A POWERFUL DREAM
Marcia Gillis
Jail Minister, Addict Case Manager, Discipleship Specialist, Author
Several weeks ago a trusted friend had a powerful dream especially pertinent to the times in which we live. I've quoted her dream below:
"I had an intriguing dream last night set in the present day. I was mostly watching the scene, not in it and I’m not sure if I can properly describe this. I was sitting somewhere, but didn’t recognize it. I was looking down on the scenes unfolding on the earth, mostly America, with all the hate, dissension, racism, riots, vandalism, killing, etc. It was as if I was in my earthly father’s room (that comfortable), my father being the Lord. But he wasn’t sitting next to me in the physical, but it felt like he was sitting next to me. I never really saw a form but I knew he was there. It’s really hard to explain. But we were “sitting” next to each other.
I was very sad to see everything taking place on the earth and tears began to drip from my face. Then, I heard Him say, “This is a time of acceleration.” I knew He was referring to the things taking place and they were going to increase in frequency and escalate in severity. This did cause me to feel a little overwhelmed.
Knowing my loved ones and many friends were still down there I began pleading on their behalf and praying for strength and wisdom. My Father said to me again, “This is a time of acceleration.” Now I knew He was speaking of prayer. He was telling me it was time to accelerate, to increase in frequency and intensity, our prayers for the people of the earth.
Then, I saw people I didn’t know, but had such a love for them as if I knew them personally, like family. They were people who many might not consider family if they really were family. There were lots of young people, young adults. Many of the men looked like women and many women looked like men. There were lots of colors of hair, piercings, tattoos, and clothing that revealed private body parts. It was a party type scene where they were involved in sexual-type activity (but not a full blown orgy). There were people openly using drugs and drinking massive amounts of alcohol. It was a scene of disorder it seemed. As I looked on them I felt such a love for them that I could feel this uneasy knot in my gut. More tears streamed from my eyes. I felt as if I was looking at a loved one that was about to die and I wanted to urgently tell them something but wasn’t sure they could hear me. Then, my Father spoke a third time, “This is a time of acceleration.” This time, He was speaking of love. He was trying to get me to see how important it is to love these people and to show them compassion and treat them with dignity.
The next scene I was in a big room with several others. Maybe twenty to thirty. Several I recognized, but most I didn’t. I did, however, know that we were like family, working together toward the same thing. We were praying. We were praying intensely for all the things above and it was very loud, but not unorganized or disorderly. I could however, feel a sense of authority and calmness as we prayed, not panic or fear.
The scene ended." (Ann Lindholm@2020) #socialjustice #pray #dreamvisions #caous