fuddy
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OK, some things I've experienced, both before and since coming to Christ.
I now believe at least some of these things are valid.
To begin with, a couple of months BEFORE asking God to reveal to me wether or not both He and this gospel of Jesus was real, I had a series of dreams.
They were all of a theme, all involving clear, flowing water. I remembered them in their entirety (unusual for me) and in vivid detail, and they had an impact on me that I couldn't put my finger on, an ineffable quality that seemed to imply they were about something of great import.
One example - I was sitting on the bed of a stream, the bed of which was lined with smooth, colorful stones. Air-clear water was flowing around me, and there were little silvery fish swimming in place in the gentle current.
After what I now believe to be my point of salvation, I had what I can only describe as a 'vision' of a sort.
I was in my kitchen, and as I glanced into the living room everything in my field of vision seemed to go black, as if I was staring into a depthless void. I then became aware of an infinitesimally fine filament, like a spider thread, emerging out of the darkness, and I received the impression that if I wrapped my hand around that thread and held tightly, despite its seeming delicateness, it would pull me all the way through that thoroughly intimidating blacknesss successfully.
Another dream - I was standing on a beach looking out to the horizon. There was a blinding flash, and an immense mushroom cloud began rising from somewhere far out to sea. I was overcome by debilitating dread as whatever nuclear disaster this was came rushing towards me, only to watch in amazement as it began falling apart the closer it got, finally dissipating completely as it arrived where I was standing.
The impression was that I was somehow spared annihilation from a seeming inescapable threat.
And finally a dream where I became aware of someone dressed in a suit of a soft gray color standing a few feet away from me, an impression he was someone of gentle, patient kindness. Then he spoke very clearly, and said, " Thomas, you HAVE your shield, which is full of good things to eat."
That has been the only time I've ever heard anyone speak in a dream.
Make of it what you will, but after 30 years, I'm more convinced than ever that there is validity here, though why things like this would come to a dip-wad like me, I do not know.
Anyone else have any experiences like this?
I now believe at least some of these things are valid.
To begin with, a couple of months BEFORE asking God to reveal to me wether or not both He and this gospel of Jesus was real, I had a series of dreams.
They were all of a theme, all involving clear, flowing water. I remembered them in their entirety (unusual for me) and in vivid detail, and they had an impact on me that I couldn't put my finger on, an ineffable quality that seemed to imply they were about something of great import.
One example - I was sitting on the bed of a stream, the bed of which was lined with smooth, colorful stones. Air-clear water was flowing around me, and there were little silvery fish swimming in place in the gentle current.
After what I now believe to be my point of salvation, I had what I can only describe as a 'vision' of a sort.
I was in my kitchen, and as I glanced into the living room everything in my field of vision seemed to go black, as if I was staring into a depthless void. I then became aware of an infinitesimally fine filament, like a spider thread, emerging out of the darkness, and I received the impression that if I wrapped my hand around that thread and held tightly, despite its seeming delicateness, it would pull me all the way through that thoroughly intimidating blacknesss successfully.
Another dream - I was standing on a beach looking out to the horizon. There was a blinding flash, and an immense mushroom cloud began rising from somewhere far out to sea. I was overcome by debilitating dread as whatever nuclear disaster this was came rushing towards me, only to watch in amazement as it began falling apart the closer it got, finally dissipating completely as it arrived where I was standing.
The impression was that I was somehow spared annihilation from a seeming inescapable threat.
And finally a dream where I became aware of someone dressed in a suit of a soft gray color standing a few feet away from me, an impression he was someone of gentle, patient kindness. Then he spoke very clearly, and said, " Thomas, you HAVE your shield, which is full of good things to eat."
That has been the only time I've ever heard anyone speak in a dream.
Make of it what you will, but after 30 years, I'm more convinced than ever that there is validity here, though why things like this would come to a dip-wad like me, I do not know.
Anyone else have any experiences like this?