Dreams: past and present

    Let's talk about dreams.  Not the dreams about personal success and worldly attainment, that's for another post;-). Let's talk about our nightly escapades into the unknown .  When I was young, I didn't remember my dreams.  I'm sure I had them, but didn't try to remember them.  When I was a teenager I took some dream interpretaition workshops and analyzed my dreams from a secular, new age type framework.  Then, I went through a long period where I thought dreams were just meaningless and nonsensical undigested thoughts and projections carried over from our daily impressions.  Regardless of how I percieved dreams and their meaning, I always had them!  As a teen and into my early 20's I was into new age ideas (yes, this was before it became mainstream).  I used to have this recurring dream of a tsunami.  Keep in mind this dream started BEFORE I ever even saw the ocean!  This dream continued for years.  I didn't understand it at all.  There's always been an underlying element of tumult and ungroundedness (Kabbalists might attribute this to the letter M in my name) in my life so I attributed it to my general aloofness.  Looking back with the perspective of God giving us warning dreams, I can see how he was warning me, BUT I couldn't have understood at the time what it was about.  Fast farward to 2011.  My mom had been working HARD on me to get me to see that God was the God of the Bible, and not the God that I created in my head.  You know, the one who just kind of agrees with everything WE think?  Yah... anyway, I finally crucified my ego and actually asked God to come into my life and reveal himself to me (the way Christians do).  To me, this was HARD.  I had embraced eastern religions and the new age concept God which required nothing of me, and certainly implied that God was already inside me, as well as in everything.  The effect of thinking this way is 1) you don't actually know God at all and 2) you become very egotistical!

  Anywho, shortly after I "broke" myself and prayed this really embarassing (I thought) prayer, I had a dream.  It was scary.  I was in this dessert like town with people milling about.  Suddenly a bus came by and everyone got on it but me.  I missed it!  I was all alone in this town, and there was this sense of impending doom.  I was freaking out, when by some miracle the bus came back and my moms old hippy boyfriend (who I knew was attending church) came out and said he got a ticket for me.  I was SOOo relieved!!  The dream was a definite warning to me, that if I didn't get serious about God I would be left behind.

  For two years God made my life a living nightmare.  I believe he was testing and refining me.  THEN, he woke me up!  When he woke me up he started to urge me to finish reading the Bible.  I had only read about half way through at this point. Side note about me: I'm easily distracted and not good on follow through.  I start many projects and move on before they're finished.  Know yourself, right?  Anyway, I decided to start reading 15 minutes every night.  Something I could commit to.  15 minutes turned into 30, and eventually I finished it (side note to anyone who has a hard time reading the old testament: The Bible in 90 Days on audio is awesome.  You can purchase it in segments from Itunes).  I quickly realized that if we haven't read the entire word of God we are CLUE LESS!  I guess that's what he was trying to tell ME.. haha!  Now, I'm trying to spread that message.  Church is a good thing, but just going to church is not enough.  

  Fast foreward again to the most recent warning type dream.  I was at work when one of my clients told me the state of Texas was under water.  I knew it was the END of days so to speak, and I said "It's here".  Then I was outside.  The oceanic water was to my right.  Suddenly I was with my mom and sister and we had tube type rafts (side note: I HATE rafting) and was getting into a river.  I had no clue what would happen.  My husband showed up but didn't have a raft.  I knew my raft could never carry both of us, but I was torn between survival and helping him.  Obviously, this dream was a warning to my husband, but it was also a reassurance to me that I was progressing in my security with God.  Now, I have many dreams, but these are just the ones that are the most significant and memorable.  There was also the dream where God revealed to me that I need to share the Bible with people.  I've had many packing dreams lately, even though I'm not planning any trips in the natural world.  I had one dream very recently that I was actually in heaven getting prayed for.  And another one where I was preparing for a wedding.  That was a cool dream.  I couldn't tell who was getting married but the setting for the wedding was a vintage/farm type wedding which is my favorite setting for a wedding.  I also recall Jesus speaking.  It seemed like he was saying vows, but I couldn't remember a word he said.  The dream ended very vividly with a silver bowl with the number 12 in it.  I've got a few ideas of what that could symbolize, but if anyone has any insight, do share!  There is much talk on youtube about the groom (Jesus) coming for his bride (the church), which is all Biblical of course but people are having dreams and visions like crazy:-o My sister said "well it's no wonder you're having these dreams because you're watching all these videos and filling your head with this stuff".  I can see why she would think that but what about all the dreams I had before?  I don't know about you but I can't force myself to dream something just because I want to.  In fact, I'd love to have cool wedding and rapture dreams every night but I don't!  Many nights my dreams are the usual random boring type despite all the info I'm listening to. They're kind of disappointing actually!  Many nights God has spoken Hebrew words in my dreams.  This is significant to me, and has lead me to research the Jewish roots of Christianity, taking me back to the ancient paths.  Alan Horvath and Mark Biltz have become great sources of info for me because of these dreams.  I'm learning some Hebrew and travelling all the way back to God's original perspective, language and calendar.  It's pretty cool the way God is actually using my dreams to guide me.  We don't randomly assign meaning to life.  God assigns meaning, and we aquire knowledge of meaning by knowing Him.  Happy dream trails friends!  

This is a 5 minute video about the Hebrew Roots of the Aaronic Blessing.  It's powerful.  Please watch it!

https://youtu.be/7U6js9OkV2c

The first video led me to the teachings of Rico Cortes.  I know most people don't have the endurance to sit through this entire series but 6 & 7 are SO amazing.  It makes the most sense to start from the beginning but if that's not going to happen, watch 6 & 7.  God is SO interesting you guys!  If you don't think God is interesting you just don't know enough...  If you've ever wondered about the origins of sound and music this is a great one to watch!

https://youtu.be/DeKG5TexA0s?list=PL126472709CF88208

P.s.  Some people have this idea that going back to the Jewish roots is somehow "un-Christian". I'd just like to remind them that Jesus was a Jew.  The first "Christians" were Messianic Jews.  His intent was not to un-Jewify people.  The Christianity we have today is a highly processed version of the heirloom variety, so to speak.  If we want absolute truth I believe we need to go all the way back to the original.  All that said,  I am not convinced that any one denomination has all the answers and I do not subscribe to or belong to any denomination.  I don't need a label to identify myself with God.  I will listen to teachers from any and all denominations to get a full perspective.  I belong to God, and believe His word.  His word is not bound by the limitations of man's perception or understanding.