Dreams

Recently read a book by a pastor / author who is very well known in the charismatic circle.  The book deeply

blessed me.  One thing the author talked about is how God can speak through any means He chooses.  

He might choose to speak through a very unusual event, or He might repeatedly put something in front

of you.  He could even stir something through a dream.  

Well, after reading this I've often gone to bed rather excited… hopeful that maybe God might stir something

within me while I'm sleeping.  (I've really been wanting some definitive answers on a few things, but He's

wanting what's more important for me than definitive answers.)  Unfortunately, sleep lately would be best

described as restless… it's been what I call, "Stressful sleep."  Feel like I'm dreaming crazy, nonsense 

dreams all night long.  Feel extra exhausted in the morning.

This morning I was sorting through portions of 3 dreams I had last night.  When I was sitting in church, I 

felt like I got some clarity on potential meanings… if they mean anything.

First dream, I'm not sure, but I think I was at school.  Somehow my very large backpack full of stuff was

missing.  This wasn't a school backpack but rather a large backpacking pack.  Immediately, I "knew" that 

someone had stolen it.  Later in the dream I remember thinking that I might have left it in another building 

on the opposite side of the campus.  Anyways, I can't communicate the distress associated with this missing 

backpack.  It had school work.  It had clothes… not even sure what else it had, but It was full of stuff.

Second dream, before I went to bed last night I installed a new wireless router.  Maybe I was thinking about 

that… not sure, but in my dream I remember being obsessive compulsive about being unwilling to

move more than a few feet away from my router.  I felt like the computer wouldn't work unless I was that close.  

Even when I wasn't using the computer I would not let myself break away.  It felt like I was chained to it in some

ways.  Hard to communicate how important and urgent it was that I stay so close.

I could have snorted too much Fun Dip as a kid… maybe that's why I had these dreams.  However, my mind was 

thinking that maybe both dreams are revealing that I bound in certain ways.  Maybe my stuff binds me… like chain 

and shackles.  Of the stuff, what do I really need?  What would it really matter if I lost my stuff?  Probably nothing.  

The router dream… what keeps me bound to my circle of comfort… my circle of familiar?  What is keeping me

from venturing out?  Moving beyond where I've got a signal / understanding / control of the circumstances?

Interesting thing is that before I shared either of these dreams with Kelly today she told me that she was really

feeling the Lord nudge us to re-think of life.  Should we sell tons of stuff and do whatever it takes to pursue

spiritual riches?  What would that look like or mean?  What keeps up from pursuing more of God (=spiritual

riches) more than anything else?  Should we venture out into new, unchartered territory for us?

Those were my first two dreams.  Take it or leave it.  That's been my attitude a lot lately.  Not apologizing.  Again, 

just letting you know.

My third dream… some stranger told me that my chin hair looked ugly.  I've let it grow out a little if I haven't seen 

you in the last week or so.  We'll just say I didn't take this as a word from the Lord.  Enjoying my gray chin for 

the moment.  Guess I share the third dream too just to say that sometimes it's hard to know if and what the Lord's 

saying (if anything) outside from His written word.