Over a year ago I had a dream that I hoped was a glimpse into the future. I still don't feel like I need to share all of the details of the dream, but in it, Steve and I and our certain number of kids were moving to a certain place and into a certain dwelling, and doing a certain job, in a certain year. Those were the things in the dream that I remember the most. The kids, the place, the dwelling, the job, and the year (well, not specifically the year, but the kids' ages, and I did the math to figure out the year).
And perhaps it still will all happen exactly. It could, we are not yet to the year in the dream. But in hindsight...and present sight...I had an epiphany this morning about the dream. What if it is like the dreams in the story of Joseph, where things aren't meant to be taken literally, but mean something. Like the thin cows eating the fat cows symbolizing a coming time of fortune followed by a time of famine, and not literally that sometime in the future thin cows will be eating fat cows.
It seems like some of the details of my dream are happening slightly differently, and lately I've been asking the Lord if I mis-interpretted, or read too much into things, or made up my own dream and thought it was a glimpse when really it was just a plain old dream.
My epiphany this morning is that, as I look to the past...and the present...and the future, what have our worries and prayers been about? Having a family, a place to live and be, and a meaningful job.
Perhaps the Lord wasn't giving me all the specifics, maybe it was a reassurance that down the road (and now, even) we will have those things! He will care for our needs...though we still don't know all of those details of how it will work out.
In today's Scriptures, we see the Lord giving David his heart's desires, we see David realizing that the Lord has confirmed him to be the King, and we see the call for patience. All very timely!
How do today's lectionary passages speak to your situation? As you look to the past, present, and future, how have you seen the Lord's care and direction in your life?
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| Sometimes the path you're on doesn't look exactly like you imagined. |
