What are dreams teaching you?
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Second world war gave many people THAT EXPERIENCE. People in Haiti gave them that experience... Here I have seen people FIGHTING to buy toilet paper, not only food.
A line is nothing when THEY want you to worship an idol like Simón Bolivar, like the "Eternal" commander Chávez, like Mao or whomever they want people to worship.
There is a process to be marked, controlled, surrendered to evil powers and the background religion which is mingled with the hypocrisy of patriotism and political ideologies.
Those lines helped me think of those days when Jacob and his family had to flee to Egipt for FOOD. They had the money to pay, but many were forced to leave Israel and sorrounding countries... Later on, Israle spent 450 years of slavery bondage.
Those dreams were forsook. Joseph saw himself as "king" and his brothers (also Jacob) disbelieved and felt them disgusting.
My life be taken for God´s business.
A line is nothing when THEY want you to worship an idol like Simón Bolivar, like the "Eternal" commander Chávez, like Mao or whomever they want people to worship.
There is a process to be marked, controlled, surrendered to evil powers and the background religion which is mingled with the hypocrisy of patriotism and political ideologies.
Those lines helped me think of those days when Jacob and his family had to flee to Egipt for FOOD. They had the money to pay, but many were forced to leave Israel and sorrounding countries... Later on, Israle spent 450 years of slavery bondage.
Those dreams were forsook. Joseph saw himself as "king" and his brothers (also Jacob) disbelieved and felt them disgusting.
My life be taken for God´s business.
You have experienced so many things in life that I cannot even imagine. I am glad you have stayed strong with your love of God and are not swayed by the things you see around you. You don't bow down to false idols and you are not a hypocrite. I can also say that I have never had to fight to buy toilet paper, much less food. That has to be so hard to see.
Your dedication to our Father is so strong, I really respect that. You, my friend, help me stay strong in my convictions. You always stay positive no matter what is going on around you. You remind me to always be grateful and not feel sorry for myself if things do not go the way I want them to.
May God bestow many blessing on you every day.
Your dedication to our Father is so strong, I really respect that. You, my friend, help me stay strong in my convictions. You always stay positive no matter what is going on around you. You remind me to always be grateful and not feel sorry for myself if things do not go the way I want them to.
May God bestow many blessing on you every day.
J
I have a personal dream to share. A little background info first.
My husband had to work out of town for 17 years. He rented,
came home on week ends. He decided to retire early. I was ill
from stress and weak. This put the normal things a wife does
upon him. He had no complaints. I have a great husband.
But.... here is the dream I had after he comes home and has
to take over until I got better.
**** I dreamed I was in a Black SUV in the rear stretched
out, as if I were a corpse. I could smell flowers, but there
were none. Just me. My husband was driving the vehicle as
I lay in back, alert.
**** When I prayed and thought this dream through, it came
to me I had lost control of my life as I knew it, literally. I
am from the old school where the husband is head of home.
I was aware he was now taking control over what I had been
in charge of for the 17 yrs he was away.
In real life, my father was never one who could stand clutter.
A place for everything, and everything in its place.
I wasn't born that way. So growing up, my dad would go to
my vanity, and go through my one drawer I kept small things
in like pen and paper, diary, or whatever a teen likes.
He ( dad ) would toss things away, saying...'you don't need
this, and you don't need that.'
Honestly that was the most scarred thing that hurt me in
my growing up years.
Okay, so I marry a man like my dad. Wouldn't you know it ?
LOL ~ There is a saying here in USA, a man marries a woman
like his mother, and a girl marries a man like her dad. [ true ].
My husband retired as I said, and he needed to begin to
remodel our home and update it. New bath, new kitchen, etc.
But... wait... that meant things had to be moved from where
I kept them. Knick Knacks, photos, all the things most
women like for decoration. He said, 'if I have to dust and
do this and that, I don't want to have to move things around.
I loved the Victorian look, so I had quite a bit of what he
or you would call clutter. Yes it was work to keep them clean.
They were plaques, etc. So, here we go again... TRAUMA
He gets boxes and begins to say, do you really need this ?
This needs to go. Oh, my gosh... I married my dad .....
Tears... I cried so many tears.... my life as I had known it
was totally changed. Okay so I get a new kitchen.... Know
where most of the things we put in spare room we took out
of kitchen are? Either went to the local Mission, donated.
Or still in the room on a shelf. I discovered, I didn't need
those things after all.
That does not take away my feeling of wanting to hold onto
things that mean a lot to me. But, we know all things are
only earthly anyway. And when I die, it will be gotten rid
of.
So, when I dream, often times it is always referring to my
losing my identity. J~K~2
My husband had to work out of town for 17 years. He rented,
came home on week ends. He decided to retire early. I was ill
from stress and weak. This put the normal things a wife does
upon him. He had no complaints. I have a great husband.
But.... here is the dream I had after he comes home and has
to take over until I got better.
**** I dreamed I was in a Black SUV in the rear stretched
out, as if I were a corpse. I could smell flowers, but there
were none. Just me. My husband was driving the vehicle as
I lay in back, alert.
**** When I prayed and thought this dream through, it came
to me I had lost control of my life as I knew it, literally. I
am from the old school where the husband is head of home.
I was aware he was now taking control over what I had been
in charge of for the 17 yrs he was away.
In real life, my father was never one who could stand clutter.
A place for everything, and everything in its place.
I wasn't born that way. So growing up, my dad would go to
my vanity, and go through my one drawer I kept small things
in like pen and paper, diary, or whatever a teen likes.
He ( dad ) would toss things away, saying...'you don't need
this, and you don't need that.'
Honestly that was the most scarred thing that hurt me in
my growing up years.
Okay, so I marry a man like my dad. Wouldn't you know it ?
LOL ~ There is a saying here in USA, a man marries a woman
like his mother, and a girl marries a man like her dad. [ true ].
My husband retired as I said, and he needed to begin to
remodel our home and update it. New bath, new kitchen, etc.
But... wait... that meant things had to be moved from where
I kept them. Knick Knacks, photos, all the things most
women like for decoration. He said, 'if I have to dust and
do this and that, I don't want to have to move things around.
I loved the Victorian look, so I had quite a bit of what he
or you would call clutter. Yes it was work to keep them clean.
They were plaques, etc. So, here we go again... TRAUMA
He gets boxes and begins to say, do you really need this ?
This needs to go. Oh, my gosh... I married my dad .....
Tears... I cried so many tears.... my life as I had known it
was totally changed. Okay so I get a new kitchen.... Know
where most of the things we put in spare room we took out
of kitchen are? Either went to the local Mission, donated.
Or still in the room on a shelf. I discovered, I didn't need
those things after all.
That does not take away my feeling of wanting to hold onto
things that mean a lot to me. But, we know all things are
only earthly anyway. And when I die, it will be gotten rid
of.
So, when I dream, often times it is always referring to my
losing my identity. J~K~2
Thank you so much for sharing something so personal. I guess I am the exception to the rule, my husband is nothing like my father. I love my dad, I will always be daddy's little girl. But, my husband is nothing like my father. I am thankful that they get along very well, though.
Sorry to get off track. I don't see your dreams as losing your identity. You are not defined by the things you have, you are defined by the person you are. I used to have a problem with getting rid of things, too. But, I finally realized that I did not need "things" to be happy. What really made me happy was taking so many of those things and donating them to our local women's shelter. They had a huge yard sale and raised a lot of money to help women in need. I was so grateful to be able to help women in a terrible time in their life.
J, you are an amazing woman. You love and care for people. You love God with all of your heart. I know you well enough to know that you would give me your last dollar if you thought I needed it more than you.
Please do not think I am making light of your dream. I imagine it was very hard to share that with us. I just want you to know that I think you are a wonderful, Godly woman who cares very much for the people around you.
Sorry to get off track. I don't see your dreams as losing your identity. You are not defined by the things you have, you are defined by the person you are. I used to have a problem with getting rid of things, too. But, I finally realized that I did not need "things" to be happy. What really made me happy was taking so many of those things and donating them to our local women's shelter. They had a huge yard sale and raised a lot of money to help women in need. I was so grateful to be able to help women in a terrible time in their life.
J, you are an amazing woman. You love and care for people. You love God with all of your heart. I know you well enough to know that you would give me your last dollar if you thought I needed it more than you.
Please do not think I am making light of your dream. I imagine it was very hard to share that with us. I just want you to know that I think you are a wonderful, Godly woman who cares very much for the people around you.
J
Thank you Toska. I guess I really did not finish out the total
meaning of the dream. I was being led around by my husband
and I felt I was not in charge of my life. I have been under
someones care since I was born. Mother & Father raised me.
Then I marry, working on 50 years. That is a lifetime of being
obligated to answer to someone. So you see I was losing my
identity .... I was no longer in control. Also to dream of a vehicle
can mean it is symbolic of our 'ego'. So, it was rather easy
for me to figure that one out. I should not have tried to put so
much into one dream. It got to confusing, and I am sorry.
I don't hurt anymore. We realize our time on earth is limited now.
And as you said ... as far as 'things'.... we don't need them to
make us happy.
I am too sentimental for my own good. I get attached to what
someone gives me. Hope this clears up any confusion I am so
famous for. LOL.
I am heading for bed now to read a while. I have been on here
all day. It is 9:41 EST ... Cold, snowy, and very windy.... Good
night for elec. blanket.
God bless you and God bless Hermit....and thanks to him I
can let out these dreams I have.
I promise I will get to the political ones. ~ Night ~
meaning of the dream. I was being led around by my husband
and I felt I was not in charge of my life. I have been under
someones care since I was born. Mother & Father raised me.
Then I marry, working on 50 years. That is a lifetime of being
obligated to answer to someone. So you see I was losing my
identity .... I was no longer in control. Also to dream of a vehicle
can mean it is symbolic of our 'ego'. So, it was rather easy
for me to figure that one out. I should not have tried to put so
much into one dream. It got to confusing, and I am sorry.
I don't hurt anymore. We realize our time on earth is limited now.
And as you said ... as far as 'things'.... we don't need them to
make us happy.
I am too sentimental for my own good. I get attached to what
someone gives me. Hope this clears up any confusion I am so
famous for. LOL.
I am heading for bed now to read a while. I have been on here
all day. It is 9:41 EST ... Cold, snowy, and very windy.... Good
night for elec. blanket.
God bless you and God bless Hermit....and thanks to him I
can let out these dreams I have.
I promise I will get to the political ones. ~ Night ~
@ Mrs J-Kay
Hmm! "There is a saying here in USA, a man marries a woman
like his mother, and a girl marries a man like her dad. [ true ]."
I won´t marry someone like my grumpy mother. She was beautiful for me but I know her very well, so I will not make that mistake (like my FATHER did). Ha! Ha!
When I moved to Colombia I decided to sell many things and stuff I miss (because some will be needed). Now I try to have LESS THINGS. Ironically, some months ago, I was sure one of my computers was stolen... Last week, when I went to pastor Eduardo´s house, he told me I left that computer at his office (I was sure I left it at Franklin and "someone" took it away).
Before I knew I was WRONG, I have bought two desktop computers. Ha! Ha!
Aren´t you missing one computer you would keep in a closet?
Ha! Ha! I have one in my closet and two at my mother´s. That´s is too much (May God help me to do the best to keep one laptop, and that would serve me to get rid of those I seem to collect).
What I saw there, it is you have blessed the local mission and probably more people than you could think of. In my case, I keep on learning and I plan to get my children involved in fixing PCs (They´re reluctant to repair them, but quick to get them broken)
Hmm! "There is a saying here in USA, a man marries a woman
like his mother, and a girl marries a man like her dad. [ true ]."
I won´t marry someone like my grumpy mother. She was beautiful for me but I know her very well, so I will not make that mistake (like my FATHER did). Ha! Ha!
When I moved to Colombia I decided to sell many things and stuff I miss (because some will be needed). Now I try to have LESS THINGS. Ironically, some months ago, I was sure one of my computers was stolen... Last week, when I went to pastor Eduardo´s house, he told me I left that computer at his office (I was sure I left it at Franklin and "someone" took it away).
Before I knew I was WRONG, I have bought two desktop computers. Ha! Ha!
Aren´t you missing one computer you would keep in a closet?
Ha! Ha! I have one in my closet and two at my mother´s. That´s is too much (May God help me to do the best to keep one laptop, and that would serve me to get rid of those I seem to collect).
What I saw there, it is you have blessed the local mission and probably more people than you could think of. In my case, I keep on learning and I plan to get my children involved in fixing PCs (They´re reluctant to repair them, but quick to get them broken)
J
Computers ??? I would not know anything about that.....LOL...
Okay, here is my computer story. I own 3. One sits on my desk
for mostly making copies of things I consider important.
The other is NOTEBOOK and I use it in my living room while
husband watches TV.
The third one is not far from my closet. A tech said he put in a
battery in, but he must have thought he put new one in, because
the battery is not allowing it to work. I may end up ordering a
new battery and have it again when this one has worn out.
So, yes. You might say I should give it away. Since I do not use
mine for banking, or even ordering on line. If I had to give it
away there is nothing of importance on it.
I am so not a computer 'nerd.' I do have to ask for help or
call a tech in if I get hung up.
Spring is around the corner. Time to get rid of somethings.
I think I am ready. I feel it is not fair to my children to have
to get things that belong to me out of our house. Need to
get busy. Like you said someone can use these things.
After reading your posts yesterday, I see we have far too
much and it is good to give away.
Have a nice day ~ J~K~2
Okay, here is my computer story. I own 3. One sits on my desk
for mostly making copies of things I consider important.
The other is NOTEBOOK and I use it in my living room while
husband watches TV.
The third one is not far from my closet. A tech said he put in a
battery in, but he must have thought he put new one in, because
the battery is not allowing it to work. I may end up ordering a
new battery and have it again when this one has worn out.
So, yes. You might say I should give it away. Since I do not use
mine for banking, or even ordering on line. If I had to give it
away there is nothing of importance on it.
I am so not a computer 'nerd.' I do have to ask for help or
call a tech in if I get hung up.
Spring is around the corner. Time to get rid of somethings.
I think I am ready. I feel it is not fair to my children to have
to get things that belong to me out of our house. Need to
get busy. Like you said someone can use these things.
After reading your posts yesterday, I see we have far too
much and it is good to give away.
Have a nice day ~ J~K~2
Spiritual dreams are spiritually interpreted. The Old Testament is full of examples. No amount of "common sense" can perform it.
God is the revealer of secrets.
Daniel 2:26-30 (KJV) [SUP]26 [/SUP]The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? [SUP]27 [/SUP]Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; [SUP]28 [/SUP]But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; [SUP]29 [/SUP]As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. [SUP]30 [/SUP]But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
God is the revealer of secrets.
Daniel 2:26-30 (KJV) [SUP]26 [/SUP]The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? [SUP]27 [/SUP]Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; [SUP]28 [/SUP]But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; [SUP]29 [/SUP]As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. [SUP]30 [/SUP]But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
J
Appreciate your thought Stephen. I don't agree with you. I believe the
Lord has given me dreams that were prophetic in past and the ones I
struggled to understand, if they stayed with me, I would get my answer
from HIM. Our Lord. We all have our relationship with Jesus, however,
we are not in same mold. You don't feel He will reveal to you what your
dream is, and I have been around long enough to know not to go by
dream books, or ask someone to interpret, but I do believe my Lord
does show me, as I stated.
Thanks for sharing what you believe. ~ J~K~2