January 17, 2006
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Thank you for your prayers and reminders of keeping the proper scriptures in mind. I woke up feeling a lot better than last night. And God is good. I was going through some old notebooks looking study notes and came across this journal entry about a dream/vision I had. I wasn’t asleep, wasn’t fully awake. I think that Joel 2 says that the older ones (I’m in that bracket) will dream dreams. This one is so relevant to what I am dealing with now I thought I would share it with you.
4/7/03 This morning I woke up and had a sort of waking vision. I had been praying that all the barriers I had placed between God and myself would be removed. I wanted nothing separating us. My ultimate prayer was to have a relationship with God like Moses and Joshua Son of Nun did. Well yesterday that ultimate wish came closer to happening. Today in my prayers, I saw myself approach Jesus instead of staying 3-4 football fields away. I came and took a deep breath and looked into the mirror of Jesus’ eyes. I saw myself as He saw me. In His eyes my soiled, dirty, sin-filled garment was washed as white as snow. I finally saw something of how much He loved me. I fell at His feet but He raised me up. I begged to sit as I could not stand, so we sat side by side and He told me to rest. He put His prayer shawl over me and I felt safe and protected, the Father’s arms around me. He told me to tell people that there was room for all under His wings. I fell physically back to sleep under His wings.
(note from today 1/17/06) I had told this vision to Pastor Don and he called it a visitation. At that time it provided comfort to a lot of people, as Pastor Don let me tell about it in church. Funny how God will remind you of times with Him when you feel distant. I had totally forgotten about this dream/vision.
Heather
Comments (23)
Morning Heather! Glad you are feeling better this morning! After reading your post today it reminds me why I should get my journal back out and start that habit back up! We do tend to forget all the many things God has done for us in our past….and when we’re feeling down it helps to go back and remind ourselves! How awesome was your visitation! God is awesome! He is faithful! Thanks for sharing that part of your journal with us! It totally encourages my spirit today! Blessings, ~Gena~
thanks for sharing that! it is a beautiful picture of how close God really is to us. there are some hard times in my life right now and last week i had this wonderful feeling of God coming and holding me during my prayer time. spending time in prayer has allowed me to feel so close to my Saviour that in times like i’m having now, i can truly feel at peace during a storm. He is definitely not the distant God that some people see him to be!
I am so happy for you that you were able to have that vision in your life. I struggle with my past and memories from what I have been through and while the Bible is the best place to get the “medicine” needed I have found great encouragement and a way to look at the brighter side of God’s promises in the book, “Your Best Life Now”, written by Pastor Joel Osteen. I pray that you can continue to find rest in the Lord and be covered by His love and know that He already see’s you as perfect. Have a truly great day with God!
~Peggy~
what a very COOL thing to have happen….i usually have nightmares i don’t care to remember. i’m so glad that this was a turning point for you…and will be a constant reminder of his watchfulness and care and love for you! you, especially needed that i think, and HE provided a way for you to feel that closeness you so desire!
i am taking a real estate course. it’s a 6 week study for state licensing. it’s quite intense and i’ve not been in a classroom for 33 years, so it has been difficult for me. (especially since i did not anticipate there being so much math) this is the second week, and i go on mondays and wednesday evenings. there is a lot of homework and home study time required, and i’m having difficulty concentrating on things for too long also. would appreciate your prayers on that! :0) hope you have a wonderful week! love, bette
That is awesome!! WOW! Thank you for sharing with us, and that was great your Pastor had you share that in your church!! That is very uplifting! God Bless you sister!
In His Service,
Heather– thanks for coming to my site.. and I really was uplifted as I read your dream. Isn’t it amazing that our God is such an amazing personal God that he speaks to US individually. I love that about it. Thanks for coming to visit my site from angelonwheels site– and I am privalidged that you subscribed. Many blessings
Jenn
I have been having some really weird dreams lately. Nothing from the Lord just strange dreams. And the odd thing is that I can remember them so clearly when I wake up. Usually, I know I dream, but not sure what it was all about. Wonderful how God ministered to you. Blessings…
Awesome!
Have a blessed day!
Michele
That is really powerful. I had one similar to that once while I was seeing a Christian counselor to deal with some of the crap in my life. There has rarely been anything so moving in my life. It was an immense blessing. Thanks for sharing.
WoW, that’s awesome. It’s similar to something I experienced before too. Not quiet a dream/vision though. But it used to be the times when I cried out and had most amazing prayer times with God was when I physically felt as if I was laying before him, it was like a empty dirt road with little rocks and pebbles, and I just came and laid before Him with my head in His lap and I just cried, not tears of sadness, but of refreshment, of security, of love. Like I was safe and just overtaken by love and purity and innocence. I felt like a child, I didn’t feel like I do when others look at you, I was an open book, just me, I was free to be me….awww, just thinking about it, this is good for me, thanks Heather, you just made me remember too….thank you!
Mesha
That’s an awesome vision. What a blessing to have had it!
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i saw u stopped by my page. just stopping by to say hello. Your post is beautiful. God is so good! man i’m fighting hard to straigthen out my relationship with him.
God bless you Maam
Paula
What a wonderful picture……
I love the visuals our amazing Lord provides! Thanks for buoying our faith by your wonderful testimony! With much love and many prayers, Paula
Heather,
Thank you for coming by. God is so glad God is revealing himself to you!
Thankyou for your advice
Dom
Yay! Praise God! What an awesome vision! Hope you have a wonderful evening. Hugs and prayers!
Dear Heather. Thanks so much for coming by my site tonight, and for you comment. It’s truly appreciated! I’m so glad I came by to see yours as well.
What an awesome vision you were allowed to experience a couple of years ago at a time in your life when you needed some assurance of God’s great love for YOU… and how doubly awesome that He reminded you of your journal writing now so you could once again be reminded that “…where you are, there He is also!” I don’t know what struggles you’ve been experiencing right now causing you heartache, but I do know that without a doubt, GOD IS RIGHT THERE WITH YOU, AND HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH, HEATHER!!! He has promised to NEVER leave you nor forsake you ~~ so in your struggles, remember that God is in them with you… He’s waiting for you to simply reach out and let Him carry you through. I know personally how hard that can be… back in 1993-1995, I had a very serious battle with depression due to the surfacing of repressed memories from a childhood filled with so much abuse at the hands of my dad. I truly know the pain of feeling God doesn’t love you and that He’s nowhere to be found when you need Him the most. I felt that, too. I counseled with my pastor for over a year after the almost 2yr. with a professional counselor. It wasn’t until working with my pastor and his encouraging me to really dig deep in God’s Word and to be in constant fervent prayer, that I began to finally realize that it wasn’t God who was nowhere to be found, it was ME!!! That was a huge turning point in my life and at last the real healing process began! There was much pain to work through and it didn’t happen overnight, but I’m living proof that WITH GOD, YOU CAN CONQUER the spiritual battles of depression. Satan, will, of course, be right there trying to bring you down, but stay in prayer and in the Word and you’ll be just fine!!! It sounds like you’re on the right track, and there are also many praying for you in XangaLand ~~ I will pray for you, too, Heather. And if you need someone to just listen, I’ll be here for you… just email me or contact me through the comments.
I pray that you have a blessed day tomorrow. Take care, and may you sense the presence of our awesome and loving God in a very special and very real way!!!
With love because of Jesus,
That was really an awesome picture! thanks for sharing……….GBU Teresa
Thank you for sharing this vision, this dream, our loving Christ. This message lifted my spirits today (as I am feeling a little ill). God bless you!
Uh…I don’t think there is anything more I can say that has not already been said…
JR
there are tears in my eyes… what an indescribable Master we have.