With the loss of my grandson, my thoughts have been much about death these passed days. I dreamed I went to visit my Mother. She was very decrepit and nearly helpless, living alone except for her dog Brownie, depending on the kindness of others for her most basic needs. Of course she was happy to see her 'baby boy' and reached out her arms to me.
Little Brownie, once a very frisky fox terrier, was happy to see me too. He came to me to be petted and I reached to pick him up. His little bones were showing and he flinched and yelped in pain at my touch. I could not hold back my tears as I awakened.
Isaiah 57:1-2 tells us "The good perish while evil prospers and non layeth it to heart that God has taken them away from evil yet to come." (from memory; perhaps a word or two wrong).
The things in my dream were far from the actual happenings. My mother was never destitute, in need for any material thing, never hospitalized a day in her life, never bedfast for more than a few hours unless from childbirth which, being the youngest, I never witnessed.
My dream was not pleasant to experience but, in afterthought, did I just get a glimpse of (Evil Yet to Come)? Have I again been reminded that when God takes a person from our midst, His act is one of tender mercy for that loved one. Though we must bear our sorrows here on Earth; there are no disappointments, weariness, sorrow, or pain in heaven in the presence of our Creator.
Thank You, My Lord, for the brief pain of my dream and also for the reminder of Your Ways.
I believe God speaks to us through dreams. You know He does as witnessed in the words of the good book. You are a blessing to all of us and although your mother did not suffer in your experience, she did, like the rest of us, suffer from living in a world that is not our final destination. You are a wonderful creator of things not seen by the naked eye...things that go unnoticed come into your mind and each one you share takes me to another place, another time. Take care of yourself so we can meet again...on THIS side of heaven.
ReplyDeleteThe mind and heart when attached to Gods love will receive messages of the path in which we are proceding. How well we procede starts to inlighten us as to the meanings of the direction we have chosen. I enjoy the time we spend in the travels we take as friends toward knowledge God wants you and I to to obtain. Thank you for each day and atricles I get to enjoy the friendship we have developed. Priceless.
ReplyDeleteI believe our dreams might be a glimpse of some lingering sadness from something that has already happened, or even a foreshadowing of what is yet to come. But it is all connected through heart and God and spirit.
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