ARE DREAMS THE WORK OF LIFE OR LIFE THE WORK OF DREAMS
In the land of dreams we are sometimes led to the reality that is life.
It was early Christmas morning and I lay shaking on the cold wet ground. I knew I had been shaken awake but there was no one there that I could see. Then His voice said “I Am, wake up my son”. I tried with all my might to keep my eyes shut in hopes that HE would leave but it was no use. Still no matter how hard I tried I could not see HIM. HE chuckled as HE said “Do not labor to see me for you know very well who I AM and that to look upon me would cause your earthly demise”.
“Why are you here?” I asked.
“Because you are here in the filth of this world suffering on the day that should be the most blessed day of your life. For years you had searched ME out and were never satisfied with what you found because you were looking for ME in the wrong places. I do not dwell in the houses that men build. I live in the hearts of men who are free and that freedom can only be given but never taken.”
“How can I be worthy of your concern?” I asked.
“Because my SON deemed you worthy when first WE planned your existence”
“Then why, tell me, has my life come to this? I sleep in the mud that man stirs up and suffer in the pain that he causes even though I try to be better than that.”
“WE sent you here for the purpose of making life better for those around you and in order for you to do that you had to know what they are going through. Our Spirit has always been with you and WE often heard your cries but they were never for yourself but always for another”.
“What has changed things” I asked?
“Tonight” HE replied “you called out in your dreams and asked if this could be the night that you could come home. For the first time you said that you were alone here in the flesh and you begged that WE would allow this journey to end. We knew that it was time to reward you by granting your request but first MY SON asked that I grant you this time alone with me and then make this day not the saddest but the gladdest day ever for you. Today you will be blessed from every direction and love will gather you up and hold you in it’s warmth. For the rest of your time here These same people who you cared for will care for you and then WE shall come with our vanguard and take you home”.
“Are you leaving now” I asked?
“I have never left you” HE replied “and never will”.
A dream? Maybe!! I’ll let you decide. I know the answer.
On the night of the conception CHRIST-mas became a reality for all men.
IN HIS LOVE
Ralph
