John 14:23,
“Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.”
Father, I feel a bit overwhelmed with the task of speaking. But I know that like everything else, I’ll get better at it the more I do it.
My daughter, come, I will help you.
Dad, I know that when I’m anxious about it, I’m not fully leaning into you to help me. I’m sorry.
I have forgiven you my daughter. Come, lets walk.
I love you Jesus, and I’m so thankful for you…
Reflection:
Happy Wednesday! Today’s going to be another busy day. I only have a few moments here so I’m going to go straight to the point. In my dream last night I was living in an apartment building. I was outside and had written something on the outside wall, and was planning to write a welcoming sign for the couple who got married last weekend (Justin and Amy). But before I did that I saw the whole building begin to tilt, one part of it lifting off of the ground. Then it came down again. I felt a bit alarmed but knew I’d be okay and wouldn’t get hit by it.
Then my husband and I were in a very big house that we had wanted to purchase for a long time. I saw that it had a really good water system. Then we were in our daughter Bella’s room and I saw there were wide pink plastic strips hanging down from the ceiling to the floor that were pinned together. The room needed to be painted and I knew that Bella was really looking forward to painting her new room. Then the scene changed where my husband and I had a white paper document in our hand, a contract to purchase the house which we had filled out and then had given them, which made the house ours. Another scene where I was having a conversation with someone, and I said that I would prefer to live in the country, but there was so much value to the house we had just bought that it was okay that it wasn’t in the country.
Then I was in the house in a big room with huge windows that took up one whole side of the very spacious room. I began to close the curtain on one side of the window because I think it was getting late. Then as I was going to continue closing the rest of it I saw a baby laying on a bed who began to fuss, so I picked it up to care for it. I noticed the baby’s dad nearby and sensed he trusted me with the baby, so then he went to do something he needed to do. The baby didn’t have a diaper on and I noticed it was starting to poop, so I quickly began to go to the bathroom.
Then the scene changed again where my husband and I were walking down the street of our new home and I noticed one of our neighbour’s had also purchased a house on our street. This house was a small house. The doors were opened and my husband went to take a better look in the inside, and I looked from where I was and saw that one of their boys who’s name is Peter, had his double bed near the door, in the same room as the kitchen/dining area. I saw his bed was made and he was sitting on it, and that the house was neat and organized and looked really homey, a comforting place to be. Peter’s a name that’s been repetitious in my journey with the Lord and I don’t quite know why..
In my walk with the Lord, I’m embracing his calling on my life, and even though speaking is something I need to learn which I’m a bit anxious about, I’m so deeply thankful for it. I’m so deeply thankful, more than words can say, to know where the Lord is leading me. I watched last weeks sermon from my church last night and I’m so thankful for it. It’s helped me to see that I can’t wait until I’m completely ready to record. I don’t have all the pieces put into place but I do have the main ones, so I’m just going to do it, hoping it’ll turn out okay. I think this is what the baby represents, taking care of what God has given me to take care of, which also represents carrying my cross, walking in my calling. I’m planning on recording this Friday.. I’m thankful and I’m walking in love with Jesus… 🙏