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GetWellDavid.com and this blog have been started as a place to share encouraging words from God, and to show our support for David and his Family. As most know David was involved in a terrible choking accident at a New Years Party. David was very upset over the loss of their Child, Jayvas, a year prior. David was subdued and overtaken by several people and choked. The choking caused a lack of Oxygen to his brain over a long period of time, it is called Anoxic Brain Injury. Since, David has been in the ICU at the Kootenai County Medical center for a little over 1 week. Then transfered to a nearby “Advanced Care Facility” that is able to accommodate the life support equipment.
While seeing prayers being answered before our eyes for Davids Recovery, the times are coming up now for support for Medical and Living Financial expenses. David, Ashley, and Ayden are a great family with God in their lives and now we, Family and Friends, can help financially with any amount. Thank You for standing with the Carson Family as they trek through this tough time in their lives.
This blog is open to anyone to share Verses from the Bible, Supporting words, News on Davids improvement!
-Brandon Reeb
THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!
It’s hard to imagine how difficult this is. I will be praying that you will come to know God in a deeper more profound way as good and present beyond your imaginings. I pray that you will have eyes into the kingdom of heaven and ears to hear His voice. I pray for healing in Jesus name for all your losses. I pray that you will be able to participate in the greater story that is being written by God and not allow the enemy to reduce your life to only your circumstances.
God IS good. He DOES love well. There WILL be renewing, healing and wholeness. Do NOT give up – ever. He will not let you down.
All Glory, Honor and Praise to Jesus David!!He is making you whole,. Remember what He promised when this accident first happened??
“You will live and not die and declare the glory of the Lord”!! AND
John 11:4 “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” Jesus is and will continue to fully restore your body, mind, soul, and Spirit and you will be better than you were before this accident!! David, you have a powerfull call of God on your life, you are called to the nations to tell everyone about Jesus and the goodness of God! We love You, Ashley, Aiden, and your family so very much! See you soon,
Love,
Lyn and John Whallon
David, Ashley & Ayden,
We wish we could be there with you. Stay strong and remember how much we love you.
Love, Justin & Liberty
heyy david,
i really hope you get well soon i no your cousin hillis is really worried about you. if there is anything i can do to help you please let me no <3 god is with you and i pray for you every night
love alana
We are pulling for you here in Southern Oregon David. Libby is our much loved cousin and that makes your family our family too. Miracles can and do happen. One already has…you are alive.
Love, Kim, Michael, Elizabeth and Matthew Poole
We are praying for you and your complete recovery. We love you very much. Our God is an awesome God.
“When I was helpless, He saved me.” Psalm 16:6
“Trust the Lord with all your heart, and don’t depend on your own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5
Love,
Don & Karen
I am heartbroken over the struggles that you have been through and i hope and pray with all my heart that you will be blessed and healed as a family. this will be a testimony.
bekki
(friends with the Reeb family [davids best friends, from what i understand])
Hey David, You don’t know me, but I am Rey and Eve’s pastor at Pine Ridge Baptist Church in Kamiah, Idaho. We just want you to know that we are praying for you and wishing you a speady recovery. Please remember the Lord’s promise that He will never leave you nor forsake you. Look to Him for all your needs and He will hear your prayers. Our prayer is that you will allow Him to turn this tragidy into a triumph. In Christ’s Name – Bro. Jerry Bonnell
David and family – this is a daily devotion I receive each day called the Daily Encounter. Many times the message is spot on and can really help at that moment in our lives – Hope you enjoy. Bro. Jerry Bonnell
Today’s Daily Encounter
Hill Climbing
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face
trials of many kinds, because you know that the
testing of your faith develops perseverance.
Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be
mature and complete, not lacking anything.”1
Some years ago I prayed and asked God to give me
something special that would equip me to better serve
him. Did God answer my prayer? I didn’t think so for a
long time. I got the opposite of what I had in mind
when I prayed this prayer, and it turned out to be a
nightmare for a long time. But I have to admit that if
there is any depth in the ministry the Lord has
entrusted to me today, so much of it was learned
during those nightmarish years. Now I see clearly that
God did answer my prayer and though the experience was,
at times, incredibly painful, I do believe I am a much
better man as a result.
The words of the following old poem may be simple but,
for me, are quite profound:
For every hill I had to climb,
For every stone that bruised my feet,
For all the blood and sweat and grime,
For blinding storms and burning heat,
My heart sings but a grateful song–
Those were the things that made me strong.
For all the heartaches and the tears,
For all the anguish and the pain,
For gloomy days and fruitless years
And for the hopes that lived in vain;
I do give thanks, for now I know,
These were the things that helped me grow.
‘Tis not the softer things of life
Which stimulate our will to strive,
But bleak adversity and strife
Do most to keep our will alive.
Over rose-strewn paths the weaklings creep,
But brave hearts dare to climb the steep.2
As said before, God wants to use our trials and
struggles to make us better. Satan wants to use them to make us doubt and become bitter. To become better
or bitter is each person’s choice.
Suggested prayer: “Dear God, as I look back I can see
how you have used the difficult times in my life to
help me stretch and grow, to help me to become more
understanding of and sensitive to others, and to
better equip me to serve you. Thank you for hearing
and answering my prayer of long ago. Gratefully, in
Jesus’ name, amen.”
1. James 1:2-4 (NIV).
2. Author Unknown
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Hey David and Family – It’s me again – This is another daily devotion that I receive from a former pastor who lived in Montana, but now lives back east. If any of you would like to get on the daily e-mail list just e-mail Bro. Ben and ask to be put on the list. You will receive them free every day. – Bro. Jerry
Deep Creek Java
(Serving Over ? Cups)
“God’s Truth…….
Always Fresh,
Always Aromatic”
A Jolt of Spiritual Caffeine to keep you going!
January 29, 2010
Healing and Seeking
Scripture Reading:
1 Corinthians 12:14 (HCSB) So the body is not one part but many.
Devotion & Meditation:
The church of Jesus Christ should be a house of healing. Our fellowship should be nurturing and life-giving—not fearful and vengeful. Some have said that the church is the only institution that shoots its wounded…and sadly, many times she does. But that should not be the case. We could take a lesson from nature in observing the mighty Sequoia tree. Sequoias are among the oldest trees in the forest…and they are strong. They grow straight because their root system is self-correcting, and their bark contains an acid that repels insect attacks. They withstand wind and violent rain because they grow in clumps, allowing their root systems to intertwine. To blow over one tree would mean blowing over an entire hillside of them! Oh, if the church were as strong from within! In the fellowship of believers, there should be a spirit of openness to those who are hurting, confused, embarrassed, disenfranchised, lost. The down-and-out should be “in” in God’s family, and the suffering should find comfort. Why? Because the Holy Spirit who lives in us empowers our hearts to love as Jesus loved. We have the resources to be strong, and to nurture the weak until they are strengthened, too. It all begins with seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, not man!
Keep the Son in your eyes,
Dr. Ben J. Lahay
Phil 1:21
Today’s Daily Encounter
El Camino Real — The Kings’s Highway
“In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the
wilderness of Judea, and saying, ‘Repent, for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand!’ For this is he who was
spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: ‘The voice of
one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the
LORD; Make His paths straight.”‘”1
At the memorial service remembering the anniversary of
the terrible abduction and murder of young Samantha
Runnion, Bradley Scott, aged 4, had a question for
Sheriff Mike Carona–the sheriff who was so
emotionally involved in the capture of Samantha’s
killer. Bradley asked the sheriff how he could go to
heaven without dying.
“That’s an incredible question, pal,” Carona replied.
“Sorry, I don’t have an answer.”2
I can vividly remember as a kid how I believed the way
to heaven was by being good. I figured that if I did
enough good things to outweigh the bad things I did,
that would satisfy God and I would go to heaven.
Wrong. In today’s Scripture we read how John the
Baptist was warning the people of ancient Israel that
the long-promised Messiah (Jesus the Christ) was
coming and to prepare El Camino Real (the King’s
highway) for him. This was all about Jesus’ first
coming to die for our sins and that only through
accepting him as our Savior and receiving his
forgiveness could we get to heaven.
Today we, too, need to prepare El Camino Real for
Jesus Christ’s second coming to earth. Jesus himself
promised his disciples and followers that if he went
away (back to Heaven), which he did, that he would
return for all his true followers. One of these days,
the heavenly trumpet will sound announcing the climax
of mankind’s history with the coming again of Jesus,
the Messiah, to take all his true followers to be with
him in Heaven forever and ever.
I trust, dear reader, that you are safely on the
heavenly Camino Real–the King’s Highway–knowing
without a shadow of doubt that when Jesus comes, you
will not be left behind, but on your way to Heaven to
be with God for all eternity. Jesus said, “I am the
way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through me.”3
Note: To be sure you are on the King’s Highway read
“How to Be Sure You’re a Real Christian” at:
http://www.actsweb.org/christian.
Suggested prayer: “Dear God, thank you that you have
provided the Camino Real as mankind’s only way to
Heaven which is via the cross of Jesus who died to
save me from my sins. Help me to know without a shadow
of doubt that I have accepted Jesus as my Savior and am
safely on the Highway of the King, bound for Heaven.
Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer.
Gratefully, in Jesus’ name, amen.”
1. Matthew 3:2-3 (NKJV).
2. The Orange Country Register, July 16, 2003, p.
Local 2.
3. John 14:6 (NIV).
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Deep Creek Java
(Serving Over ? Cups)
“God’s Truth…….
Always Fresh,
Always Aromatic”
A Jolt of Spiritual Caffeine to keep you going!
January 25, 2010
Righteousness 101
Scripture Reading:
Matthew 5:6 (HCSB) Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, because they will be filled.
Devotion & Meditation:
I Have been to the point in life that I did not have sufficient food to eat. I’ve also been on enough fasts to know the feel of hunger pains. One thing I’ve learned from these moments is that true hunger has no prejudice — all foods are equally tasty and satisfying when one is truly hungry. Even the blandest and bitterest foods are succulent and sweet when you are truly hungry.
There have also been times in my life when I’ve been spiritually hungry. The hunger in my soul is such an ache that I search desperately in God’s Word and through prayer to quench it. Like the physical hunger, the spiritual hunger in our souls needs to be fed with the bread and water of life to be satisfied. Contentment is not necessarily the sign of a healthy spiritual life. We need a spiritual appetite that challenges us to search and to move forward in pursuit of God’s Word and His will for our lives. Spiritual hunger drives us to pray, to search the Bible, to listen to God’s Word, and to open our hearts to the “Man at the well” who can give us living water that satisfies our soul.
We should be thankful if we are spiritually hungry, for then we are motivated to search for spiritual food to satisfy this hunger. God will open our hearts, feed us with His daily bread and give us spiritual water so we will never thirst again. Through the example of Jesus Christ, we can find life abundantly.
All of this can be as simple as “Wash your hands”. As I am in and out of the hospital this week, I see this sign everywhere. It is to protect us from germs and from spreading germs to others. This rule is imprinted so deeply into the minds of those who work there it is second nature. Just as it is important to wash the hands, it is important to cleanse the mind (heart) by removing thoughts that pollute the control center of our body. The way we think determines the way we relate to God and to other people, and ultimately, how we feel about ourselves. So let me ask you with a clear mind, What are you hungering and thirsting after?
Keep the Son in your eyes,
Dr. Ben J. Lahay
Phil 1:21
Thank you for your prayers. Everything came out fine. Still numb and mostly pain free. Tomorrow the physician said would be rough!
Deep Creek Java
(Serving Over ? Cups)
“God’s Truth…….
Always Fresh,
Always Aromatic”
A Jolt of Spiritual Caffeine to keep you going!
February 3, 2010
Comfort
Scripture Reading:
Psalm 71:20-21 (HCSB) You caused me to experience many troubles and misfortunes, but You will revive me again. You will bring me up again, even from the depths of the earth. You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
Devotion & Meditation:
Today was a rather different day. Instead of being the comforter, I was the comfortee. People coming to pray with me and encourage me in my time of physical affliction. David likewise is being comforted, but he tells us God is the author of his deliverance, but greater still God’s providence is the source of the evils bestowed upon him. David goes on to compliment God and exclaim how God will increase David’s standing and be the one who provides comfort to David. As I laid there today, my thoughts went to Paul. I do not know how many times Paul was laying on the receiving end of God’s divine province. Things to make Paul slow down, stop, think and ultimately give God the glory!
Too often in life we merely look at the physical. We seek and search for whom to blame and/or why. For many today your life is a spiral of one misfortune, trouble, hurt, pain to another and the cycle continues. We do not see the glory of the Lord nor do we understand the comfort of the Lord. Today, I was comforted by the Lord through the flock He has delivered to me to serve for Him. Today, they were His physical hands and feet to comfort my spirit and encourage my heart. Which by the way warmed not only my heart but my outermost extremities. We have to remember when our spirit is crushed, the Lord will deliver. He will honor us for being faithful and obedient to Him, but He will be the one who provides ultimate comfort and encouragement. Today my spirit was not crushed, but physically I was exhausted. Thank you church, thank you Java drinkers and thank you Jesus!
Keep the Son in your eyes,
Dr. Ben J. Lahay
Phil 1:21
Today’s Daily Encounter
Does God Heal People Today?
“Therefore confess your sins [and faults] to each
other and pray for each other so that you may be
healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and
effective.”1
When it comes to divine healing, there is never a
shortage of quacks. There are faith-healers and there
are fake-healers. And when it comes to some TV
so-called evangelists, I sometimes wonder which ones
are in the majority.
Among us ordinary people some claim that God still
heals today. Others aren’t sure. Some agree that God
can heal but they don’t believe he will heal them.
Others say that if it’s God’s will, or if we have
enough faith, God will heal us. And some say we are as
sick as we choose to be. Personally, I like the saying
I heard the other day: “Christians shouldn’t be any
sicker than they ought to be.”
Regarding faith, as Jesus pointed out, we only need
faith the size of a mustard seed to receive God’s
blessings. Furthermore, if I understand it correctly,
the faith of the faith-healer is just as necessary
(perhaps even more so) as that of the one being prayed
for. With fake-healers when a person they pray for
(often prey on) isn’t healed, they pass the blame onto
the sick person telling them they just didn’t have
enough faith. Yeah, right!
What James is saying is tremendously important in that
to be healed of many ills, we need to first confess our
sins and faults. What the Bible taught 3,000 years ago
and what modern medical science has confirmed is that
“A joyful heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit
dries up the bones.”2
When we fail to resolve past hurts, bitterness, guilt,
anger, hostility, a critical spirit and so on, and
bury, repress, and deny these negative emotions, we
never bury them dead but very much alive. Either we
confront and resolve these issues in a creative way or
they will express themselves in a destructive way. This
can be through any or all of the following ways: (1)
emotionally in depression, anxiety, fears, stress,
and/or through impaired relationships; (2) spiritually
in our relationship to God, feeling that he is distant
or we get angry at him; and/or (3) through a physical
illness. Regarding the latter, what we often don’t
realize is that many of our ills are either caused by
or greatly aggravated by these super-charged repressed
negative emotions.
To be healed we need to follow God’s instructions and
confess and resolve all of our sins, our negative
spirit, and all of our super-charged repressed
negative emotions–the things that make us sick. As
Peter said, “Get rid of all malicious behavior and
deceit. Don’t just pretend to be good! Be done with
hypocrisy and jealousy and backstabbing.”3 Repressing
these harmful emotions does not get rid of them.
Some illnesses are simply because we live in a sinful,
broken world and are all affected. Other ills may be
allowed by God to help us grow. The Apostle Paul had
some ailment that he prayed three times for God to
heal. God didn’t. Through this, Paul learned the
efficiency of God’s grace which helped him to live
with his problem.
Jesus said to those who were infirm, “Do you want to
be made well?” As I’ve said before, wishes don’t wash.
We need to genuinely want to be made well and accept
personal responsibility for doing our part in the
healing process. God doesn’t go against his own laws.
We either resolve our sins and issues or suffer the
natural consequences.
Speaking personally, in my youth I was taught that
Christians should never be angry and that you can’t
trust your feelings–so I learned early in life to
repress and deny my pent-up negative emotions. By the
time I was in my early 30s I suffered from painful
bursitis in both shoulders and miserable hay-fever.
But when I got into recovery and resolved my anger,
hurts, grief and fears, I was healed. I haven’t
suffered from either bursitis or hay-fever in years,
for which I am very thankful.
Thus I believe it is true that “Christians shouldn’t
be any sicker than we ought to be.”
Suggested prayer: “Dear God, in all of my problems,
conflicts or ills, please help me to understand the
nature of my issue so that I will know if there is
anything that I can and need to do to be healed. Help
me not to settle for anything less than what you have
for me. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer.
Gratefully, in Jesus’ name, amen.”
1. James 5:16 (NIV).
2. Proverbs 17:22 and 15:13 (NASB).
3. See 1 Peter 2:1-2 (NLT).
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Our prayers are ever with you.
Today’s Daily Encounter
Turning Stress Into Success Part I
“A calm and undisturbed mind and heart are the life
and health of the body, but envy, jealousy, and wrath
are like rottenness of the bones.”1
A “friend” invoices you for considerably more than his
original quote. A family member takes seriously ill and
is in the hospital for months. Responsibilities and
expenses soar. The result? Stress!
I know because these things all happened to me in the
course of a single year. Stress is a normal part of
contemporary living. Ignore it and it will take years
off your life. As Francis Ford Coppola said in The
Godfather movie, “When the mind is stressed, the body
cries out.” However, if we deal with our stress
creatively, we can turn our stress into success. How
can we do this?
First. Realize that some stress is helpful. It
provides motivation. For instance, if it weren’t for
the stress of needing to eat and having to pay our
bills, we may not want to go to work.
Second. Be aware that stress is only troublesome when
it continues for too long or if there is too much of
it.
I read about a ten-ton bridge that had been serving a
community very well for over fifty years. During the
course of those years it had carried millions of tons
of weight. But one day the driver of a logging truck
ignored the ten-ton load limit sign. The bridge
collapsed. Life’s like that. All of us can carry our
“load limit” day after day, year after year, but only
one load at a time. Overload us and we collapse too.
Many readers will be familiar with the research Thomas
Holmes has done on stress. He found that too much
change at one time was the greatest cause of stress.
An accumulation of 300 or more “life changing units”
in any one year may mean an overload of more stress
than an individual can carry. On his scale, death of a
spouse equals 100 units, divorce 73, marital separation
65, marriage 50, and so on. (See the link to a
“Personal Stress Test” at end.)
Third. The next step in turning stress into success is
to recognize symptoms as early as possible.
Writing in Eternity magazine some time ago Fred
Stansberry talks about “stress-related diseases such
as cancer, arthritis, heart and respiratory diseases,
migraines, allergies and a host of other psychological
and physiological dysfunctions which are increasing at
an alarming rate in our Western culture.”
Other symptoms of stress have been listed as, “tense
muscles, sore neck, shoulders and back, insomnia,
fatigue, boredom, depression, listlessness, dullness,
lack of interest, drinking too much, eating too much
or too little, diarrhea, cramps, flatulence,
constipation, palpitations–heart skip, phobias,
twitches, restlessness and itching.”
Fourth. Identify causes. As already mentioned change
is one of the chief causes of stress. An accumulation
of life’s everyday annoyances can also build up a
significant stress level–perhaps even more than one
single traumatic event. As the old saying puts it:
“It’s the little things that bother us / and put us on
the rack / you can sit upon a mountain / but you can’t
sit on a tack.”
Whatever the cause of your stress is, be sure to
identify it so you will be in a position to do
something about it.
(To be continued)
Suggested prayer: “Dear God, please give me the wisdom
to know what I can do about my stressful situations,
and the good sense to do it. And help me to trust my
life to you in every situation in which I find myself.
Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer.
Gratefully, in Jesus’ name, amen.”
NOTE: See “A Personal Stress Test” at:
http://www.actsweb.org/stress_test.php.
1. Proverbs 14:30 (AMP).
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My thoughts and prayers are with you all, and I am hoping that any Upledger CranioSacral Therapists in David’s area will consider donating some treatment time to him.
My prayers are continuous for the whole family. Michelle keeps me updated and I love reading Ashley’s FB post and seeing the progress. God Bless! …if God brings you to it he can bring you through it!
Hi David:) It is so wonderful to hear and to read of how far you have came buddy, it is just a miracle!! Praise the Lord:) David I am so very glad and so is Joe and Amanda that you are doing as well as you are!!! I pray each and every day for your sight. I do hope that God sends you a blessing of sight that it will be something better than you ever imagined!!!! You deserve it as you have worked very hard to get where you are and I am sure that all of your family will be so happy with such news as that.
I hope that you do get to go home soon, but I sure want you to be able to get all of the help that you need from all of the professional medical staff and Dr’s with helping you get as far as you can, to be the best that you can be!!! You have came such a long way to stop now, I just feel that something great lies ahead for you. Try hard not to get impatient and to hang in there, I am sure you have a lot of great people and family by your side. Plus you need to get as strong as you can for your family so you can enjoy them to the fullest!! And so they can enjoy you too!! Believe me, I know they are all wanting you home as badly as you want to be there.
David, do not ever let a moment go by knowing just how much all of us that love you have always had your best interest at heart and have put you on prayer list and have prayed each and every day. As for myself and my family we surely have. We have put you on prayer list and prayer chains at churches and we love you very much David. I trust that you have a long life and that God continues to bless you such as he has! Always know that there is purpose in each and everything that happens in life, we may not always understand it, but there is reason. I think sometimes maybe we are not suppose to understand, and that is where our faith comes into play you know. You be strong David, keep the faith and I just wanted to write to you personally because I had you very much so on my mind. God bless you, each and every day and each and every part of your life*
Love always, ALice, Joe, & Amanda Roman> from NC but we now reside in Va. Beach, Va. xoxoxoxoxooxxo
God, I am asking You to speak peace and mercy into David’s spirit, along with a great big gust of healing and super strength! I praise you, Father for giving David a very strong and stubborn will! God bless David’s dreams. I pray that You speak into his spirit as he sleeps. Open his heart to hear You tell him You will never leave him and that he is Your Favorite!
We love you, David.
We have known David since he was in grade school with our Son Michael. We were shocked to hear that David is in the hospital, but have faith that he will win this battle. Our thoughts and prayers go out to David and his family.
Joel, Teresa, Michael, Christopher, and Megan Leard