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I am somewhat confused and looking for advice from older Christians, if they have ever experienced something similar before.
Every once in a while (3 times that I can remember) I have dreams that are... different. I am not sure how to explain it, but they are completely different from my usual dreams. They stand out like a white puppy, in the midst of 30 black ones. It is these unusual ones that I am hoping to discuss.
The first one occurred when I was 8 years old. My family was coming back from a weekend trip and I fell asleep, to have a dream of walking up to my bird's cage seeing it empty, then looking below and seeing the bird dead. When we got home, it turned out that someone had been there while we were gone. There cage door was open and the bird had gotten out, and unable to get back to the cage for water, had died. Beneath the cage.
The second one was about 4 years ago, when I couldn't decide if I truly wanted to get a dog or not. It was a huge decision for me. After a year or so of praying to God on and off, asking for His opinion, I had an odd dream. I was sitting in a room of puppies and one brown one with a bit of black on his nose climbed into my lap and licked my chin and I heard a voice say, "little black on the nose". Somehow I am positive that this dream was from God, although I can't really say why. The next day my Mother said she was going to the nearby city and asked if I wanted to come to pick out a puppy (this was the first time she ever asked). It felt right in my heart, with no reservations, and I agreed. After a few visits to various shelters, we came to a room with 7 puppies - the same room in my dream. I wandered in and sat down, and a brown puppy with only a little bit of black on his nose clambered into my lap. The rest of the puppies had a lot of black on their muzzles. I took that puppy, and 4 years later I do not regret my decision - he is the best behaved dog people have ever seen. Great with elders, kids, sick and/or disabled people, huge dogs, tiny dogs, and will attempt anything we ask of him.
The third dream was about 6 months ago. I still live at home with Mother, since the cost rent in my location is well over 70% of my monthly wage. I have not found any potential partner who also followed Christ, so I saw no reason to move out, although I thought about it lightly a few times. Who doesn't want a place of their own where they can try to build something up for themselves?
I had a dream where I was standing on the edge of a paved road and looking to the right. There was a small, very old, but tidy mobile home that was beside a large dugout. I somehow knew that it was a place I might someday own. When I saw it, I really, really wanted it, with a strength that I have never wanted anything.
That is where I get confused. I have never seen this place, and I sketched it out for my family (who drive around the county for their work) and they had never seen such a place either. I have never really wanted a house, until that dream; and now, I would only want that specific one. When I look at any other place I see for sale, or any place at all, I have absolute zero interest in even the thought of one day owning one of the other places.
I had the oddest feeling that God sent that dream, although I cannot say why. The same feeling I got as the dream when picking out the puppy.
Sorry for the long winded background (and post).
What are your thoughts on these dreams? Oddly enough, they are the only dreams that I have had that I can remember clearly despite years passing for the first two.
I never really thought about the dreams and why I was receiving them overly much until today. I have thanked God many times for my dog, and for the dream about the house, although I also admitted to Him that I am clueless about what He is trying to get across with the house dream.
I plan to pray to God tonight to see if He would possibly explain why He is sending the dreams to me. I am hoping that you may also pray for me. In the past, when I have asked for "why" explanations He usually takes years before He shows me, and I can look back and see the answer clearly (such as why He guided me to the church I am currently in).
I am glad He is sending them, especially guiding me to the right puppy, but I am somewhat confused as to why I am getting these specific dreams (which seem to only benefit me), and not, say, dreams of someone in need and how I can help them.
Usually, the only miracles or interventions I see are when I am asking God for something that will allow me to help someone else with something, and that something has absolutely no benefit for me. I am also somewhat confused as I would have thought that dreams from God might have more to do with how to help other people.
I am the only Christian in my family, and how He managed to call me is completely beyond me.
What are your thoughts?
Every once in a while (3 times that I can remember) I have dreams that are... different. I am not sure how to explain it, but they are completely different from my usual dreams. They stand out like a white puppy, in the midst of 30 black ones. It is these unusual ones that I am hoping to discuss.
The first one occurred when I was 8 years old. My family was coming back from a weekend trip and I fell asleep, to have a dream of walking up to my bird's cage seeing it empty, then looking below and seeing the bird dead. When we got home, it turned out that someone had been there while we were gone. There cage door was open and the bird had gotten out, and unable to get back to the cage for water, had died. Beneath the cage.
The second one was about 4 years ago, when I couldn't decide if I truly wanted to get a dog or not. It was a huge decision for me. After a year or so of praying to God on and off, asking for His opinion, I had an odd dream. I was sitting in a room of puppies and one brown one with a bit of black on his nose climbed into my lap and licked my chin and I heard a voice say, "little black on the nose". Somehow I am positive that this dream was from God, although I can't really say why. The next day my Mother said she was going to the nearby city and asked if I wanted to come to pick out a puppy (this was the first time she ever asked). It felt right in my heart, with no reservations, and I agreed. After a few visits to various shelters, we came to a room with 7 puppies - the same room in my dream. I wandered in and sat down, and a brown puppy with only a little bit of black on his nose clambered into my lap. The rest of the puppies had a lot of black on their muzzles. I took that puppy, and 4 years later I do not regret my decision - he is the best behaved dog people have ever seen. Great with elders, kids, sick and/or disabled people, huge dogs, tiny dogs, and will attempt anything we ask of him.
The third dream was about 6 months ago. I still live at home with Mother, since the cost rent in my location is well over 70% of my monthly wage. I have not found any potential partner who also followed Christ, so I saw no reason to move out, although I thought about it lightly a few times. Who doesn't want a place of their own where they can try to build something up for themselves?
I had a dream where I was standing on the edge of a paved road and looking to the right. There was a small, very old, but tidy mobile home that was beside a large dugout. I somehow knew that it was a place I might someday own. When I saw it, I really, really wanted it, with a strength that I have never wanted anything.
That is where I get confused. I have never seen this place, and I sketched it out for my family (who drive around the county for their work) and they had never seen such a place either. I have never really wanted a house, until that dream; and now, I would only want that specific one. When I look at any other place I see for sale, or any place at all, I have absolute zero interest in even the thought of one day owning one of the other places.
I had the oddest feeling that God sent that dream, although I cannot say why. The same feeling I got as the dream when picking out the puppy.
Sorry for the long winded background (and post).
What are your thoughts on these dreams? Oddly enough, they are the only dreams that I have had that I can remember clearly despite years passing for the first two.
I never really thought about the dreams and why I was receiving them overly much until today. I have thanked God many times for my dog, and for the dream about the house, although I also admitted to Him that I am clueless about what He is trying to get across with the house dream.
I plan to pray to God tonight to see if He would possibly explain why He is sending the dreams to me. I am hoping that you may also pray for me. In the past, when I have asked for "why" explanations He usually takes years before He shows me, and I can look back and see the answer clearly (such as why He guided me to the church I am currently in).
I am glad He is sending them, especially guiding me to the right puppy, but I am somewhat confused as to why I am getting these specific dreams (which seem to only benefit me), and not, say, dreams of someone in need and how I can help them.
Usually, the only miracles or interventions I see are when I am asking God for something that will allow me to help someone else with something, and that something has absolutely no benefit for me. I am also somewhat confused as I would have thought that dreams from God might have more to do with how to help other people.
I am the only Christian in my family, and how He managed to call me is completely beyond me.
What are your thoughts?
