Power of Ten” and so I have highlighted the astonishing release of His Glory through Ruth Heflin’s ministry at Calvary Pentecostal Campground in Ashland, Virginia and my eyewitness account and experience of the gold dust and gold teeth manifestation when it first happened in 1999. As I have typed the words, I have felt a fresh wave of His Glory wash out over me as the ever increasing ripples in a pond. I trust I will splash on you as well.
The true stories following that Glory Encounter are of my returning to South Dakota and the testimonies and accounting of impartations and manifestations into the region. I am sharing candidly and honestly from my own journals, memoirs, and memory. Some of you who I met in 1999 will be surprised to find your name in the pages of a ‘book of remembrance’ that highlights some of my favorite stories of the wild and wacky world of a traveling ministry. I'm sure you will laugh and shake you head in bewilderment at the amazing ways the Lord blesses us in spite of ourselves.
If you are suffering the winter doldrums, be prepared to have your socks blessed off and walk around barefoot a few days. Truly we will remove the shoes from our feet as we stand on the Holy Ground of His Glorious Presence, realized and felt among us once again. It would be best to save the file to your computer or print it out. Take your time to read it and enjoy what I have labored extensively to bring forth as a clear and accurate accounting of the “Days of Glory” that happened ten years ago in 1999. In many ways, it will serve as a foundation for the next book I am writing about gathering the waters of America, and you will know me much better than you do now.
It is my hope to get the book formatted and printed as funds are available. The book attachment is a gift to you and only if you desire, are you welcome to partner with me for its publication. I will also be making available a DVD from the Campground in Ashland,Virginia of Silvania’s Testimony on February 6, 1999. I was an eyewitness and you’ll find me in the video if you watch carefully. I will be working on a CD audio version of my book to be released soon, so stay tuned for all the details. Also, I will have Ruth Heflin's book, "Golden Glory" available for sale and you can order your copy. It contains detailed testimonies from those who experienced the gold dust manifestation and how it caused an impartation to the readers that stunned the most skeptical.
Now for some other good news.
On January 2, 2009, I was blessed by the birth of my twelfth grandchild, a boy, named Titus Wayne, weighing 8 lbs, 5 oz. He is the newborn son of my daughter, Anne, and her husband, Dan, who live in Anderson, Indiana. Titus was due in December, but he did not want to make a showing until the new year. We all hoped we might have the New Year’s baby, but his birth was induced on Jan 2. He was still in no hurry. He joins Luke, Hannah, Ethan, and Joseph who all adore him. Starting the new year with a new baby just seems right. The fact that he is number twelve is delightfully prophetic and now I have my own tribe.
The last month since my return in December has been a season of knowing the Depths of the Lord’s love in the depths of darkness and fatigue. Spokane endured the heaviest snow on record in December, all 61 inches of it. It happened just after I arrived home, and I was so very grateful to get snowed into my very own place and not be fighting hazardous conditions on the roads or somewhere else. I have had days upon days of silence, prayer, introspection, searchings, longings, and napping. I didn't know I was so tired. I did end up spending Christmas “Home Alone” as road conditions prohibited my travel to see my middle son in Moses Lake. I came off of 12 weeks of intense travel to a screeching halt, somewhat akin to hitting a wall. It has taken over a month to clear my head, search my heart, and even begin to think of writing. That is why the book is clearly anointed by His Hand to encourage me and those who will take time to read it’s precious pages. If you're not blessed by the contents, I'll come take your temperature. Just teasing.
Now, could I share another absolutely delightful story?
My new grand piano has needed tuning this last year, but constant travel seemed to postpone it to a more convenient time. After arriving home in December, I sat down to play and worship and grew annoyed with a sticky G key right above middle C. Anyone who plays piano, knows that’s an important key in every song you play. Remembering that one free tune up came with the purchase of the piano, I decided to call the music store and see if they would still honor their offer as so much time had passed. They said they would send someone out after the holidays. So, on January 8, a distinguished looking piano tuner came to my apartment. He tried several ways to loosen up the sticky key and finally decided to slide out the whole keyboard to give him access to the little hammers on the backside that strike the strings. Before going further, he excused himself to run outside and get some oil as I also had a squeaky pedal. Glancing across my living room to the piano, I noticed what appeared to be a large speck of dirt or a tiny dust ball laying just inside the open piano casing. I decided to quick grab a rag and dust it out before he came back in and slid the entire keyboard back inside the hole that had just been left.
As I went to pick up the “dirt or dust ball”, I was quite surprised to find a small purple amethyst looking rectangular gemstone about the size of a sunflower seed. I had to grin, thankful I’d found it before he did when he came back in. After trying this and that, he finally was able to loosen up the G key and inserted the whole keyboard back into the piano casing so he could begin the actual tune up. He told me it was quite flat and with so much time elapsing since my purchase and my traveling, I’m sure it was. As he was ready to start tuning, he glanced down on the piano bench where he had laid the keyboard earlier and picked up a tiny clear gemstone. “Here”, he said, “It looks like a little rhinestone or something”. All I could say was “thanks” as I retrieved a small round clear faceted gemstone about the size of a colored pin head. How was I supposed to explain that? I didn’t try and suddenly I realized what was jamming up my key was that little clear gemstone that had gotten lodged in there somewhere. Since it had dropped out of the bottom of the keyboard as it sat on the bench where he’d worked on it, I knew that must have been the “hang up”. I was grinning by the time he left and the next day, spotted another little clear gemstone like the second one under my piano bench on the carpet. I have no explanation as to how those three little gemstones got in there, but I've sure had a lot of fun laughing about it and marveling ever since.
When I sat down after the tuning, my fingers sailed once again across the clear crisp keys of that beautiful piano. I have so many new songs that well up within me as I let my fingers dance across the keys and those too will be coming forth in the days ahead. So, pardon the pun, but “stay tuned”.
A last more difficult piece of news is that Joshua has received orders to be deployed to Afghanistan early and he will be leaving mid April to May. This makes me doubly glad I lingered on the east coast to spend Thanksgiving with him. I will probably be making a trip out to see him before he leaves the country for a year. At this point, I’m not sure if I’ll fly or drive so I can see my new grandson, Titus, on the way. By spring, I may be willing to get back into my van.
In closing, know you are loved and appreciated for your kindness and generosity over the years. I enjoy hearing from you and for some of you, it’s been a very long time. I trust my emails are a blessing to you and not just marked for deletion.
It is my hope to continue to write for the next several weeks as I trust the Lord to bring in the needed funds and rest up from so much intense travel this past year. Let your heart be your guide and if the book is a blessing to you, let me know. We can partner together for it’s release in print. It is truly my joy to release it to you before its publication as a gift and a testimony to the Faithfulness of God. We will need to be reminded often in the days ahead of us.
May His Face and Grace shine upon you all and keep you safe and satisfied in Him.
To the Praise of His Glory,
Carla
21200 E Country Vista Dr #L-104
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
509-599-0433
Carla Reed, Minister
21200 E Country Vista Dr #L-104
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
509-599-0433 or 605-376-0033
www.carlareed.com
Dearest Friends,
Blessings and New Year’s Greetings to all of you! It has been over a month since my last correspondence and I have some wonderful things to share with you.
First of all, I am so very happy to present you with a precious gift. I have just completed the first draft of a new book that I am calling "Days of Glory", and I am sending it to you as an attachment to bring blessings, joy, and hope. With darkening storm clouds gathering all around us, I personally felt the need to go back and remind myself of the Lord’s Great Faithfulness. He began to take me back ten years ago when I faced similar darkened days, and He caused His Face to shine ever so brightly and did above and beyond all I would have ever thought or asked. It was my introduction into a Realm of Glory that I believe is being released again this year, ten years later. My friend, David Van Koevering talks about the “Power of Ten” and so I have highlighted the astonishing release of His Glory through Ruth Heflin’s ministry at Calvary Pentecostal Campground in Ashland, Virginia and my eyewitness account and experience of the gold dust and gold teeth manifestation when it first happened in 1999. As I have typed the words, I have felt a fresh wave of His Glory wash out over me as the ever increasing ripples in a pond. I trust I will splash on you as well.
The true stories following that Glory Encounter are of my returning to South Dakota and the testimonies and accounting of impartations and manifestations into the region. I am sharing candidly and honestly from my own journals, memoirs, and memory. Some of you who I met in 1999 will be surprised to find your name in the pages of a ‘book of remembrance’ that highlights some of my favorite stories of the wild and wacky world of a traveling ministry. I'm sure you will laugh and shake you head in bewilderment at the amazing ways the Lord blesses us in spite of ourselves.
If you are suffering the winter doldrums, be prepared to have your socks blessed off and walk around barefoot a few days. Truly we will remove the shoes from our feet as we stand on the Holy Ground of His Glorious Presence, realized and felt among us once again. It would be best to save the file to your computer or print it out. Take your time to read it and enjoy what I have labored extensively to bring forth as a clear and accurate accounting of the “Days of Glory” that happened ten years ago in 1999. In many ways, it will serve as a foundation for the next book I am writing about gathering the waters of America, and you will know me much better than you do now.
It is my hope to get the book formatted and printed as funds are available. The book attachment is a gift to you and only if you desire, are you welcome to partner with me for its publication. I will also be making available a DVD from the Campground in Ashland,Virginia of Silvania’s Testimony on February 6, 1999. I was an eyewitness and you’ll find me in the video if you watch carefully. I will be working on a CD audio version of my book to be released soon, so stay tuned for all the details. Also, I will have Ruth Heflin's book, "Golden Glory" available for sale and you can order your copy. It contains detailed testimonies from those who experienced the gold dust manifestation and how it caused an impartation to the readers that stunned the most skeptical.
Now for some other good news.
On January 2, 2009, I was blessed by the birth of my twelfth grandchild, a boy, named Titus Wayne, weighing 8 lbs, 5 oz. He is the newborn son of my daughter, Anne, and her husband, Dan, who live in Anderson, Indiana. Titus was due in December, but he did not want to make a showing until the new year. We all hoped we might have the New Year’s baby, but his birth was induced on Jan 2. He was still in no hurry. He joins Luke, Hannah, Ethan, and Joseph who all adore him. Starting the new year with a new baby just seems right. The fact that he is number twelve is delightfully prophetic and now I have my own tribe.
The last month since my return in December has been a season of knowing the Depths of the Lord’s love in the depths of darkness and fatigue. Spokane endured the heaviest snow on record in December, all 61 inches of it. It happened just after I arrived home, and I was so very grateful to get snowed into my very own place and not be fighting hazardous conditions on the roads or somewhere else. I have had days upon days of silence, prayer, introspection, searchings, longings, and napping. I didn't know I was so tired. I did end up spending Christmas “Home Alone” as road conditions prohibited my travel to see my middle son in Moses Lake. I came off of 12 weeks of intense travel to a screeching halt, somewhat akin to hitting a wall. It has taken over a month to clear my head, search my heart, and even begin to think of writing. That is why the book is clearly anointed by His Hand to encourage me and those who will take time to read it’s precious pages. If you're not blessed by the contents, I'll come take your temperature. Just teasing.
Now, could I share another absolutely delightful story?
My new grand piano has needed tuning this last year, but constant travel seemed to postpone it to a more convenient time. After arriving home in December, I sat down to play and worship and grew annoyed with a sticky G key right above middle C. Anyone who plays piano, knows that’s an important key in every song you play. Remembering that one free tune up came with the purchase of the piano, I decided to call the music store and see if they would still honor their offer as so much time had passed. They said they would send someone out after the holidays. So, on January 8, a distinguished looking piano tuner came to my apartment. He tried several ways to loosen up the sticky key and finally decided to slide out the whole keyboard to give him access to the little hammers on the backside that strike the strings. Before going further, he excused himself to run outside and get some oil as I also had a squeaky pedal. Glancing across my living room to the piano, I noticed what appeared to be a large speck of dirt or a tiny dust ball laying just inside the open piano casing. I decided to quick grab a rag and dust it out before he came back in and slid the entire keyboard back inside the hole that had just been left.
As I went to pick up the “dirt or dust ball”, I was quite surprised to find a small purple amethyst looking rectangular gemstone about the size of a sunflower seed. I had to grin, thankful I’d found it before he did when he came back in. After trying this and that, he finally was able to loosen up the G key and inserted the whole keyboard back into the piano casing so he could begin the actual tune up. He told me it was quite flat and with so much time elapsing since my purchase and my traveling, I’m sure it was. As he was ready to start tuning, he glanced down on the piano bench where he had laid the keyboard earlier and picked up a tiny clear gemstone. “Here”, he said, “It looks like a little rhinestone or something”. All I could say was “thanks” as I retrieved a small round clear faceted gemstone about the size of a colored pin head. How was I supposed to explain that? I didn’t try and suddenly I realized what was jamming up my key was that little clear gemstone that had gotten lodged in there somewhere. Since it had dropped out of the bottom of the keyboard as it sat on the bench where he’d worked on it, I knew that must have been the “hang up”. I was grinning by the time he left and the next day, spotted another little clear gemstone like the second one under my piano bench on the carpet. I have no explanation as to how those three little gemstones got in there, but I've sure had a lot of fun laughing about it and marveling ever since.
When I sat down after the tuning, my fingers sailed once again across the clear crisp keys of that beautiful piano. I have so many new songs that well up within me as I let my fingers dance across the keys and those too will be coming forth in the days ahead. So, pardon the pun, but “stay tuned”.
A last more difficult piece of news is that Joshua has received orders to be deployed to Afghanistan early and he will be leaving mid April to May. This makes me doubly glad I lingered on the east coast to spend Thanksgiving with him. I will probably be making a trip out to see him before he leaves the country for a year. At this point, I’m not sure if I’ll fly or drive so I can see my new grandson, Titus, on the way. By spring, I may be willing to get back into my van.
In closing, know you are loved and appreciated for your kindness and generosity over the years. I enjoy hearing from you and for some of you, it’s been a very long time. I trust my emails are a blessing to you and not just marked for deletion.
It is my hope to continue to write for the next several weeks as I trust the Lord to bring in the needed funds and rest up from so much intense travel this past year. Let your heart be your guide and if the book is a blessing to you, let me know. We can partner together for it’s release in print. It is truly my joy to release it to you before its publication as a gift and a testimony to the Faithfulness of God. We will need to be reminded often in the days ahead of us.
May His Face and Grace shine upon you all and keep you safe and satisfied in Him.
To the Praise of His Glory,
Carla
21200 E Country Vista Dr #L-104
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
509-599-0433
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