Dreams and God

This week found me somewhat homesick. Oh who am I kidding...A...LOT...HOMESICK!!! Milo, my grandson, celebrated his first birthday and I missed it! There have been reunions, births, deaths, celebrations, etc. that I've missed since we got here and, for some reason, I felt it all on Monday and Tuesday. There were many tears and many "oh pitiful me" moments on those two days. However, as the week has progressed, God has revealed some things to me both through His Word and through loving on me in worship. I would like to share those things with you.

Tuesday night I had a dream that went like this...Brett and I were walking along and He kept going off and leaving me. I would tell him to wait, I'm slipping and I can't keep up, and he would just look at me and say "come on." Now if you know Brett, you know that this is not how he is with me. He's usually behind me making sure I'm not falling OR he's in front of me holding my hand to be sure I don't fall back. Back to the dream! After a minute, a strange man showed up and all I could say to him was "go away!" Now, there are times when dreams come from eating too much pizza and then there are dreams that you know God wants to tell you about. This was the latter.

I asked God what the dream was about and this is what He told me. You and Brett have different gifts. Brett's gifts and talents are being used in the physical and people can see what he is accomplishing. Your gifts are more in the spiritual. Encouragement is the gift that I've chosen to place in you. You hug those who are down, you give flowers, and you speak words of encouragement. Nobody else knows you're doing this except the person to whom you do it. Because of this, you feel that your not being seen. This is where the strange man comes in...this is the enemy trying to convince you that you're not good enough and that your gifts are not good enough. This, my beloved, is not the truth! I created you different and full of wonder. Get into My Word and remind yourself of what I say about you. NOT what the world says and NOT what the enemy says and NOT what your un-renewed mind says. Renew your mind to Me daily! Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. All that said, let me share with you what happened when I did start to renew my mind to what God says about me.

Wendy, I Am your strength and your song! I placed the song deep within you. It's from Me and I want you to sing and dance and trust that Father is right there with you. Father, Daddy, is dancing over you and I want you to dance with Me. Trust Me to lead. I know the way may be new and the steps unfamiliar, but when you learn it, the dance is beautiful. There will be dips but trust that I will not let you fall! You may feel like you're falling, but TRUST ME! There will be turns where you'll feel I've let you go, but know that I never let go of you and let you turn on your own, but I hold the very tips of your fingers like a ballerina! I've always got you! Trust Me to lead and then WOW! What a dance!! 

As for the song...you just need to open your mouth and sing My praise. The notes will come. They may be all over the staff but keep singing, don't stop! As you sing and continue to open your mouth with My praise, the notes will take their proper place in the staff and suddenly...Without warning...you'll begin to hear an amazing symphony and those singing with you will be an amazing opera of My love and joy in, not only your life, but also in the lives of those I've sent you to South Africa to serve. I am your strength and joy-don't lean into anyone or anything else. Allow Me to be your staff. Remember that in every opera there is joy and sadness, but during the sadness of your opera, you have a joy that does not leave you. The notes of peace and trust are sometimes the hardest to reach on the scale, but when I'm your staff and you lean into Me, then  you'll be able to reach them when others are struggling to find the note. Help them reach the note. Show them that I am the staff and, if allowed, I will arrange the notes of their lives and when they allow Me to write the music of their lives....WOW!! WHAT...A...SONG...

After the Lord showed these things to me, my mom sent me an SMS (text) that said she heard on the TV that Africa is the land of songs...OK Africa! Let's you and I sing for the glory of our God!