Saturday, September 13, 2008, 10:49 a.m. – I have this song in my head:
His Eye Is On The Sparrow / Civilia D. Martin / Charles H. Gabriel
Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,
Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heaven and home,
When Jesus is my portion? My constant friend is He:
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
"Let not your heart be troubled," His tender word I hear,
And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears;
Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise,
When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies,
I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
I sing because I’m happy,
I sing because I’m free,
For His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me.
I woke from A DREAM: I was coming back from somewhere when I went to check my roadside mailbox for mail. I opened the mailbox and a hoard of black bugs flew out of the box that was stuffed with mail. I was covered with the bugs so much that I had to remove my shirt.
Then, I went into a store of some kind to get something. A man and his wife were there behind the counter. I apologized for my appearance and explained what happened. The man said those were fleas and that they were everywhere.
This is fuzzy, but somewhere in here I lost or misplaced my purse and/or my car keys, but I must have found them, because now I was getting in my car to drive away. I was wearing a skirt and some square-toed shoes.
There was a sense that this man in the store intended to pursue me and to harm me in some way and then in real life the phone rang and I woke up. END
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 15:
Then the LORD said to me: "Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my heart would not go out to this people. Send them away from my presence! Let them go! 2 And if they ask you, 'Where shall we go?' tell them, 'This is what the LORD says:
" 'Those destined for death, to death;
those for the sword, to the sword;
those for starvation, to starvation;
those for captivity, to captivity.'
3 "I will send four kinds of destroyers against them," declares the LORD, "the sword to kill and the dogs to drag away and the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. 4 I will make them abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.
5 "Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem?
Who will mourn for you?
Who will stop to ask how you are?
6 You have rejected me," declares the LORD.
"You keep on backsliding.
So I will lay hands on you and destroy you;
I can no longer show compassion.
7 I will winnow them with a winnowing fork
at the city gates of the land.
I will bring bereavement and destruction on my people,
for they have not changed their ways.
8 I will make their widows more numerous
than the sand of the sea.
At midday I will bring a destroyer
against the mothers of their young men;
suddenly I will bring down on them
anguish and terror.
9 The mother of seven will grow faint
and breathe her last.
Her sun will set while it is still day;
she will be disgraced and humiliated.
I will put the survivors to the sword
before their enemies,"
declares the LORD.
10 Alas, my mother, that you gave me birth,
a man with whom the whole land strives and contends!
I have neither lent nor borrowed,
yet everyone curses me.
11 The LORD said,
"Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose;
surely I will make your enemies plead with you
in times of disaster and times of distress.
12 "Can a man break iron—
iron from the north—or bronze?
13 Your wealth and your treasures
I will give as plunder, without charge,
because of all your sins
throughout your country.
14 I will enslave you to your enemies
in a land you do not know,
for my anger will kindle a fire
that will burn against you."
15 You understand, O LORD;
remember me and care for me.
Avenge me on my persecutors.
You are long-suffering—do not take me away;
think of how I suffer reproach for your sake.
16 When your words came, I ate them;
they were my joy and my heart's delight,
for I bear your name,
O LORD God Almighty.
17 I never sat in the company of revelers,
never made merry with them;
I sat alone because your hand was on me
and you had filled me with indignation.
18 Why is my pain unending
and my wound grievous and incurable?
Will you be to me like a deceptive brook,
like a spring that fails?
19 Therefore this is what the LORD says:
"If you repent, I will restore you
that you may serve me;
if you utter worthy, not worthless, words,
you will be my spokesman.
Let this people turn to you,
but you must not turn to them.
20 I will make you a wall to this people,
a fortified wall of bronze;
they will fight against you
but will not overcome you,
for I am with you
to rescue and save you,"
declares the LORD.
21 "I will save you from the hands of the wicked
and redeem you from the grasp of the cruel."
My (Limited) Understanding: This, too, is about the financial disasters on Wall Street as well as the natural disasters. I see the mailbox filled with mail and fleas as representing someone coming home to destruction of property, flooding, insect infestation, etc. after having been evacuated for a period of time. Tearing off of one’s shirt is a symbol of mourning over one’s loss and/or it could be losing one’s shirt in the stock market and/or other financial investments. And, there will be a sense of shame and disgrace associated with these disasters, too.
But, there is hope for those who look to the Lord as their Savior instead of to man to save them. And, again I see this resulting in the spreading of the gospel once there has been repentance (apology for appearance), because my keys were returned to me (keys of the kingdom), I had on a skirt (priestly garment in preparation for ministry) and I had on my square-toed shoes (feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace) – see: Ephesians 6:10-20.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Tectonic Shift
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 -
I fell back asleep and then I woke from THIS DREAM: I was in a caravan of cars. There were two cars and I was in the lead car, then we added a third car driven by my middle son, John with his wife, Faith. I cautioned the driver of the middle car, who I believe to be my oldest son, David, not to lose his brother who was lagging behind him, especially after we made a turn and then went under a bridge.
Then, there was a shift in drivers. David (or someone else) took John’s place and was now driving his car, which looked like a huge truck, and so John’s wife, Faith, moved into the second car with my husband, Rick, who was now driving the second car, which then left me all alone in the front car.
They stopped somewhere and someone came to my window to inform me of the switch, even though I had seen someone else driving John’s vehicle via my rearview mirror. When I was told that Faith was now in the car with my husband, I said I would rather be in the car with my husband and to let Faith drive my car. END
This song is going through my head: How Great Is Our God / Chris Tomlin
How great is our God
Sing with me
How great is our God
And all will see how great
How great is our God
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 19:
This is what the LORD says: "Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take along some of the elders of the people and of the priests 2 and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. There proclaim the words I tell you, 3 and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and people of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Listen! I am going to bring a disaster on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle. 4 For they have forsaken me and made this a place of foreign gods; they have burned sacrifices in it to gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. 5 They have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind. 6 So beware, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when people will no longer call this place Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
7 " 'In this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, at the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth. 8 I will devastate this city and make it an object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds. 9 I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another's flesh during the stress of the siege imposed on them by the enemies who seek their lives.'
10 "Then break the jar while those who go with you are watching, 11 and say to them, 'This is what the LORD Almighty says: I will smash this nation and this city just as this potter's jar is smashed and cannot be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. 12 This is what I will do to this place and to those who live here, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth. 13 The houses in Jerusalem and those of the kings of Judah will be defiled like this place, Topheth—all the houses where they burned incense on the roofs to all the starry hosts and poured out drink offerings to other gods.' "
14 Jeremiah then returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and stood in the court of the LORD's temple and said to all the people, 15 "This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'Listen! I am going to bring on this city and the villages around it every disaster I pronounced against them, because they were stiff-necked and would not listen to my words.' "
My Understanding: This dream is about Monday’s “tectonic shift” on Wall Street. To read about its “Triple Shock”:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/International_Business/Lehman_Brothers_bankruptcy_to_change_the_face_of_banking/articleshow/3485406.cms
I admit that I am not knowledgeable in the field of finance and Wall Street, so if you have anything to add, please feel free. What I do understand is that this “shifting” of drivers and passengers portrayed in this dream has to do with the following:
Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, so this is most likely the shift of drivers in John’s car. Now, his “wife” moves to the next car and becomes a passenger of my husband, so I see this as Bank of America buying Merrill Lynch. Then, I’m left out front all by myself, so I am AIG, but I’m asking to move into the car with my husband, which represents AIG asking the FED for a $40 MIL Bailout.
As far as the spiritual application goes, the Lord has allowed all this to happen because his people in America have forsaken HIM and have made America and/or New York and Wall Street a place of “foreign gods.” Definitely!! So, Wall Street will now be called the “Valley of Slaughter.” This will happen because the people were stiff-necked and would not listen to God’s words.
I fell back asleep and then I woke from THIS DREAM: I was in a caravan of cars. There were two cars and I was in the lead car, then we added a third car driven by my middle son, John with his wife, Faith. I cautioned the driver of the middle car, who I believe to be my oldest son, David, not to lose his brother who was lagging behind him, especially after we made a turn and then went under a bridge.
Then, there was a shift in drivers. David (or someone else) took John’s place and was now driving his car, which looked like a huge truck, and so John’s wife, Faith, moved into the second car with my husband, Rick, who was now driving the second car, which then left me all alone in the front car.
They stopped somewhere and someone came to my window to inform me of the switch, even though I had seen someone else driving John’s vehicle via my rearview mirror. When I was told that Faith was now in the car with my husband, I said I would rather be in the car with my husband and to let Faith drive my car. END
This song is going through my head: How Great Is Our God / Chris Tomlin
How great is our God
Sing with me
How great is our God
And all will see how great
How great is our God
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 19:
This is what the LORD says: "Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take along some of the elders of the people and of the priests 2 and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. There proclaim the words I tell you, 3 and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and people of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Listen! I am going to bring a disaster on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle. 4 For they have forsaken me and made this a place of foreign gods; they have burned sacrifices in it to gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. 5 They have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind. 6 So beware, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when people will no longer call this place Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
7 " 'In this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, at the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth. 8 I will devastate this city and make it an object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds. 9 I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another's flesh during the stress of the siege imposed on them by the enemies who seek their lives.'
10 "Then break the jar while those who go with you are watching, 11 and say to them, 'This is what the LORD Almighty says: I will smash this nation and this city just as this potter's jar is smashed and cannot be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. 12 This is what I will do to this place and to those who live here, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth. 13 The houses in Jerusalem and those of the kings of Judah will be defiled like this place, Topheth—all the houses where they burned incense on the roofs to all the starry hosts and poured out drink offerings to other gods.' "
14 Jeremiah then returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and stood in the court of the LORD's temple and said to all the people, 15 "This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'Listen! I am going to bring on this city and the villages around it every disaster I pronounced against them, because they were stiff-necked and would not listen to my words.' "
My Understanding: This dream is about Monday’s “tectonic shift” on Wall Street. To read about its “Triple Shock”:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/International_Business/Lehman_Brothers_bankruptcy_to_change_the_face_of_banking/articleshow/3485406.cms
I admit that I am not knowledgeable in the field of finance and Wall Street, so if you have anything to add, please feel free. What I do understand is that this “shifting” of drivers and passengers portrayed in this dream has to do with the following:
Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, so this is most likely the shift of drivers in John’s car. Now, his “wife” moves to the next car and becomes a passenger of my husband, so I see this as Bank of America buying Merrill Lynch. Then, I’m left out front all by myself, so I am AIG, but I’m asking to move into the car with my husband, which represents AIG asking the FED for a $40 MIL Bailout.
As far as the spiritual application goes, the Lord has allowed all this to happen because his people in America have forsaken HIM and have made America and/or New York and Wall Street a place of “foreign gods.” Definitely!! So, Wall Street will now be called the “Valley of Slaughter.” This will happen because the people were stiff-necked and would not listen to God’s words.
The Librarian
Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 6:17 a.m. – I woke to this song in my head:
Marian the Librarian / From The Music Man / Meredith Wilson
Harold:
Madam Librarian
What can I do, my dear, to catch your ear
I love you madly, madly Madam Librarian...Marian
Heaven help us if the library caught on fire
And the Volunteer Hose Brigademen
Had to whisper the news to Marian...Madam Librarian! (Etc.)
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/themusicman/marianthelibrarian.htm
I also woke from A DREAM: There were abandoned rows of benches (with backs) in some kind of a pavilion. A woman took it on as her project to restore them, beginning with the front row of benches.
Scene change: There was a traffic jam ahead. All the way in the left lane was a possible opening, but some kind of a blanket or tarp was blocking the view – blocking all but a small opening near the bottom. I looked beyond this obstruction and saw a clearing, so I told the rest of my party that I believed we could drive through there. It was a step of faith.
So I led the way down the lane on the left through the obstruction to a safe clearing in the road. Afterwards, I talked with a large man about Jesus. I told him we made it through the obstruction because of faith in Jesus Christ. I encouraged him to put his faith in Jesus Christ, too. I think I may have whispered that in his ear. END
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 18:
At the Potter's House
1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD : 2 "Go down to the potter's house, and there I will give you my message." 3 So I went down to the potter's house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.
5 Then the word of the LORD came to me: 6 "O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does?" declares the LORD. "Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. 7 If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, 8 and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. 9 And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted, 10 and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.
11 "Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, 'This is what the LORD says: Look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.' 12 But they will reply, 'It's no use. We will continue with our own plans; each of us will follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.' "
13 Therefore this is what the LORD says:
"Inquire among the nations:
Who has ever heard anything like this?
A most horrible thing has been done
by Virgin Israel.
14 Does the snow of Lebanon
ever vanish from its rocky slopes?
Do its cool waters from distant sources
ever cease to flow?
15 Yet my people have forgotten me;
they burn incense to worthless idols,
which made them stumble in their ways
and in the ancient paths.
They made them walk in bypaths
and on roads not built up.
16 Their land will be laid waste,
an object of lasting scorn;
all who pass by will be appalled
and will shake their heads.
17 Like a wind from the east,
I will scatter them before their enemies;
I will show them my back and not my face
in the day of their disaster."
They said, "Come, let's make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest will not be lost, nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. So come, let's attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says."
19 Listen to me, O LORD;
hear what my accusers are saying!
20 Should good be repaid with evil?
Yet they have dug a pit for me.
Remember that I stood before you
and spoke in their behalf
to turn your wrath away from them.
21 So give their children over to famine;
hand them over to the power of the sword.
Let their wives be made childless and widows;
let their men be put to death,
their young men slain by the sword in battle.
22 Let a cry be heard from their houses
when you suddenly bring invaders against them,
for they have dug a pit to capture me
and have hidden snares for my feet.
23 But you know, O LORD,
all their plots to kill me.
Do not forgive their crimes
or blot out their sins from your sight.
Let them be overthrown before you;
deal with them in the time of your anger.
The Bible Knowledge Commentary 18:13-17. “Judah stood alone among the nations in her stubborn refusal to follow her God (cf. 2:10-11). Even the snow on the slopes of Lebanon and the cool waters that flow from these majestic mountains were more dependable than fickle Judah. She had turned from God to worship worthless idols (cf. comments on 2:5) which only caused her to stumble. By abandoning the ancient paths of obedience to God (cf. 6:16), Judah found herself on bypaths, wandering aimlessly over rough roads.
“God would judge the nation for her sin by having her land ... laid waste. She would become an object of ... scorn to those who were appalled at her stupidity in abandoning her God (cf. 19:8; Lam. 2:15). The Lord vowed to scatter the nation like the wind from the east (cf. Jer. 4:11-12; 13:24). They should expect God’s judgment (His back), not His favor (His face).”
My Understanding: I believe that the Lord is showing here first of all a picture of a workman who restores abandoned benches. I see benches as having to do with people in positions of leadership who have abandoned their faith in God and thus God has brought this judgment upon them.
Just as the potter reforms the clay that is marred in his hands, or this woman restores these benches, the Lord sometimes needs to reform us by first of all destroying what we were and then taking us again into his hands and remolding us into His image.
Although Professor Harold Hill of Music Man is not what I call a good example to follow, still the point of this song was that he was trying to talk with the Librarian but she would not listen, so he shouted and she hushed him. So, he says “Heaven help us if the library caught on fire and the volunteer fire fighters had to whisper the news to the Librarian,” because she would not listen to his shouts of admiration and love towards her.
The “Librarian,” from a financial perspective could be Wall Street (someone responsible for the books) and God has been shouting to them but they haven’t been paying attention, so God is having to bring the “fire” in order to get their attention. In another sense, the “Librarian” could be anyone sitting on a “bench” in some kind of position of authority over our nation and God has been shouting at them, as well, but they also are not listening and the “fire” has come and will come.
So, we are having to walk (or drive) on bypaths financially and literally through road blocks and obstructions of destroyed buildings and homes, but the Lord is showing that there is a ray of light if we will follow His lead. These dual disasters of Wall Street and of Hurricanes open the door for the gospel of Jesus Christ to be preached. It must be “whispered” now because many of these people are without power and can be reached no other way than person to person. I pray that the gospel will get out to everyone in our nation affected by these disasters and that many will turn their hearts to Jesus.
This passage of scripture, though, does not cast much hope on too many people turning from their ways and turning to God, even in the face of disaster.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080916/D937IHJG0.html
Marian the Librarian / From The Music Man / Meredith Wilson
Harold:
Madam Librarian
What can I do, my dear, to catch your ear
I love you madly, madly Madam Librarian...Marian
Heaven help us if the library caught on fire
And the Volunteer Hose Brigademen
Had to whisper the news to Marian...Madam Librarian! (Etc.)
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/themusicman/marianthelibrarian.htm
I also woke from A DREAM: There were abandoned rows of benches (with backs) in some kind of a pavilion. A woman took it on as her project to restore them, beginning with the front row of benches.
Scene change: There was a traffic jam ahead. All the way in the left lane was a possible opening, but some kind of a blanket or tarp was blocking the view – blocking all but a small opening near the bottom. I looked beyond this obstruction and saw a clearing, so I told the rest of my party that I believed we could drive through there. It was a step of faith.
So I led the way down the lane on the left through the obstruction to a safe clearing in the road. Afterwards, I talked with a large man about Jesus. I told him we made it through the obstruction because of faith in Jesus Christ. I encouraged him to put his faith in Jesus Christ, too. I think I may have whispered that in his ear. END
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 18:
At the Potter's House
1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD : 2 "Go down to the potter's house, and there I will give you my message." 3 So I went down to the potter's house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.
5 Then the word of the LORD came to me: 6 "O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does?" declares the LORD. "Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. 7 If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, 8 and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. 9 And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted, 10 and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.
11 "Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, 'This is what the LORD says: Look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.' 12 But they will reply, 'It's no use. We will continue with our own plans; each of us will follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.' "
13 Therefore this is what the LORD says:
"Inquire among the nations:
Who has ever heard anything like this?
A most horrible thing has been done
by Virgin Israel.
14 Does the snow of Lebanon
ever vanish from its rocky slopes?
Do its cool waters from distant sources
ever cease to flow?
15 Yet my people have forgotten me;
they burn incense to worthless idols,
which made them stumble in their ways
and in the ancient paths.
They made them walk in bypaths
and on roads not built up.
16 Their land will be laid waste,
an object of lasting scorn;
all who pass by will be appalled
and will shake their heads.
17 Like a wind from the east,
I will scatter them before their enemies;
I will show them my back and not my face
in the day of their disaster."
They said, "Come, let's make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest will not be lost, nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. So come, let's attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says."
19 Listen to me, O LORD;
hear what my accusers are saying!
20 Should good be repaid with evil?
Yet they have dug a pit for me.
Remember that I stood before you
and spoke in their behalf
to turn your wrath away from them.
21 So give their children over to famine;
hand them over to the power of the sword.
Let their wives be made childless and widows;
let their men be put to death,
their young men slain by the sword in battle.
22 Let a cry be heard from their houses
when you suddenly bring invaders against them,
for they have dug a pit to capture me
and have hidden snares for my feet.
23 But you know, O LORD,
all their plots to kill me.
Do not forgive their crimes
or blot out their sins from your sight.
Let them be overthrown before you;
deal with them in the time of your anger.
The Bible Knowledge Commentary 18:13-17. “Judah stood alone among the nations in her stubborn refusal to follow her God (cf. 2:10-11). Even the snow on the slopes of Lebanon and the cool waters that flow from these majestic mountains were more dependable than fickle Judah. She had turned from God to worship worthless idols (cf. comments on 2:5) which only caused her to stumble. By abandoning the ancient paths of obedience to God (cf. 6:16), Judah found herself on bypaths, wandering aimlessly over rough roads.
“God would judge the nation for her sin by having her land ... laid waste. She would become an object of ... scorn to those who were appalled at her stupidity in abandoning her God (cf. 19:8; Lam. 2:15). The Lord vowed to scatter the nation like the wind from the east (cf. Jer. 4:11-12; 13:24). They should expect God’s judgment (His back), not His favor (His face).”
My Understanding: I believe that the Lord is showing here first of all a picture of a workman who restores abandoned benches. I see benches as having to do with people in positions of leadership who have abandoned their faith in God and thus God has brought this judgment upon them.
Just as the potter reforms the clay that is marred in his hands, or this woman restores these benches, the Lord sometimes needs to reform us by first of all destroying what we were and then taking us again into his hands and remolding us into His image.
Although Professor Harold Hill of Music Man is not what I call a good example to follow, still the point of this song was that he was trying to talk with the Librarian but she would not listen, so he shouted and she hushed him. So, he says “Heaven help us if the library caught on fire and the volunteer fire fighters had to whisper the news to the Librarian,” because she would not listen to his shouts of admiration and love towards her.
The “Librarian,” from a financial perspective could be Wall Street (someone responsible for the books) and God has been shouting to them but they haven’t been paying attention, so God is having to bring the “fire” in order to get their attention. In another sense, the “Librarian” could be anyone sitting on a “bench” in some kind of position of authority over our nation and God has been shouting at them, as well, but they also are not listening and the “fire” has come and will come.
So, we are having to walk (or drive) on bypaths financially and literally through road blocks and obstructions of destroyed buildings and homes, but the Lord is showing that there is a ray of light if we will follow His lead. These dual disasters of Wall Street and of Hurricanes open the door for the gospel of Jesus Christ to be preached. It must be “whispered” now because many of these people are without power and can be reached no other way than person to person. I pray that the gospel will get out to everyone in our nation affected by these disasters and that many will turn their hearts to Jesus.
This passage of scripture, though, does not cast much hope on too many people turning from their ways and turning to God, even in the face of disaster.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080916/D937IHJG0.html
Monday, September 15, 2008
Biden's Girl
Monday, September 15, 2008, 8:39 a.m. – I woke to this song:
My Jesus, My Savior / Michael W. Smith
My Jesus, My Saviour,
Lord there is no one like you,
All of my days, I want to praise
The wonders of Your mighty love.
My comfort, my shelter,
Tower of refuge and strength
Let every breath, all that I am
Never cease to worship You.
Shout to the Lord, all the earth let us sing,
Power and majesty, praise to the King!
Mountains bow down and the seas will roar,
At the sound of your name!
I sing for joy at the work of your hands,
Forever I'll love you, forever I'll stand
Nothing compares to the promise I have in You.
I also woke from A DREAM: I was on a huge tour bus. I got on in the back of the bus and walked all the way to the front to sit down. I nearly climbed over the front bench to sit in the front row, but then I decided not to, so I sat down in a seat near the front on the left. There was an extra section to my right out in the isle which was like a pillow where I could rest my head.
My husband (in real life) sat maybe ¾ of the way back on the right. He invited me to come back and to sit with him, but I remained where I was seated. Then, a young man came and sat behind me or next to me and he began to get fresh with me, i.e. he did something disgusting towards me. That is when I decided to go back and to sit with my husband.
We all had to enter the bus through the back and then to work our way up to the front, but after most of us were seated in the bus, someone opened the front door to let some people or one person in. One of them was a preacher I knew who was really into sports. The driver of the bus had connected with this preacher through the love of the game and that is why I think he was let in through the front door.
The dream ended with me stating or hearing someone say “I was Biden’s girl.” END
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 17:1-18:
1 "Judah's sin is engraved with an iron tool,
inscribed with a flint point,
on the tablets of their hearts
and on the horns of their altars.
2 Even their children remember
their altars and Asherah poles
beside the spreading trees
and on the high hills.
3 My mountain in the land
and your wealth and all your treasures
I will give away as plunder,
together with your high places,
because of sin throughout your country.
4 Through your own fault you will lose
the inheritance I gave you.
I will enslave you to your enemies
in a land you do not know,
for you have kindled my anger,
and it will burn forever."
5 This is what the LORD says:
"Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
who depends on flesh for his strength
and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
6 He will be like a bush in the wastelands;
he will not see prosperity when it comes.
He will dwell in the parched places of the desert,
in a salt land where no one lives.
7 "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
whose confidence is in him.
8 He will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit."
9 The heart is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
10 "I the LORD search the heart
and examine the mind,
to reward a man according to his conduct,
according to what his deeds deserve."
11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
is the man who gains riches by unjust means.
When his life is half gone, they will desert him,
and in the end he will prove to be a fool.
12 A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning,
is the place of our sanctuary.
13 O LORD, the hope of Israel,
all who forsake you will be put to shame.
Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust
because they have forsaken the LORD,
the spring of living water.
14 Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed;
save me and I will be saved,
for you are the one I praise.
15 They keep saying to me,
"Where is the word of the LORD ?
Let it now be fulfilled!"
16 I have not run away from being your shepherd;
you know I have not desired the day of despair.
What passes my lips is open before you.
17 Do not be a terror to me;
you are my refuge in the day of disaster.
18 Let my persecutors be put to shame,
but keep me from shame;
let them be terrified,
but keep me from terror.
Bring on them the day of disaster;
destroy them with double destruction.
My Understanding: I see this bus both in the realm of the church and the political arena. First I will focus on the political arena. I believe the bus represents the campaign trail that these presidential candidates have been on for about two years. And, I believe I’m representing Hillary Clinton again.
Hillary was on the campaign trail for a long time. She began at the back of the bus, so to speak, and has worked her way to the front. She nearly climbed over that bench into the democrat’s nomination for the presidency, but then she didn’t. Her “husband” invited her to sit with him. I don’t know if this is her real life husband or if this is meant to be taken metaphorically. He is sitting on the right side of the bus. If the right side is intended as “Republican,” that would not be Bill Clinton. If the right and left are the division of those in the race vs. those out, then it could be Bill. It could be that John McCain invited her to run with him, but she didn’t.
So, Hillary remained near the front on the left. Then, someone did something disgusting to her – not sure who – and that is when she decided to take her husband’s offer to go sit with him.
I’m not sure the order of this, but somewhere in here a “preacher” gets let in through the front door. “He” is someone into sports. I get the sense that the Lord is showing me a preacher I know in real life but that he is actually representing Sarah Palin who got let in the front door of the bus due to her “connections.” Everyone else had put in his or her time on the trail in order to move their way to the front, but it really was like she was just let in the front door. And, she is big into sports.
I just learned that this pastor is leaving this church. Many leaders in the church had tried to get rid of him for a long time because of bad things he did but they never could get him out. Now, he is leaving. If this is to be paralleled over to Sarah Palin, then this could be related to the investigation she is under due to some decisions she made in office in Alaska.
Biden recently made the comment that Hillary would have been a better VP pick than him. So, it could be translated that she was “Biden’s girl.”
The key verse in this passage of scripture is v. 11 where it states that if a man gains riches by unjust means that when his life is half gone he will be deserted and will be proven in the end to be a fool. I do believe this applies to this pastor and perhaps the Lord is also applying it to Sarah Palin.
My Jesus, My Savior / Michael W. Smith
My Jesus, My Saviour,
Lord there is no one like you,
All of my days, I want to praise
The wonders of Your mighty love.
My comfort, my shelter,
Tower of refuge and strength
Let every breath, all that I am
Never cease to worship You.
Shout to the Lord, all the earth let us sing,
Power and majesty, praise to the King!
Mountains bow down and the seas will roar,
At the sound of your name!
I sing for joy at the work of your hands,
Forever I'll love you, forever I'll stand
Nothing compares to the promise I have in You.
I also woke from A DREAM: I was on a huge tour bus. I got on in the back of the bus and walked all the way to the front to sit down. I nearly climbed over the front bench to sit in the front row, but then I decided not to, so I sat down in a seat near the front on the left. There was an extra section to my right out in the isle which was like a pillow where I could rest my head.
My husband (in real life) sat maybe ¾ of the way back on the right. He invited me to come back and to sit with him, but I remained where I was seated. Then, a young man came and sat behind me or next to me and he began to get fresh with me, i.e. he did something disgusting towards me. That is when I decided to go back and to sit with my husband.
We all had to enter the bus through the back and then to work our way up to the front, but after most of us were seated in the bus, someone opened the front door to let some people or one person in. One of them was a preacher I knew who was really into sports. The driver of the bus had connected with this preacher through the love of the game and that is why I think he was let in through the front door.
The dream ended with me stating or hearing someone say “I was Biden’s girl.” END
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 17:1-18:
1 "Judah's sin is engraved with an iron tool,
inscribed with a flint point,
on the tablets of their hearts
and on the horns of their altars.
2 Even their children remember
their altars and Asherah poles
beside the spreading trees
and on the high hills.
3 My mountain in the land
and your wealth and all your treasures
I will give away as plunder,
together with your high places,
because of sin throughout your country.
4 Through your own fault you will lose
the inheritance I gave you.
I will enslave you to your enemies
in a land you do not know,
for you have kindled my anger,
and it will burn forever."
5 This is what the LORD says:
"Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
who depends on flesh for his strength
and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
6 He will be like a bush in the wastelands;
he will not see prosperity when it comes.
He will dwell in the parched places of the desert,
in a salt land where no one lives.
7 "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
whose confidence is in him.
8 He will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit."
9 The heart is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
10 "I the LORD search the heart
and examine the mind,
to reward a man according to his conduct,
according to what his deeds deserve."
11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
is the man who gains riches by unjust means.
When his life is half gone, they will desert him,
and in the end he will prove to be a fool.
12 A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning,
is the place of our sanctuary.
13 O LORD, the hope of Israel,
all who forsake you will be put to shame.
Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust
because they have forsaken the LORD,
the spring of living water.
14 Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed;
save me and I will be saved,
for you are the one I praise.
15 They keep saying to me,
"Where is the word of the LORD ?
Let it now be fulfilled!"
16 I have not run away from being your shepherd;
you know I have not desired the day of despair.
What passes my lips is open before you.
17 Do not be a terror to me;
you are my refuge in the day of disaster.
18 Let my persecutors be put to shame,
but keep me from shame;
let them be terrified,
but keep me from terror.
Bring on them the day of disaster;
destroy them with double destruction.
My Understanding: I see this bus both in the realm of the church and the political arena. First I will focus on the political arena. I believe the bus represents the campaign trail that these presidential candidates have been on for about two years. And, I believe I’m representing Hillary Clinton again.
Hillary was on the campaign trail for a long time. She began at the back of the bus, so to speak, and has worked her way to the front. She nearly climbed over that bench into the democrat’s nomination for the presidency, but then she didn’t. Her “husband” invited her to sit with him. I don’t know if this is her real life husband or if this is meant to be taken metaphorically. He is sitting on the right side of the bus. If the right side is intended as “Republican,” that would not be Bill Clinton. If the right and left are the division of those in the race vs. those out, then it could be Bill. It could be that John McCain invited her to run with him, but she didn’t.
So, Hillary remained near the front on the left. Then, someone did something disgusting to her – not sure who – and that is when she decided to take her husband’s offer to go sit with him.
I’m not sure the order of this, but somewhere in here a “preacher” gets let in through the front door. “He” is someone into sports. I get the sense that the Lord is showing me a preacher I know in real life but that he is actually representing Sarah Palin who got let in the front door of the bus due to her “connections.” Everyone else had put in his or her time on the trail in order to move their way to the front, but it really was like she was just let in the front door. And, she is big into sports.
I just learned that this pastor is leaving this church. Many leaders in the church had tried to get rid of him for a long time because of bad things he did but they never could get him out. Now, he is leaving. If this is to be paralleled over to Sarah Palin, then this could be related to the investigation she is under due to some decisions she made in office in Alaska.
Biden recently made the comment that Hillary would have been a better VP pick than him. So, it could be translated that she was “Biden’s girl.”
The key verse in this passage of scripture is v. 11 where it states that if a man gains riches by unjust means that when his life is half gone he will be deserted and will be proven in the end to be a fool. I do believe this applies to this pastor and perhaps the Lord is also applying it to Sarah Palin.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
X-RAYS
Saturday, September 13, 2008, 6:59 a.m. – I woke from A DREAM. I had the dream and then I dreamed that I was recording the dream so it was like I dreamed it again and then I woke up to the realization that I had not actually written the dream down but I just dreamed that I wrote it down, but then I could only remember this:
At the very end of the dream there were two X-rays that were supposed to be human X-rays, only one was a solid blue and the other was a solid red and they were set to a white background, I believe. I know I had the sense that this was about America, that she was broken and that she needed to be fixed or healed. END
I also woke with this song in my head, Praise You in This Storm / Mark Hall and Bernie Herms
I was sure by now, God You would have reached down
and wiped our tears away,
stepped in and saved the day.
But once again, I say amen
and it's still raining…
I remember when I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry to You
and raised me up again
my strength is almost gone how can I carry on
if I can't find You
and as the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
and as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise
the God who gives and takes away
And I'll praise you in this storm
and I will lift my hands
for You are who You are
no matter where I am
and every tear I've cried
You hold in your hand
You never left my side
and though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm
I lift my eyes unto the hills
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth (2 X)
Massive Hurricane Ike ravages southeast Texas
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080913/D935QF1O0.html
Gas prices near $6 a gallon in parts of Florida
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?&Dato=20080912&Kategori=WEATHER&Lopenr=80912013&Ref=AR
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 14:
Drought, Famine, Sword
1 This is the word of the LORD to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
2 "Judah mourns,
her cities languish;
they wail for the land,
and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
3 The nobles send their servants for water;
they go to the cisterns
but find no water.
They return with their jars unfilled;
dismayed and despairing,
they cover their heads.
4 The ground is cracked
because there is no rain in the land;
the farmers are dismayed
and cover their heads.
5 Even the doe in the field
deserts her newborn fawn
because there is no grass.
6 Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights
and pant like jackals;
their eyesight fails
for lack of pasture."
7 Although our sins testify against us,
O LORD, do something for the sake of your name.
For our backsliding is great;
we have sinned against you.
8 O Hope of Israel,
its Savior in times of distress,
why are you like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler who stays only a night?
9 Why are you like a man taken by surprise,
like a warrior powerless to save?
You are among us, O LORD,
and we bear your name;
do not forsake us!
10 This is what the LORD says about this people:
"They greatly love to wander;
they do not restrain their feet.
So the LORD does not accept them;
he will now remember their wickedness
and punish them for their sins."
11 Then the LORD said to me, "Do not pray for the well-being of this people. 12 Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry; though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword, famine and plague." 13 But I said, "Ah, Sovereign LORD, the prophets keep telling them, 'You will not see the sword or suffer famine. Indeed, I will give you lasting peace in this place.' "
14 Then the LORD said to me, "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds. 15 Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the prophets who are prophesying in my name: I did not send them, yet they are saying, 'No sword or famine will touch this land.' Those same prophets will perish by sword and famine. 16 And the people they are prophesying to will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out on them the calamity they deserve.
17 "Speak this word to them:
" 'Let my eyes overflow with tears
night and day without ceasing;
for my virgin daughter—my people—
has suffered a grievous wound,
a crushing blow.
18 If I go into the country,
I see those slain by the sword;
if I go into the city,
I see the ravages of famine.
Both prophet and priest
have gone to a land they know not.' "
19 Have you rejected Judah completely?
Do you despise Zion?
Why have you afflicted us
so that we cannot be healed?
We hoped for peace
but no good has come,
for a time of healing
but there is only terror.
20 O LORD, we acknowledge our wickedness
and the guilt of our fathers;
we have indeed sinned against you.
21 For the sake of your name do not despise us;
do not dishonor your glorious throne.
Remember your covenant with us
and do not break it.
22 Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain?
Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, O LORD our God.
Therefore our hope is in you,
for you are the one who does all this.
At the very end of the dream there were two X-rays that were supposed to be human X-rays, only one was a solid blue and the other was a solid red and they were set to a white background, I believe. I know I had the sense that this was about America, that she was broken and that she needed to be fixed or healed. END
I also woke with this song in my head, Praise You in This Storm / Mark Hall and Bernie Herms
I was sure by now, God You would have reached down
and wiped our tears away,
stepped in and saved the day.
But once again, I say amen
and it's still raining…
I remember when I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry to You
and raised me up again
my strength is almost gone how can I carry on
if I can't find You
and as the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
and as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise
the God who gives and takes away
And I'll praise you in this storm
and I will lift my hands
for You are who You are
no matter where I am
and every tear I've cried
You hold in your hand
You never left my side
and though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm
I lift my eyes unto the hills
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth (2 X)
Massive Hurricane Ike ravages southeast Texas
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080913/D935QF1O0.html
Gas prices near $6 a gallon in parts of Florida
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?&Dato=20080912&Kategori=WEATHER&Lopenr=80912013&Ref=AR
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 14:
Drought, Famine, Sword
1 This is the word of the LORD to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
2 "Judah mourns,
her cities languish;
they wail for the land,
and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
3 The nobles send their servants for water;
they go to the cisterns
but find no water.
They return with their jars unfilled;
dismayed and despairing,
they cover their heads.
4 The ground is cracked
because there is no rain in the land;
the farmers are dismayed
and cover their heads.
5 Even the doe in the field
deserts her newborn fawn
because there is no grass.
6 Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights
and pant like jackals;
their eyesight fails
for lack of pasture."
7 Although our sins testify against us,
O LORD, do something for the sake of your name.
For our backsliding is great;
we have sinned against you.
8 O Hope of Israel,
its Savior in times of distress,
why are you like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler who stays only a night?
9 Why are you like a man taken by surprise,
like a warrior powerless to save?
You are among us, O LORD,
and we bear your name;
do not forsake us!
10 This is what the LORD says about this people:
"They greatly love to wander;
they do not restrain their feet.
So the LORD does not accept them;
he will now remember their wickedness
and punish them for their sins."
11 Then the LORD said to me, "Do not pray for the well-being of this people. 12 Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry; though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword, famine and plague." 13 But I said, "Ah, Sovereign LORD, the prophets keep telling them, 'You will not see the sword or suffer famine. Indeed, I will give you lasting peace in this place.' "
14 Then the LORD said to me, "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds. 15 Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the prophets who are prophesying in my name: I did not send them, yet they are saying, 'No sword or famine will touch this land.' Those same prophets will perish by sword and famine. 16 And the people they are prophesying to will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out on them the calamity they deserve.
17 "Speak this word to them:
" 'Let my eyes overflow with tears
night and day without ceasing;
for my virgin daughter—my people—
has suffered a grievous wound,
a crushing blow.
18 If I go into the country,
I see those slain by the sword;
if I go into the city,
I see the ravages of famine.
Both prophet and priest
have gone to a land they know not.' "
19 Have you rejected Judah completely?
Do you despise Zion?
Why have you afflicted us
so that we cannot be healed?
We hoped for peace
but no good has come,
for a time of healing
but there is only terror.
20 O LORD, we acknowledge our wickedness
and the guilt of our fathers;
we have indeed sinned against you.
21 For the sake of your name do not despise us;
do not dishonor your glorious throne.
Remember your covenant with us
and do not break it.
22 Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain?
Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, O LORD our God.
Therefore our hope is in you,
for you are the one who does all this.
Hillary, II
Friday, September 12, 2008, 3:50 a.m. – I woke from A DREAM: In one part of the dream, I was in a dark room and Hillary Clinton was there. I came up to her in the dark. I asked if she was Hillary Clinton. She said she was, so I introduced myself and told her I’d been praying for her during her campaign. She repeated my name, and then said “Thank you.”
I felt Hillary was very trusting to be in a dark room with a stranger. I could have had a weapon or something. I was surprised she was not protected by anyone. END
Saturday, September 13, 2008, 12:20 a.m. – I continued to pray for understanding of this dream and I also was praying for a personal request when I remembered that the Lord had given me a vision in relation to my personal request on Thursday prior to this vision about Hillary Friday morning, but that I had never gone to the Word with that vision. All of a sudden I realized that this passage about Jeremiah (chap 12) was a message to me as God’s answer to my question to him.
So, then I realized that if Jeremiah 12 was in relation to my personal question of the Lord along with the vision he gave me about it, then that must mean that this dream about Hillary goes along with Jeremiah 13, and it did!
Threat of Captivity
15 Hear and pay attention,
do not be arrogant,
for the LORD has spoken.
16 Give glory to the LORD your God
before he brings the darkness,
before your feet stumble
on the darkening hills.
You hope for light,
but he will turn it to thick darkness
and change it to deep gloom.
17 But if you do not listen,
I will weep in secret
because of your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly,
overflowing with tears,
because the LORD's flock will be taken captive.
18 Say to the king and to the queen mother,
"Come down from your thrones,
for your glorious crowns
will fall from your heads."
19 The cities in the Negev will be shut up,
and there will be no one to open them.
All Judah will be carried into exile,
carried completely away.
20 Lift up your eyes and see
those who are coming from the north.
Where is the flock that was entrusted to you,
the sheep of which you boasted?
21 What will you say when the LORD sets over you
those you cultivated as your special allies?
Will not pain grip you
like that of a woman in labor?
22 And if you ask yourself,
"Why has this happened to me?"—
it is because of your many sins
that your skirts have been torn off
and your body mistreated.
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin
or the leopard its spots?
Neither can you do good
who are accustomed to doing evil.
24 "I will scatter you like chaff
driven by the desert wind.
25 This is your lot,
the portion I have decreed for you,"
declares the LORD,
"because you have forgotten me
and trusted in false gods.
26 I will pull up your skirts over your face
that your shame may be seen-
27 your adulteries and lustful neighings,
your shameless prostitution!
I have seen your detestable acts
on the hills and in the fields.
Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
How long will you be unclean?"
My Understanding: When I read this passage I knew this was the one that applied to the Hillary dream, because it talked about darkness and because I did weep bitterly for Hillary Clinton in secret, much to my surprise. When the Lord gave me this dream in the night and then later that morning as I was recording it to send out, I was overcome with tears both times for Hillary Clinton and I did not know why. I poured my heart out to God in prayer for her that she will turn her heart over to God (before the darkness comes). I believe, still, that this is about betrayal –
because you have forgotten me
and trusted in false gods.
She is presently on the campaign trail for Barak Obama. I do believe he is a “false god.”
I felt Hillary was very trusting to be in a dark room with a stranger. I could have had a weapon or something. I was surprised she was not protected by anyone. END
Saturday, September 13, 2008, 12:20 a.m. – I continued to pray for understanding of this dream and I also was praying for a personal request when I remembered that the Lord had given me a vision in relation to my personal request on Thursday prior to this vision about Hillary Friday morning, but that I had never gone to the Word with that vision. All of a sudden I realized that this passage about Jeremiah (chap 12) was a message to me as God’s answer to my question to him.
So, then I realized that if Jeremiah 12 was in relation to my personal question of the Lord along with the vision he gave me about it, then that must mean that this dream about Hillary goes along with Jeremiah 13, and it did!
Threat of Captivity
15 Hear and pay attention,
do not be arrogant,
for the LORD has spoken.
16 Give glory to the LORD your God
before he brings the darkness,
before your feet stumble
on the darkening hills.
You hope for light,
but he will turn it to thick darkness
and change it to deep gloom.
17 But if you do not listen,
I will weep in secret
because of your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly,
overflowing with tears,
because the LORD's flock will be taken captive.
18 Say to the king and to the queen mother,
"Come down from your thrones,
for your glorious crowns
will fall from your heads."
19 The cities in the Negev will be shut up,
and there will be no one to open them.
All Judah will be carried into exile,
carried completely away.
20 Lift up your eyes and see
those who are coming from the north.
Where is the flock that was entrusted to you,
the sheep of which you boasted?
21 What will you say when the LORD sets over you
those you cultivated as your special allies?
Will not pain grip you
like that of a woman in labor?
22 And if you ask yourself,
"Why has this happened to me?"—
it is because of your many sins
that your skirts have been torn off
and your body mistreated.
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin
or the leopard its spots?
Neither can you do good
who are accustomed to doing evil.
24 "I will scatter you like chaff
driven by the desert wind.
25 This is your lot,
the portion I have decreed for you,"
declares the LORD,
"because you have forgotten me
and trusted in false gods.
26 I will pull up your skirts over your face
that your shame may be seen-
27 your adulteries and lustful neighings,
your shameless prostitution!
I have seen your detestable acts
on the hills and in the fields.
Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
How long will you be unclean?"
My Understanding: When I read this passage I knew this was the one that applied to the Hillary dream, because it talked about darkness and because I did weep bitterly for Hillary Clinton in secret, much to my surprise. When the Lord gave me this dream in the night and then later that morning as I was recording it to send out, I was overcome with tears both times for Hillary Clinton and I did not know why. I poured my heart out to God in prayer for her that she will turn her heart over to God (before the darkness comes). I believe, still, that this is about betrayal –
because you have forgotten me
and trusted in false gods.
She is presently on the campaign trail for Barak Obama. I do believe he is a “false god.”
Friday, September 12, 2008
9/11 Pentagon Memorial
Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 5:35 a.m. – I woke to this song:
Presence (My Heart’s Desire) / Newsboys
I lift up my voice to The King, The King of glory
I hold out my hands to The One who is worthy
I long for Your presence
I long - Lord, I need Your touch
Come oh Lord and fill up my life
With the light of Your presence
This is my heart's desire
Oh Father, come and let Your spirit abide
I long for Your presence
This is my heart's desire
I long to be washed in the well of Your mercy
I long to be warmed by the fire of Your glory
I long for Your presence
I long for Your healing touch
I also woke from A DREAM: My husband and I were thinking about moving in with another family, but the lady of the house told me over the phone that we could not have our son John, his wife Faith and their children over to visit because they have too many kids. In fact, she said we could not have our whole family (16 total) there, because that would be too many people, so we decided against moving in with her, because we needed to be able to have our family over.
So, we decided to get an apartment with four bedrooms. The bedrooms were off of a corridor or a common area that was either in some kind of a circular shape or the shape of a pentagram. It was not a normal rectangular-shaped hall.
We were going to have our oldest son, David, and his sister Jenny move in with us. They had been sharing an apartment. Then David decided to get married, so that left Jenny to move in with us. I called her to make sure they had cancelled their lease and had made arrangements to move out. She mentioned she was on a month-to-month lease in her room in the apartment she shared with her brother.
Then, a girl we’ve known for the past 13 years, Megan, decided that she, too, wanted to move in with us, so I called her to make sure she had cancelled her lease.
They all came over to our apartment to check out the room arrangements and to choose their rooms. Jenny now had another female friend with her, Nikki. She also was going to live with us. I was going to give each of the girls a room, but then I remembered that the baby was in one of the rooms, so that left only two bedrooms for the three girls. Jenny and Nikki said they would share a room, so I gave them first choice of the bedrooms.
The first room had an alcove or a sitting area off to the side of the room, so I thought this looked like a good room for two occupants, since one could have her bed in the sitting area. The next room had a large patio off of it, only it appeared to be some kind of a public patio, because it had dozens of tables and chairs in rows next to what looked like a zoo of some kind with rocks for the animals to climb on. We mentioned to Nikki that this might be a quiet place to study, but then we thought about how noisy crowds can be, so we dismissed that idea.
I got on top of one of the rocks and an animal approached me and was aggressive towards me in a way I did not like, so I got back down and away from him. The animal was monkey-like, but not sure it was a monkey. The animal seemed to be entertaining the people.
Anyway, the girls must have chosen up rooms because Megan was now busy taking apart twin beds that were in her room to make room for her own bed. So, I thought maybe Jenny and Nikki could use them in their room. I had the room in mind with the sitting area, so that must have been the room they chose. But, then I remembered that Jenny had a full-size bed and I realized how large the room was, even the sitting area, and that they could probably both put full-size beds in there.
In the process of showing the girls their rooms, I checked on the baby (a boy). He was not sleeping and he had dim yellowish lights on in the room, so I flipped the switch to turn off the lights so that he could go to sleep, only they didn’t all turn off. Then, he got out of bed, so I had to put him back.
The dream ended with me trying to decide how much to charge the girls for Room and Board, so I was figuring out how much my husband and I spend on food, realizing that I don’t eat much at all. I was still figuring this in my head even after I woke up until I realized I was awake and was still continuing the dream, so I stopped it. END
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 8 & 9: Chps 8 – 9: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%208;&version=31;
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%209;&version=31;
My Understanding: This dream is about the events of 9/11/01 and the memorials of 9/11/08, seven years later, in particular the memorial at the Pentagon. The Pentagon was created due to lack of space for the people who worked for the Department of Defense of the USA. The Lord, I believe, is saying that the destruction of 9/11/01 was brought about by the sin of the people; because the people of America had provoked God to anger with their idols.
God gave the people every opportunity to repent, but she continued to rebel. The mourning over the events of 9/11/01 is a reminder of the consequences of sin when we don’t turn from our sin after God has, time and time again, given us plenty of time to repent. I believe we are going to see another 9/11 type disaster in our country because America did not learn from this tragedy in relation to God.
There is a lot about this dream I still do not understand, but this is what I do understand: The apartment with the corridor in the shape of a pentagram represents the Pentagon. The rows of tables and chairs which looked kind of like picnic tables represent this 9/11 memorial at the Pentagon with the rows of benches. And, the rows of benches represent the people who died that day at the Pentagon.
It appears that I may be representing Donald Rumsfeld in this dream. And, the monkey-like animal which parallels with the passage of scripture in Jer. 9:11 about the haunt of the jackal, I believe represents GW Bush, our president. Rumsfeld was the first speaker at this memorial and then GW Bush spoke later. But, the “stepping down,” I believe is in reference to Rumsfeld’s resignation in 2006, five years after these tragic events took place in 2001, September 11th.
I knew when I read vv 17-22 that this was about these rows of benches. Death had climbed in through our windows and had entered our fortresses (the Pentagon) that fateful day in America’s history. The dead bodies lying on an open field with no one to gather them reminded me of a graveyard and so did this picture of a patio with these rows of benches, i.e. the 9/11 memorial at the Pentagon.
Then, “Megan,” following the deaths at the Pentagon, takes down “twin beds” that were in her room. The Lord said these were the “twin towers” that fell that day after the deaths of the Pentagon. So, it appears the Lord is saying that the taking down of the “twin towers” was an inside job from within the Pentagon. http://www.patriotresource.com/wtc/timeline/sept11.html
That is all I understand of the dream at present, but this is the understanding from the scriptures, as it relates to the dream, that the Lord has given me. Our government has lied to us about the events of that day. All of this was orchestrated by the US Government, the Pentagon, our president, etc. to get us into Afghanistan and Iraq and eventually, I believe, into Iran. It is about power and about oil.
Our own brothers in America have betrayed us. We can not trust even our own leaders. We live in a nation full of deception that refuses to acknowledge Almighty God. God is going to once again refine us and test us through judgment because of our sin and our refusal, as a nation, to repent. God will deal with the deceit of our leaders. God will avenge himself on our nation because of our sin. God will vindicate the innocent and will punish the guilty.
See Romans chapter one for a NT passage on how God views sin and what he will do with us, as a nation, as a result of unrepentant sin.
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness…
Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%201;&version=31;
Presence (My Heart’s Desire) / Newsboys
I lift up my voice to The King, The King of glory
I hold out my hands to The One who is worthy
I long for Your presence
I long - Lord, I need Your touch
Come oh Lord and fill up my life
With the light of Your presence
This is my heart's desire
Oh Father, come and let Your spirit abide
I long for Your presence
This is my heart's desire
I long to be washed in the well of Your mercy
I long to be warmed by the fire of Your glory
I long for Your presence
I long for Your healing touch
I also woke from A DREAM: My husband and I were thinking about moving in with another family, but the lady of the house told me over the phone that we could not have our son John, his wife Faith and their children over to visit because they have too many kids. In fact, she said we could not have our whole family (16 total) there, because that would be too many people, so we decided against moving in with her, because we needed to be able to have our family over.
So, we decided to get an apartment with four bedrooms. The bedrooms were off of a corridor or a common area that was either in some kind of a circular shape or the shape of a pentagram. It was not a normal rectangular-shaped hall.
We were going to have our oldest son, David, and his sister Jenny move in with us. They had been sharing an apartment. Then David decided to get married, so that left Jenny to move in with us. I called her to make sure they had cancelled their lease and had made arrangements to move out. She mentioned she was on a month-to-month lease in her room in the apartment she shared with her brother.
Then, a girl we’ve known for the past 13 years, Megan, decided that she, too, wanted to move in with us, so I called her to make sure she had cancelled her lease.
They all came over to our apartment to check out the room arrangements and to choose their rooms. Jenny now had another female friend with her, Nikki. She also was going to live with us. I was going to give each of the girls a room, but then I remembered that the baby was in one of the rooms, so that left only two bedrooms for the three girls. Jenny and Nikki said they would share a room, so I gave them first choice of the bedrooms.
The first room had an alcove or a sitting area off to the side of the room, so I thought this looked like a good room for two occupants, since one could have her bed in the sitting area. The next room had a large patio off of it, only it appeared to be some kind of a public patio, because it had dozens of tables and chairs in rows next to what looked like a zoo of some kind with rocks for the animals to climb on. We mentioned to Nikki that this might be a quiet place to study, but then we thought about how noisy crowds can be, so we dismissed that idea.
I got on top of one of the rocks and an animal approached me and was aggressive towards me in a way I did not like, so I got back down and away from him. The animal was monkey-like, but not sure it was a monkey. The animal seemed to be entertaining the people.
Anyway, the girls must have chosen up rooms because Megan was now busy taking apart twin beds that were in her room to make room for her own bed. So, I thought maybe Jenny and Nikki could use them in their room. I had the room in mind with the sitting area, so that must have been the room they chose. But, then I remembered that Jenny had a full-size bed and I realized how large the room was, even the sitting area, and that they could probably both put full-size beds in there.
In the process of showing the girls their rooms, I checked on the baby (a boy). He was not sleeping and he had dim yellowish lights on in the room, so I flipped the switch to turn off the lights so that he could go to sleep, only they didn’t all turn off. Then, he got out of bed, so I had to put him back.
The dream ended with me trying to decide how much to charge the girls for Room and Board, so I was figuring out how much my husband and I spend on food, realizing that I don’t eat much at all. I was still figuring this in my head even after I woke up until I realized I was awake and was still continuing the dream, so I stopped it. END
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 8 & 9: Chps 8 – 9: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%208;&version=31;
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%209;&version=31;
My Understanding: This dream is about the events of 9/11/01 and the memorials of 9/11/08, seven years later, in particular the memorial at the Pentagon. The Pentagon was created due to lack of space for the people who worked for the Department of Defense of the USA. The Lord, I believe, is saying that the destruction of 9/11/01 was brought about by the sin of the people; because the people of America had provoked God to anger with their idols.
God gave the people every opportunity to repent, but she continued to rebel. The mourning over the events of 9/11/01 is a reminder of the consequences of sin when we don’t turn from our sin after God has, time and time again, given us plenty of time to repent. I believe we are going to see another 9/11 type disaster in our country because America did not learn from this tragedy in relation to God.
There is a lot about this dream I still do not understand, but this is what I do understand: The apartment with the corridor in the shape of a pentagram represents the Pentagon. The rows of tables and chairs which looked kind of like picnic tables represent this 9/11 memorial at the Pentagon with the rows of benches. And, the rows of benches represent the people who died that day at the Pentagon.
It appears that I may be representing Donald Rumsfeld in this dream. And, the monkey-like animal which parallels with the passage of scripture in Jer. 9:11 about the haunt of the jackal, I believe represents GW Bush, our president. Rumsfeld was the first speaker at this memorial and then GW Bush spoke later. But, the “stepping down,” I believe is in reference to Rumsfeld’s resignation in 2006, five years after these tragic events took place in 2001, September 11th.
I knew when I read vv 17-22 that this was about these rows of benches. Death had climbed in through our windows and had entered our fortresses (the Pentagon) that fateful day in America’s history. The dead bodies lying on an open field with no one to gather them reminded me of a graveyard and so did this picture of a patio with these rows of benches, i.e. the 9/11 memorial at the Pentagon.
Then, “Megan,” following the deaths at the Pentagon, takes down “twin beds” that were in her room. The Lord said these were the “twin towers” that fell that day after the deaths of the Pentagon. So, it appears the Lord is saying that the taking down of the “twin towers” was an inside job from within the Pentagon. http://www.patriotresource.com/wtc/timeline/sept11.html
That is all I understand of the dream at present, but this is the understanding from the scriptures, as it relates to the dream, that the Lord has given me. Our government has lied to us about the events of that day. All of this was orchestrated by the US Government, the Pentagon, our president, etc. to get us into Afghanistan and Iraq and eventually, I believe, into Iran. It is about power and about oil.
Our own brothers in America have betrayed us. We can not trust even our own leaders. We live in a nation full of deception that refuses to acknowledge Almighty God. God is going to once again refine us and test us through judgment because of our sin and our refusal, as a nation, to repent. God will deal with the deceit of our leaders. God will avenge himself on our nation because of our sin. God will vindicate the innocent and will punish the guilty.
See Romans chapter one for a NT passage on how God views sin and what he will do with us, as a nation, as a result of unrepentant sin.
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness…
Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%201;&version=31;
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