Tom Branch - Roads of Faith

Ok to continue onward from the last post. The Dream has tied in greatly to relationships in everyday life. In fact the one part I recall from the dream was being told to "just relax" which still gives me a warm feeling inside. In a way that woman was Godly, from God, and in essence was God.

And here is how I gather that. In my devotional I had come upon two different days to read. The first one gave a very nice story of how a mother on a plane did what she could for her sick baby. Who threw up all over and made others around sick as well. When they got off the plane was the father dressed in all white. White slacks and shirt. The mother gave her child to the father. And while the child was still a mess the father was hugging and kissing the child all the way to the luggage area. The father loved his child no matter what. The same way that God loves us. After all the sinful puke he is still there to hug us, comfort us, and love us.

I read this the day of that dream, so I think it was on my mind when I was dreaming. No matter what he was going to be there. That's the same I felt during that part of the dream when she said "just relax" So as if it was God, he told me to stir what was in the pot on the stove.....as he has commanded us to obey his word. And then at a part where I was to make a choice, but told me to just relax as he made the choices and I just did what was in front of me.

Now while flipping through the devotional I came upon one titles "Just Relax" so of course I gave it a look. Now this devotional was reading 2 Kings 20:1 where in a nutshell it tells Hezekiah to get things in order you are going to die and will not recover from this illness. He was sick at the time. The devotional does go into how a baseball player had his tonsils removed, and found they were cancerous. His first thoughts were of course "I am going to die" as would anyone really if you think about it. But like in my dream, God reveled to him "Hey I'm God. I'm in control. Just relax."

I guess there is alot that I can make of this dream. But taking in those two devotionals I should learn God is in control and will love us no matter what or how sick with sin we are. But at some point will have to let it ride, give it up, and give him control. He has the control but as long as we think we do, we don't give it to him.

So in my relationship with God...I am feeling that he wants to take care of me, he wants to love me, and does have a purpose for me. But I am going to have to let it be, let him control. The more I try the harder things get. As in watching or taming the tounge, the more said the worse things get. But If I were to let go things would work themselves out and I would not dig a deeper hole.

I know that seeing and relating to women like that in my dreams firstly gives me a taste of what it feels like to have that kind of love. But it's only a glimpse of how much greater God's love is. That and I the only thing of those dreams is I am falling in love with several women, nameless, and faceless as I forget most detials.

But it feels good to get a glimpse of that.

But it comes down to just following. Not thinkging...or "just relax"

"God does not tell us what he is going to do, he reveals himself who he is" Oswald Chambers (British teacher and chaplain)

Now back to the first story of the father in white....it was reading from Isaiah
43:1-2 Pretty much says we are God's, he has called us, and he will be with us in times of great difficulty.

So she is there cooking, tells me to stir something, then tells me to relax where I feel it's ok as I was not alone, and someone was already making the choices...all I needed to do was follow, was relax as it was in his hands and not mine.

Even thought it was a woman in my dreams, what I felt was still an earthly attraction, but what is coming back to me is it was God. Tom stir this. And don't worry about thinking or trying to work things out, Iv'e got that under control.

So you tell me was that God?

I'm going to sleep better knowing it was.

1 Comments:

Anonymous said...: We can never truly fix our mistakes and there is nothing in Scripture that says we will no longer STRUGGLEwith sin.

What we do have promised to us as children of God is that sin no longer has POWER over us. We are more than conquerors through Christ who has saved us. Christ's death on the cross and his resurrection from the dead paid the penalty of our sins. Therefore, we live in freedom. We are no longer slaves to lust and pornography.

I'd encourage you to avoid nudes until you have prayed through the wisdom of this art. I am a great lover of art and appreciate the grace of the human body. But unfortunately, beautiful things have been corrupted in our society. And we must protect ourselves and others as much as possible. What we often mean to be a beautiful expression, others pervert and turn into something evil. We should guard ourselves and others against this whenever it is within our power.; Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:10:00 PM

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