At 3:01 am and I was awakened by a crazy dream. To be honest I dream a lot, almost every night. Sometimes multiple times a night. Most of the time I don’t think twice about my dreams. But in tonight’s dream someone (a friend of mine) committed suicide.
Do dreams mean anything? Most of the time probably not, but I would be foolish to say that they never mean anything. In the Bible God would often talk with His messengers during the night through dreams.
You may be reading this blog and thinking, great more crazy talk from a Christian about their crutch of a god. What I am about to share will sound totally like a crutch, but I have a question.
Have you ever used crutches? I have and when you really need them they are excellent, they work, the really do! They help you to heal. I have no problem admitting that I am a broken person, living in a world filled with nothing but pain, suffering, tears, and death all around. I need something (or Someone) to help me navigate this war torn planet, and I would posit that all of us have a crutch of some kind, we all have something that we believe in and trust will help survive from day to day. My bias and belief is in God. What’s yours?
From my experience God is tangible, He is active, and He “seems” (in my estimation DOES) improve my life.
Okay the rest of the story...
Well I’m not going to share the dream because the details are too personal. But I will share the message of hope God riveted in my mind through the dream my “little talk” with Him.
Last night before I went to bed, I blogged about my “little talk” with God not being so fruitful, because when He was talking I was not listening. There’s a beautifully simple song that says, “just a little talk with Jesus make it right, makes everything right”. If I’m listening this is always my experience. And I believe that God answered my prayer last night (see my last post).
Punch line: my prayer (God speak to me), my dream (life is precious but people choose to quite life all the time---i.e. suicide), message from God (I’m hear to help carry you through---I really truly want to be your crutch---will you let Me?).
In Deuteronomy 1:29-31, Moses beautifully reminds Israel that God is their Saviour, God is Almighty, God will protect them and carry them through any trial, struggle, or challenge.
I don’t know what you are going through, but I know that’s a message I needed to hear. God will carry me through, and He will carry you through too---if you let Him. God is a gentleman He won’t force us.
Thank you God, Thank you Jesus, Thank you Holy Spirit
R
P.s. sorry if this post waxed way to long and not eloquently enough. Let me know if it was too long or if it did not flow smoothly. I’m doing my best to keep my posts short and interesting to read. Let me know how I am doing and how I can improve (royceodiyar@gmail.com).
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