July 1, 2007
To my dear friends and so dear to the Heart of God,
I have something wonderful to share with you.
I must tell you an amazing story that happened about 6 weeks ago. I had
been in the Seattle area and had heard that there were some gemstones coming
to a couple in the area. They had come over to Coeur D Alene in the fall
last year to visit mutual ministry friends and had been introduced to Terry
and Gerri Copper who have received the gemstones in the Coeur D Alene area.
They visited the Copper's home having some unique experiences in what they
feel is a heavenly portal area in front of their home where most of the
gemstones have manifested.
When they went back to Seattle in the fall, they
started receiving gemstones as well. They were completely different than the
CdA gems. The first ones were small diamond like stones that appeared in
Terrie Smith's Bible and also many other various shapes, sizes big and small
and all colors of gems that they would find in their home.
Some of them
were in obvious places, like on a bed, but most of them they found as they
searched the room. It reminded me of a child's Easter egg or treasure hunt.
Glenn said the thing that is bring the gemstones is not necessarily striving
in faith, as much as simply becoming childlike in anticipation and
expectation.
About 3 weeks ago, I returned to the Seattle area. I had many divine
appointments and encounters and was greatly blessed to be able to call Glenn
and Terrie Smith. We talked easily for over an hour and found we had both
been to Mt Zion Fellowship in Jerusalem when Ruth Heflin had her prayer
ministry there. They invited me to come to their house and along with my
delightful new friend, Bev, we drove about 35 miles to Maple Valley, WA
outside Seattle.
I wanted to be able to go where the miracles were
happening as there seems to be areas where portals of glory open up. It
happened to the Coppers last summer when gemstones came to them in their
yard, and I'm hearing reports of portals opening and some of them being
photographed. Surely we are entering a new day of visitation, signs and
wonders.
Bev and I were totally unprepared for what we saw, which was a large display
of various colors, sizes and shapes of gemstones. Some of them were very
large. Three more large stones had just come the night before. Glenn
explained that after I had called about coming, he had stayed up late to
work on his computer and do bookwork.
Glenn is an established businessman
and tax accountant in the area and has lived there many years. He is on
their city council and has been active in Full Gospel Businessmen's
Fellowship and his church for many years. He has a theology degree and has
been involved with ministry in the Seattle area. He has a childlike heart
and wonderment that gave way to deep laughter and joy as he showed us the
gemstones and we shared in the glory and wonder of it all. Truly, we all
became as children delighted and happy in the surprises and gifts of our
Father.
As Glenn was working on his computer, he said he was suddenly aware that the
Presence of the Lord had filled the room and He worshipped. Then he heard
something drop. He got up to investigate as that is how some of the
gemstones have manifested. By the front door he found 3 rather large
gemstones. He then proceed to show them to us. And THEN, to my astonished
eyes and heart, he presented one of them to me, and said, "We are supposed
to give you this one".
I was actually speechless. Imagine that. They felt
it had come from the Lord for me since it came after they had talked to me.
It was the first time they have given a large gemstone away. It is a
beautiful multifaceted purple gemstone. It immediately reminded me of the
beautiful gem I was allowed to take with me to Washington, DC and Ashland,
VA last February.
It was a gem given by Terry and Gerri Copper to John and
Ruth Filler. As I've
been preparing for my trip to the east coast in August, I was wishing I
could have a beautiful gemstone to show to people and the Lord delivered it
right to my hand that night.
When the gemstones first happened to them last fall, they came into Terrie's
Bible. She would open it up and the crevice would be filled with tiny
sparking gems that looked like diamonds. They had a whole container full of
them. They have been giving them away and calling them seed diamonds.
They then wanted to show us how the Lord would highlight Scripture for them
to read. As they turned to a few flagged passages, we noticed a beautiful
diamond like iridescent glitter dust over 3 or 4 verses. He read several
passages to us and then we closed the Bible. Suddenly, Terrie Smith who was
looking across from us at the table, saw the Bible had a crack between some
pages and she said; "Wait a minute."
Before our astonished eyes, she re-opened the Bible to the place she saw the
gap and the entire crevice was filled with tiny little diamond like
gemstones. The Bible was open to Joel 2. We began to laugh like children
at the sheer amazement of HIS ways. How can this thing be?
Then we decided to see if a passage was highlighted and sure enough diamond
dust was all over several verses. It began it Joel 2:23... Are you ready
for this??
"BE GLAD THEN, YOU CHILDREN OF ZION, AND REJOICE IN THE LORD, YOUR GOD; FOR
HE GIVES YOU THE FORMER RAIN IN JUST MEASURE AND IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND HE
CAUSES TO COME DOWN FOR YOU THE RAIN, THE FORMER RAIN AND THE LATTER RAIN AS
BEFORE."
And the floors shall be full of grain, and the vats shall overflow with
grape juice and oil.
And I will restore or replace for you the years that the locust has eaten,
the hopping locust, the stripping locust and the crawling locust. My great
army which I sent among you.
And you shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the
Lord, your God, Who has dealt WONDROUSLY with you. AND MY PEOPLE SHALL NEVER
BE PUT TO SHAME.
And you shall know that I am in the midest of Israel and that I, the Lord,
am your God, and there is none else. MY PEOPLE SHALL NEVER BE PUT TO SHAME.
And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and
your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young
men shall see visions.
Even upon the menservants and upon the maidservants in those days will I
pour out My Spirit.
And I will show signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and
fire, and columns of smoke...
WHAT A PERFECT SCRIPTURE VERSE FOR US IN THOSE MOMENTS!!!
As if I wasn't amazed and dazed enough, Glenn and Terrie told me they wanted
me to have the beautiful little diamond like gemstones in the crevice of her
Bible. It has been a joy to give a some of them away and I'll be happy to
show them to you.
After Bev and I left their house that night, we were so thrilled at what we
had just seen and heard. We had a lengthy drive home and were about five
miles out when a huge downpour of rain hit the Seattle area. Bev lives in
SeaTac, which is where the airport is located and we could hardly see for
the driving rain.
Bev has lived in Seattle most of her life and when Seattle people comment on
the intensity of a downpour you know it's not common. She asked me if I
thought it had spiritual significance. That is when I remembered the
Scriptures highlighted in diamond dust that spoke of the early and the
latter rain together. I began to sing an old song:
"I feel the rain. I feel the rain. and it's falling down on me.
I feel the rain. I feel the rain. and it's falling down on me.
It's the early and the latter rain together.. And I'm not talking about the
weather. It's the Holy Ghost rain and it's falling down on me."
We sang that song many years ago at Calvary Pentecostal Campground in
Ashland, VA. And it seemed so appropriate as we drove in the downpour of
rain that had finished by the time we got home.
The very next night I shared at another meeting with a beautiful group of
people in Bellevue. Before the meeting, I was eating lunch with Mary, the
pastor. I happened to look outside some large windows to discover the most
incredible huge rainbow stretched out across Seattle. It seemed to be not
just a double, but a triple rainbow.
I quickly got some pictures and was so
struck that we had the downpour in the dark the night before on the way home
and the very next day we experienced and saw the most amazing rainbow over
Seattle. Yes, my friends, things are changing.
The same Bellevue group met on 07-07-07 for a special day of prayer as was
being done across the country. Pastor Mary emailed me to tell me she had
gone home tired and noticed something shiny on her floor.
She remembered that
I had spoken about the gemstones and that Glenn told us the secret to
receiving them is childlike expectation. So she looked at the shiny
something and found it was a staple on the floor. HOWEVER, about a foot
away, lay a tiny diamond, glittering. She was very happy about it and
emailed me.
I have truly been asking the Lord to be able to carry an anointing and
impartation for the realm of glory and signs and wonders. It is wonderful
that it is happening out here in the northwest, but I'm trusting to see this
realm released and imparted to other people across the country.
I believe
part of the reason for the gemstones is to help us focus and believe and
receive for supernatural provision in the days ahead. We are so limited in
our concepts of how God does things and I think He messes with our heads
just to prove He can do what HE wants, whether we have a doctrinal box for
it or not.
About 5 years ago, I was staying in Winthrop, WA when I had an unusual
dream. I was standing in a prayer line and a man was laying hands on the
people. When He came to me, He laid His hand upon my chest and heart.
Something a wise man would not do in the natural without it seeming
offensive. As HE laid his hand upon my heart, He emphatically declared;
"You are anointed for miracles, signs, and wonders." When He said those
words, I literally felt my feet lift up off the floor. When I awoke I knew
it was the Lord, and I was ecstatic. That is part of my calling.
I will be attaching a few pictures for you to see it. And it will be my
delight to show you as I travel this summer. Yesterday, I took it to a gold
refining lab in Coeur D Alene to have it weighed and had a specific gravity
test run. It is amazingly heavy at 189.5 karots. The men in the lab were
surprised at its size and brilliance. The specific gravity test came out at
5.5 which is way heavier than natural gems. It was ruled out as cubic
zirconia by other tests done with light.
Those who have seen it are astonished at the unique cut of the gemstone. It
has two peaks and is faceted all the way around. It is about the size of a
small walnut and is kind of shaped like an ark. A few days after I returned
home, I decided to try and count the facets of the gem.
I had taken my
contacts out which gives me excellent near sighted vision and I attempted to
count the facets. I kept coming up with 137 facets. In the lab, I asked
one of the men to count them and he too counted 137. All of these are God
numbers.. 1..3..7. Unity. Trinity..Perfection.
The lab technicians kept commenting on how heavy the stone was. I was
suddenly reminded that the Hebrew word for glory is Kabod. It means
heaviness or glory. The glory of the Lord is indeed heavy, so I think the
heavy stones truly are holding the glory of the Lord as they have come from
His glorious Presence. Heaven is a real place with tangible substance and
the gemstones are unique in their heaviness, but also their brilliance. You
must see it.
When I first saw the gemstone, it seemed pretty to me, but initially, I
didn't think it was as pretty as the ones I saw in Coeur D Alene. It is cut
very differently, but it seemed more dull in appearance. Until.
Until I
started showing it to people and telling about it. I don't know how it
happens, but I know it has gotten prettier. It seemed to suddenly know it
was pretty and who doesn't like to be told that?
As I shared and showed it,
it became brilliant with living color and then I realized it truly is a
living stone and was responding to the voices of the people. Just like we
do. More will be said about that this week at the Quantum Leap Conference
as David Van Koevering talks about rocks recording sound. Didn't Jesus said
the very rocks had heard His voice and would be crying out?
A few days after returning from Seattle, I had an interesting dream. I felt
as if someone had come into my room, shaken me and told me to get up quickly
and go outside. They wanted me to see that it was raining gemstones. It
was as if someone literally came to my bedside and woke me up. I was so
startled, I quickly arose to put on clothes and went out my front door. I
was quickly aware there was no rain there so went to my back patio door. I
opened it into the summer air and there was no rain coming in the natural.
Yet, I felt the urgency of getting up to see the glory rain. It seemed in
my mind's eye the rain drops were colored gemstones falling everywhere.
Others have seen similar visions.
The next night I had a similar experience. I was suddenly startled right
after going to bed. I quickly arose and went into my kitchen before I even
thought about what was happening to me As I did, the microwave clock said
11:11 pm. I dropped to my knees on the kitchen floor and began to say HIS
name, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. Surely we are in days of visitation and the
'latter rain' of Joel 2. We may need helmets for this one not just
umbrellas. Ha.
I'm hoping you will be blessed and challenged, beloved friends, to open your
hearts and minds to the new day that we are in. Signs, wonders, and
miracles must be the trademark and expression of the church. The standard
and the norm that will speak to hearts and open them to the truth of the
gospel and His great love for all of us.
Let me hear from you. I'll answer any questions as I can.
My love to you all, Carla
