I dream a lot. I used to compulsively tell people my dreams, but I discovered that people usually find other people's dreams pretty boring. So, if and when, I tell a dream, I tell it as briefly as possible. Recently I have had two dreams that have spiritual significance, at least to me, so I am going to tell them.
Dream # 1: I found out that my sister-in-law, Linda had been in a movie. So I went to the movie and thought it was wonderful, but was kind of surprised that she had never mentioned it to me. That's all I remember. But as I was puzzling over it the next morning, The Lord gave me a meaning to it:
Linda is the type who is very modest, and does not seek attention to herself. There are people all around who have needs, both spiritual and physical, and I need to be more aware of them. I find myself blissfully unaware of times and places when I could be of service to God and other people.
I was talking with my 13 year old granddaughter last weekend, and told her this dream. She responded, "Oh, my gosh! That's what my dream was about, too!" She then told me about it and I can't remember it exactly, except that it involved lots of water, and her saying (in the dream) "I can't find Grandma!" Then I told her about the sermon from the previous week, which basically said that, while our works and good deeds can never save us because we can only be saved by grace, God calls upon us to serve others, and thereby serve him. I also mentioned to Emma that we had received a text from her dad, who lives in Arkansas and is trying to get a soup kitchen started, that basically said the same thing. Emma said, "Grandma, this is getting scary!"
Dream #2: In my dream, my husband was a surgeon. His best friend had a serious condition requiring surgery, but when my husband would tell him he really needed the surgery, he continually put it off.
In real life, my husband is semi-retired, and works part-time as a cab driver. But he does have a best friend, whose name is Mike. They have been friends since high school. For years, Del has been praying for Mike, and witnessing to him, but Mike has always said no to The Lord. Well, obviously, the dream best friend and the real best friend have something in common: their refusal to listen to the life-saving advice of their friend could cost them their lives.
Dream # 1: I found out that my sister-in-law, Linda had been in a movie. So I went to the movie and thought it was wonderful, but was kind of surprised that she had never mentioned it to me. That's all I remember. But as I was puzzling over it the next morning, The Lord gave me a meaning to it:
Linda is the type who is very modest, and does not seek attention to herself. There are people all around who have needs, both spiritual and physical, and I need to be more aware of them. I find myself blissfully unaware of times and places when I could be of service to God and other people.
I was talking with my 13 year old granddaughter last weekend, and told her this dream. She responded, "Oh, my gosh! That's what my dream was about, too!" She then told me about it and I can't remember it exactly, except that it involved lots of water, and her saying (in the dream) "I can't find Grandma!" Then I told her about the sermon from the previous week, which basically said that, while our works and good deeds can never save us because we can only be saved by grace, God calls upon us to serve others, and thereby serve him. I also mentioned to Emma that we had received a text from her dad, who lives in Arkansas and is trying to get a soup kitchen started, that basically said the same thing. Emma said, "Grandma, this is getting scary!"
Dream #2: In my dream, my husband was a surgeon. His best friend had a serious condition requiring surgery, but when my husband would tell him he really needed the surgery, he continually put it off.
In real life, my husband is semi-retired, and works part-time as a cab driver. But he does have a best friend, whose name is Mike. They have been friends since high school. For years, Del has been praying for Mike, and witnessing to him, but Mike has always said no to The Lord. Well, obviously, the dream best friend and the real best friend have something in common: their refusal to listen to the life-saving advice of their friend could cost them their lives.
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