To the church at the Doves:
 
It is reported that President Bush was notified "after the drama was over."  It was almost that way regarding 9/11.  President Bush was away from the White House, alerted, and stayed away until the crisis had passed.
It seems that Washington is sometimes as very good place to be away from.
 
Whatever is reported to us, the only thing we can be certain of is that it isn't the truth.
(But our job is to pray for all in authority.)
 
However, even though we'll be the last to know in the natural, in the Spirit, we're the FIRST to know.
There was talk about a "double 11" being seen by many of us a couple of months ago.  I can't remember all the references, but for me --I posted something about May 11th on April 4th -- and  especially since that post, I did keep seeing a "double 11", and it began to mean more and more that something  would happen that might be twice as horrific as 9/11. I also kept seeing that healing would ultimately come out of this.  As May 11th came and was nearly leaving, I finally had a chance to turn on the TV, and was startled to see people streaming out of the White House.  I thought at first something really big had happened. I can only say that in my spirit, I still feel something really big IS building, and May 11th has only fueled it.  Some say, "Rachel, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that something big is going happen!"  True, but I'm just saying this to remind us all that the the Spirit speaks to us not only through our search of the Scriptures but also with the tugs of our spirit witnessing with His Spirit; and I am suggesting that He does this to let us know that He is apprising of things as we go along, and encouraging us to hold on because the culmination is at hand.  Our Father knows we may become wearing in watching, and as Deborah and others have posted, burdens in this hour may seem unbearable; but I leave the following testimony about that.
 
I was mentored by a wise saint in Canada back in the 60's who is now with our Lord.  She used to remind me of how fast the earth is spinning on its axis( and since then science has unfolded a lot more about the speed of this universe we are riding in), and she said that just as the earth is spinning so fast that we seem to be standing still, so is our life in Christ moving so fast toward perfection that it may seem to us that we are standing still.  I am reminded of a Dove's post as we were approaching May 5th noting that things seemed to be going in slow motion.  Isn't that how they depict the climax of a violent movie scene?  It is shown in slow motion to somehow minimize the intensity so we can bear it or so we can actually apprehend the moment.  It could be that as the saints leap from one date to the other in expectancy from now on, life may seem at times in slow motion.  And yes, as someone mentioned yesterday on Doves, I too noticed some confirmations on May 5th relating to our hopes for that day, and likely others did as well.  Let's take such affirmations seriously because Father wants to communicate to us and encourage us.  I notice that the saints' prayer requests are for "comfort" above all.  I guess that's why Paul says "comfort one another with these words" in the trials unto the rapture.  Be comforted, Deborah.  Father is here. The intensity may be great, but so is His love and mercy. "For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us." 2 Corinthians 1:20
 
"For He will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth."
Romans 9:28
 
Shalom,
Rachel
cloudsbenjamin@charter.net