The Dream

A young lady, whom my wife and I relate to as though she is a daughter, who is a participant with us in the same body of Believers, informed us after our gathering Sunday of a dream she had that was particularly directed to me.It was couched in the motif of my recent ex-profession (pig farming) and in view of I Kings 17 (Elijah and the widow of Zerephath) and had to do with a sow who never ceased from farrowing (giving birth) piglets. After the dream she woke up thinking it was probably the result of some bad bacon or something, went back to sleep and then dreamed that God was directing her to tell me about the dream. So she did. To just the two of us. I asked her why she didn’t tell about it to the whole assembly earlier that day? She said that God directed her to tell me, and that’s what she did.

It isn’t hard to make the connections in the dream. Our “daughter” is notorious for having “prophetic” dreams. Her batting average is probably over 500. I don’t have a heritage in “the prophetic”. Heck, I don’t even have “heritage” in the charismatic.

We, wife and I, are transitioning to another occupation and work is slow right now. I’ve been worried somewhat about the lack of income and get antsy when I feel like I’m sitting around twiddling my thumbs.

The next day we received a call from a friend from our old church. They need six doors hung, a sink faucet replaced and a thing or two more done. (Oh, our new occupation is “handyman services”.)

Yesterday afternoon we found some cash in an envelop with a note on our kitchen counter. (Shushhh, don’t spread the word around, but we don’t lock the front door…)

I asked Alison, “What is this for and why did they do it?”

She flicked me on the head saying, “Oh ye of little faith. You’ve had two confirmations from the Lord of “daughter’s” dream.”

I guess I’m saying all of that to say–I’m convinced that the Lord speaks to us through the members of His Body, and that, most especially, is done simply through the relationships we have one with another.