First Posted February 28th on Facebook
I’ve been feeling like I have needed to share a dream for the last month or so…but I’m a pretty private person so I usually just error on the side of silence…but after the last three weeks of surprise after surprise (in my personal life) I want to share this just in case anyone out there is going through something similar. Just to preface these dreams…this is not a doomsday message, this ends positively! 😅
On December 11th, I had two dreams back to back. In the first dream, about a dozen people were standing in a circle. The people felt like they represented my personal life, the church, America, and even possibly the world. Each individual was standing directly across from each other and each person was holding up the end of a bridge. On the bridges were massive monuments, buildings, and all the accomplishments of mankind. They were beautiful and grandiose.
As we sat and admired all we had built, the world began to shake. With this shaking, all our buildings and every work of our hands began to shake too. As the trembling got worse, as a people, we tried harder and harder to hold on to everything we knew and cherished…but the harder we tried the worse it got. Then, right at the moment of our greatest desperation, I heard a voice and God spoke.
He said, “let it fall.” He continued, “if you let it fall, from the rubble I will build the eighth wonder of the world.” Afraid and uncertain I let go. Then I awoke. When I fall back asleep I have another dream.
In this dream, a period of time had went by from the moment of us all letting go and letting everything fall. Our cities were rebuilt and elevated, as if in the sky. They were more beautiful and amazing than anything we could have accomplished and hoped for. They were so advanced it was as if we had actually gained time, rather than lose it. It was as if we were launched forward rather than held back. But when I looked down there were still people that could not let go of the past…they couldn’t let go of the former things and the way things used to be. They were literally living in the rubble of the former cities and ashes of their former life. I kept going down to them to let them know about all the beauty above, but was shocked by how many people would rather settle for the ruins of the past than accept the beauty of the future. Then I awoke.
First off, these dreams are metaphorical and literal. Metaphorically, if you struggle with letting go of the past, it’s time to let go! Even if you’ve made mistakes, there is so much more beauty that lies ahead. For me, especially with the way the last two weeks have gone, these dreams feel a bit literal (don’t worry we are doing good…promise!) Quickly, as a side note, I am not saying America is going to crumble. I am not saying everything in my life or your life will fall. I honestly don’t know fully what it all means and how much of these dreams are literal, figurative, or ramifications of bad 🍕. However, I do know, I’ve had enough dreams come true to stop ignoring them. And I know God always has something more beautiful to give us than what we lose. I’ve seen it time and time again and know, beyond a shadow and doubt, there is always beauty for ashes. Either way, no matter what does or doesn’t happen, I’ve resolved in my heart to let it all go.
If you are going through a similar season…whether better or worse, just know, if you will give it to God, He has something amazing for you on the other side.
Yay 2020 🎉.