How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news. Proclaiming peace announcing news of happiness.
Our God reigns. Our God reigns
On Saturday for the third year in a row Hilary participated in a Christmas Artisan fair with her WEEONESWEAR
She was assisted by me, so St Paul was in St.Paul’s church in St.Paul city.
The church venue was on Summit, appropriately named because it occupies the ‘high ground’ overlooking the city of St.Paul.
Summit Avenue is home to the longest stretch of VICTORIAN era homes in the United States!
As I prayer walked it again this year for the third time I heard from Father echoes of our ‘Three Victory Laps’ from earlier this year.
The ‘Visit St. Paul’ website states,
‘……there were 440 glorious homes on Summit Avenue.’
44 is the number for ‘chosen.’
‘Famous architect Cass Gilbert (who also designed the Minnesota State Capitol) designed eight houses on Summit. The most famous is the Lightner House at 318 Summit.’
318 represents the ‘remnant of grace’ who are indeed called to be those who fulfill Isaiah 60 as they shine as a Light in the dark world in these days, and to fulfill Matt.5:14 as, “A city set on a hill that cannot be hidden.”
When on previous years I walked this stretch that Saint Paul’s own F. Scott Fitzgerald once described as “a mausoleum of American architectural monstrosities”, and world-famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright dubbed, ‘the worst collection of architecture in the world”, I sensed the Lord say that evil in the earth had now reached its zenith or Summit. ( I recalled when we first moved here someone telling me, Anton Levey, or some other famous Occultist had actually lived on Summit)
That we are ‘over the hump’ was confirmed to me by our experience at this year’s fair.
Hilary felt she should diffuse the oil Abundance on our stall. The first mom who spotted our stall immediately purchased $100 of clothing for her adorable 1 year old. The number 100 speaks 0f Abundance.
We had several deep meaningful spiritual connections with folk. For example Hilary had felted and repurposed one of her own sweaters for BIGONESWEAR. At $40 it was a steal and was quickly scooped up by a lady who then realized the only way she could pay for it was to retrieve the small amount of cash she kept in the car for emergencies….but never had occasion to use….until now!
She returned with 2 crisp $20 (redemption x2)) bills – exactly the $40 she needed which lead into a deep conversation about God’s providence….and the significance of that number 40!
We ended up selling twice as much as last year!
I say ‘selling’ but truth be told Hilary is almost giving these garments away! If her time was to be properly remunerated she should be charging much more. These upcycled articles are lovingly recreated as ‘one of a kind.” out of nature’s fabric – pure wool, that has been felted and reimagined from adult garments.
With a frequency of 5000 Hz they energize rather than, like synthetic materials, deplete the body’s energy. Waterproof, durable and easy to care for they are worth their weight in gold as proven over the 5 years they have been tested out on our cared for grandchildren.
Father however spoke to me last night that it is the intention of the loving hands and heart behind their creation that makes them priceless instruments of healing .
We pay 20% of the takings to the host church. It came to $147 It had to be by cash or check. We were lead to purchase some items using cash and we had no check book, so we emptied our pockets and counted our money…..We had exactly $147!!!🙂
Cue for a song from Psalm 147 which speaks of the glorification of those ‘who fear the Lotd’
Click below to listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRcz9VRCXVc
The highlight of the day was to see the expression of a delightful little girl whose heart was set on a beautiful pink jacket.
‘Look it fits me Daddy’🙂
‘Yes my love, It’s yours.’ 🙂
Her name was Noelle meaning Christmas festival where we celebrate God’s amazing gift of love to us – His son!
The pink color reminded me of Restoration where all that has been stolen by the enemy will be restored by our loving heavenly Father, as the evil kingdom which has held sway on the mountaintops of society gives way in the coming days to the Kingdom of God, the increase of which knows ‘no Summit!
This is the really Good News we announce from the Mountain Top
P.S. This was a rather unexpected way for me to begin to follow on from the positive response to my question last blog about my sharing more personally some insights on heath and healing.
The prize for the wittiest reply goes to Eugene who matched my “dead hang for 90 secs’ claim with……”I used to be able to hang a door in 10 minutes, now I just hang on to them.🙂“