1st of the Seven Dreams

I will attempt to give a short writing of three dreams that I feel are not just your ordinary run of the mill dream. Many times in my life I have had powerful dreams that seem to have a purpose. The purpose to them at times seem to elude me and at other times I seem to quickly understand the message. These dreams seem to weigh heavy on me as I woke the next morning and for days to come. I can't get rid of the thought that God is trying to show me or tell me something.

In this dream I was at a house on a extremely wooded lot. This lot backed up against a large glistening lake, it was on attached to an area with dense ground cover. There was a house over looking a peaceful lake. All seem very tranquil as I began taking in the view all around me. Three steep protruding hill that were like fingers stood out  and some family member (Who, I can not be certain but it was someone I felt I knew well. Even though I could not see the actual face, In my wakeful state I am sure it  was Tim, my brother) was  at the bottom of one of these hills  and he says  he was killing a bunch of snakes. He wasn't overly concerned by the situation but just using a large strike just beat one snake after another. What seems strange to me as I gazed at all this action was that I didn’t think this unusual as well or even more interesting was I view this as completely normal event. 

I then casually headed up the hill only to see a huge threatening EEL come at me in a treating way. I can not express here how unconcerned I felt as I climbed the hill in front of me.  The strange large eel like thing keep follow just behind me. This was end of dream. Just like that it was over. there was no explanation as to where and why I had been placed in this dream. In no why was what I had just experienced have in bases in my natural world. The other reason I am still giving this dream any thought at all is this feeling in has purpose and was a very intense feeling when I woke to find a purpose for it. The colors were very intense and I just can't shake the feeling  there is something to learn from it. The most amazing part was of this dream was I was so at ease at watching a snake and eel.

2/21/12 two days later.  I was at a restaurant and was being seated at a table for two with a man waiting to for his food, I seem to sense he was  with a larger group from his church (somehow I felt this man and his group was from my church). Bill sitting off to the right not seeming to be apart of this group.  As I sat with this unknown person someone he knew stood looking at me as though I did not belong at this table for two. He just gazed at me and I decided the best thing for me was to move to another table of my choice.

The only vacant table was one which had not been cleared off.  So this lady hurried cleared this area  for me. Her concern was that my original  waitress couldn't my new location.

Quickly everything changed like a new act from a new play or like quickly turning your head to a whole new unrelated view of a new event. I saw large stacks of my own personal and loved books and I was quickly moving  them  to some kind of a covered truck. This truck had know identifying markings to suggest who owned it either. I just keep muttering in an urgent tone of voice to myself, just in case. I have no knowledge of what this just incase might have been but there was real urgency in my effort. This part is weird; ants, lots of them were cawing by the hundreds, and hundreds on a object that was on the side wall of  this truck I was moving my precious books to. I found something to pick up and threw it out not seeming to disturb their unified effort to swarm on a object I had to get much closer to see. Oh my,  it was feces. Yes, you got it feces or a better description is poop. Again this somehow did not seem concerning, (really this right here makes this dream less than realistic) Not sure what I thought the threat was for the need to feel a move of my books and yes my books only was necessary. Again I was not concerned or upset by this need to move just of the fact this needed to be done quickly.. I just didn't get the purpose or meaning.

The last dream was short. We, Bill and  I saw a big truck heading right for our house. The truck was headed right for the far west side of the home; I look for mom and dad but couldn’t find them (Dad in this is strange for he died many years ago, and even the fact my mom being in my house at the time of this event is some what unusual). The next clip of action in this drama was the truck hitting the house. I was not overly concerned with this, yes you heard it was like, being an observer not in a participant in the event. It was like it was OK can't change it so just accept it. Moving quickly to a new scene in same dream Bill told me, we were going to have to pay a new bill of some sort of $700. I said OK, it will work some how.  (In real life, are you serious, $700, it will work, of course it wouldn’t work, it would bankrupt us). There was one more disaster or hug threading event but I can’t remember.

The most noteworthy part in all three dreams was I felt very accepting as having a new hurdle put in front for me to jump and that would be entirely possible. Of course in real life this would be impossible alone. But if I could totally trust God, that nothing would be given me that was too great for God to lead me through then all three events would be overcome able event.

New Insight

I find it amazing that when one least expects it The Lord will impact my life with new determination. My husband Bill has a minister he likes to record and together we watched him and there were two insights that seem to just sink deep into my soul.

• God wants all of my love, determination, not 80%, or 90%, but all. Simple as that is it is not the goal of most of our lives. We might set a goal of 30 or 40 min. but not all. He also suggested that those who are working to achieve this goal of 100% and near the 98% might tend to think I'm close and that will satisfy God, where those who feel like they may be at 60% know there need to work harder.
• What if we could unveil the blindness of our soul to see that everything, every single thing we see, hear and touch is Gods gift to me. Could it become easier to Give god 100%.
• Does God deserve our 100% adoration. Thinking of company's we buy from or products we buy and are ask about, the question is, do they produce what they promise or protect as we had been told. If we are able to just begin to grasp point two above, that every thing within our vision, everything we hope to have or accomplish, every person we love, is from our maker and the lover of all of us, then we can say yes, yes, yes. Also it makes us sure of what we are promised and hope for at the end of life.  
 

This has stayed on my mind all day Sunday and still seems to be a goal I want to reach for. Oh Lord, show me, teach me. I am not even able to become more aware of who you are and what you have done with out your aid. The very act of pleasing you can not even happen with out your Help. 

Thank you for the word you have for me today which came from a most unlikely place, a TV minister Bill likes. 

The Purpose and Reason for this Blog

The Purpose for this new blog is more than need for a place to document these new events in my Life. In the last few years my desire to have closer and closer walk with the Lord has been evident. Along with that has come so many different  view of many things I have felt on my walk.  The newest reason for having a place like this is to document some of my dreams and to be able to have a better look at them and what they could mean if any thing. Also to observe some Christian ministers who have some suggestions and opinions. 

I will be starting with most recent dream and then go more than 30 years back to look at some very strong and unusual dreams in my past.

There will also be some thoughts on some of my new attempts to follow the word of God and seek new direction. It will seem random at times for I will simple put them down as they come to me. There  is so much to say about the last few years. Primarily since my study with Beth Moore and Kay Arthur have open my eyes to the lover of my soul.

It is the Dreams that gives me the urge to get this on paper. My interest in dreams and what they could mean has been an ongoing desire for over 30 years. About a month ago I happen to tap a show called The Jewish Jesus Rabbi Kirt Schineider.  My interest in Christian Jews has been going on for some time. Out of the clear blue he was teaching on a Gen. passage about Enoch who walked with the Lord and his teaching was on how we can more than know the Lord we can walk with him. The passionate cry of my heart to Know God, to hear him and to walk with him is a growing desire. As I watched him he began on a segment  about God talking to us through dreams. Now he had my complete attention. As I will share later I have had over the years some very exceptional dreams and have always wanted help with them from a person I trusted who was a person of God. Now of course I didn't know this Rabbi Schineider but I was ready to listen. I decided I would just take each step he gave on understanding our dream. (a). line them up with the word of God and (b). listen for a reaction from the holy spirit and (c).  at some point share with a open minded sister or brother in Christ. With this plan in mind I began listing and eventually using some of his suggestions. 

He gave 4 suggestions

1. Expect God to at some time share with you in dreams.

2. When you wake up ask yourself, did I dream anything last night.

3. write it out just as you remember it.

4. write what you think it might mean at that moment then pray to God for help understanding.

These suggestion seem relatively safe and did not seem contrary to Gods word. God has several times in the past spoke to people in dreams. The Rabbi spent some time reminding us of them. Expecting God to share with little old me in a dream seems a bit bold but not impossible. Writing the dream down is something that makes sense for I have learned the value of that in the past, for dreams fad very fast. According to Rabbi Schineider your dreams are in your short term memory and the act of writing them out helps place them in long term memory. Is that true,  don't know but it makes sense.

 I decided to try some of the Rabbis suggestions. I have seriously searched my heart and decided I believed that God 1st. could talk to us in dreams. I gave this great thought. I believe God and Jesus can if they so choose to speak to me in dreams. This is quit a leap of faith on my part. But yes, I will ask God to do just that, and even as I decided this I was fearful of the out come. Just why I was not sure, but fear it was. Fear he wouldn't give me a dream and diminish the God I had spent hour after hour learning about. But what if he does, OH my to have the creator of the universe draw his attention from saving the world to sit and give information to lowly me.  

So next we will discuss the first of 6 dreams in 3 days.