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Jackie, I'm sorry but I don't think dreams are meant to be deciphered.  I think they are simply references to memories or wishes or other references of our waking moments but are not meant to be particular messages.  Paying too much attention to making dreams mean what you want seems to me to border on "magic" or "witchcraft" which God has warned us to avoid.


EDIT:  This is just my own personal opinion and not based on any kind of teaching by more learned or educated persons.

And I'm just back from my latest doctor check up.  Now, in addition to joint, bone, heart, lung, and lymph nodes to be kept a check on I can add kidneys.   Quite a variety of ways for the Lord to use to bring me Home.   

I have been here to ready for the last couple of days but did not comment.

I was about to give the same advice that has already been given before I read the latest posts. 

God does answer our prayers and I've always been told the answers are Yes, no or not now. the  not now meaning when the time is right. As far as God speaking to me it has always bee through thoughts that come  I have lost  or misplaced something and asked Jesus to help me to find it. Then in a short time I am able to go directly to the place I  either lost or misplaced the item. I have been praying and all of a sudden I am given a name to pray for, it might be someone I know but mostly has been someone I don't know nor am I given the reason I am to pray for that person.

I have been praying for someone who is sick or has cancer and it came into my thoughts to call out that foul spirit of cancer that it does not belong to the person and has no right to be in  their body, then asked God to replace it with his warm healing power and to that let take over the person's body.  At church on Sunday my prayer partner and I were called on to pray for two people, one with cancer and one with a herniated disc in her back. I don't know the results of those prayers, it isn't for me to know. But I do know that God is working within both of them.  My pastor always calls me and my prayer partner to pray for the sick whenever he gets a call, we are the first notified.

First time I ever ever heard the term for trying to work out the meaning of our dreams, and lets face it, dreams are something I am assuming everyone has, if not tried to work our what the meaning was, or why one has had a certain dream but, I have never heard any references to bordering on magic or witchcraft before....

Jeanne Lee...
...as the old song goes, dem bones, dem bones, dry bones...now do we have song for " dem organs?..."
...sorry I am making light of it but, I now find, " if we dont laugh over medical situations, we will only cry over them...." and the day we stop laughing will be the end of us I fear...just my belief...but what I can do is give you one of my gentle cyber ((( hugs )))...I think you are needing some..

As I said, my feeling that dream interpretation is wrong is just that - my feeling.  And I can't understand why anyone would want to disect a dream, but again, that's me.   

There is a meaning to every dream...and I know I would welcome its meanings, to some of them, maybe not all...

Well I have done a Larry Hanna this morning, for I guess the first ever, I slept till 8am, this is a first...and I guess if it wasn't for Richard poking his head in to check I am still alive which of course woke me up, I saw the smile on his face as I awoke abruptly and laughed back..." what are you checking up i am still alive, after he answered a, yes...followed by me, saying...sorry, to disappoint you...well at least it gave us both something to sort of giggle over, although Richard doesn't do giggling, nor very rarely ever smiles...
Usually my time of both waking up and getting ups are nearer to 5 and 5.30am...

Yesterday evening a parkhome flyer was posted through our letter box from one of our AGM committee members who of course lives on our site....It reads that they have found someone to take over the soon to be vacant position of Chairman...we are all invited to turn up at the bottom of our parkhome, there is a long corrugated open shed....where we will be invited to raise our hands to vote this unknown person in or to not vote him or her in...This is to take place this Saturday for 15 minutes at 6.30pm...I am inquisitive to find out who this person will be, as no one at our last meeting seemed interested..there were o course members who didn't turn up on the night....not long to wait...thats if my body can manage to make the short journey down our slope, otherwise someone will have to get the car out, for a one minute drive....

Got to go its time to feed Toby....almost 9.am...his body clock is well adjusted, at least his stomach is....he knows when its feeding time...

DREAMS....

Joseph (Matthew 1:20; 2:13): Joseph would have divorced Mary when he found out she was pregnant, but God sent an angel to him in a dream, convincing him that the pregnancy was of God. Joseph went ahead with the marriage. After Jesus was born, God sent two more dreams, one to tell Joseph to take his family to Egypt so Herod could not kill Jesus and another to tell him Herod was dead and that he could return home...

Abimelech (Genesis 20:1-7): Abraham's wife, Sarah, was beautiful? so beautiful that when Abraham came into a new area he occasionally feared that the local ruler would kill him and take Sarah for himself. Abraham told Abimelech king of Gerar that Sarah was his sister (she was his half-sister). Abimelech took Sarah into his harem, but God sent him a dream telling him not to touch Sarah because she was Abraham's wife. The king returned Sarah to her husband the next morning; the dream had protected Sarah and safeguarded God's plan for Sarah to be the mother of His chosen people....

Jacob (Genesis 28:10-17): Jacob, with his mother's help, stole Esau?s firstborn inheritance. Jacob then fled Esau's anger, and on his journey he had his famous dream of a ladder reaching to heaven on which angels ascended and descended. In this dream Jacob received God's promise that Abraham's blessing would be carried on through him....

Pharaoh's cupbearer and baker (Genesis 40): While in prison Joseph interpreted some dreams of Pharaoh's cupbearer and baker. With God's guidance, he explained that the cupbearer would return to Pharaoh's service, but the baker would be killed....

Pharaoh (Genesis 41): Two years later, Pharaoh himself had a dream which Joseph interpreted. God?s purpose was to raise Joseph to second-in-command over Egypt and to save the Egyptians and the Israelites from a horrible famine....

Solomon (1 Kings 3:5): It was in a dream that God gave Solomon the famous offer: "Ask what you wish Me to give you." Solomon chose wisdom....

Daniel (Daniel 2; 4): As He had done for Joseph, God placed Daniel in a position of power and influence by allowing him to interpret a foreign ruler's dream. This is consistent with God's propensity to use miracles to identify His messengers. Daniel himself had many dreams and visions, mostly related to future kingdoms of the world and the nation of Israel....



I have posted this here but if it needs to go somewhere else, please do so...or if it does not belong on our forum, please delete it...

One actual dream I had a few years ago:

I was being chased by "someone" and headed for safety down a flight of stairs. I was caught by the "someone" who knocked me down and brought a huge, sharp knife to my throat.  My life was saved only by my scream which woke me up. 

Maybe you can find a hidden meaning, but to me it just said I had been watching too many horror shows.

Jackie, of course it's possible you are one whom God has destined to receive His word directly through dreams.  I have no right to try to second guess God or judge your position in His plans, so I am sorry if I've offended Him or you.  Maybe I am just envious that it has been you and not me.   

Hi everyone. We are headed for another day weather wise like yesterday with a lot of clouds and a high temperature around 90 degrees.  Today is going to be a pretty busy one after a couple of quiet days.  This morning I am taking my PT Cruiser in to have the A/C repaired.  I don't use it very often but when I want to drive it I want it to be cool.  Pat will pick me up there and I will take her back to the Church for her crafts group and go on to coffee.  At 11:15 I have my doctor's appointment with the lung doctor related to the use of my CPAP machine.  Then I will pick up Pat and come home.  This evening Jennifer and Scott will be over for dinner and to spend the evening.

Janet, very insightful comments to Jackie on hearing God's small still voice.  Sorry to read about the plumbing problems.  Owning a home seems to always have something that needs attention. Glad to see you got it fixed. 

Jackie, the Matt Morris title is how I try to live my life and have for the last 12 years.  It has made a tremendous difference in how and view and enjoy life. I don't forget the past I just don't dwell on it anymore more worry about the future.  I will deal with the things in the future when that time arrives.  This doesn't mean I don't make some plans but if they don't work out that is OK also so I don't end up with resentments.  God created us as unique beings and we walk our own paths.  Others may come down similar paths but haven't walked the path in our shoes.  Interesting experience you had on the day you lost your father.  I had a neighbor with gum disease and he had to see his dentist four times a year as I recall.  I feel fortunate to be only twice a year.  Did you check for used books at Amazon or eBay?  I have purchased a number of books that way and always been pleased.  Glad to see you were able to get a good night's sleep.

Jeanne, it is a good thing God doesn't always say yes to our prayers as often we would be in a mess if he did.  I have come to understand that "no" is a complete sentence.  I try to pray for God's will in my life and not telling his what to do.  Sorry to read that you now have another medical concern.  All these medications we take often do some bad things to our kidneys.  I have stage 3 kidney disease but it has been that for years and doesn't seem to be of much concern to my Cardiologist other than to ask me to limit the amount of fluids I consume everyday, which I try to do.

Marilyn, another good comment on God speaking to us.  Sometimes we are just not ready for the "yes" answer to our prayers if it doesn't fit into God's plan for our lives.  Are you a trained Stephen's Minister, not that is necessary to be a powerful pray person. 

Jackie, this is a Christian website and it is totally appropriate, in my opinion, to share Scriptures.  Obviously God has used dreams or visions.

Jeanne Lee...
...oh my, that wasn't a dream, that was a nightmare... you haven't offended me, infact it was me who thought I may have offended you...in contradicting your beliefs...

...Well I certainly dont think I am one of God's chosen ones...

Larry I am not a Trained Stephen minister, I am just an ordinary prayer warrior. Some one who loves God and prays for others. The words just come out without my giving any thoughts  to what I should pray, it just happens. Sometimes I say things about that person that I have no knowledge of , The Lord just puts the words in my mouth. Sometimes I am totally amazed at what I have said.

Today Freckles and I and one other Team are visiting the Cancer center. We will visit with those waiting  for radiation and chemo and those in the chemo room who are already receiving their chemo. The staff there loves to see us coming in and always greet us with smiles and pets for the dogs.

Jeanne:  Right!  What IS it with us and water problems?

Jackie:  All this talk about dreams reminds me of a pastor we had when I was a child.
He sometimes had really wild dreams, and he always attributed it to having eaten raisin pie for supper!    I know when I eat too much, it does cause me to not sleep well or to have troubled dreams; none of which I usually remember.  I think dreams can come from the Lord, but our enemy also can put thoughts into our minds and sometimes those lead to dreams as well.  So just be careful in trying to interpret dreams on your own.

I must say, this has been an interesting exchange of ideas!

We took our Lincoln back to the dealer in Garden City today to get the recall on its seat belts repaired.  We didn't do much else there, and got home before 2:00.

We still aren't finished with the job on the faucet, as we still need to put the dirt back into the hole.  The backhoe people want another $130 to push it back, which we find unreasonable.  So it looks as if we will go shovel in the cool mornings for a while until the job is done.  Sigh........

I was messaging with the young man who wants to paint with me last night, and asked him how he even knew I painted?  He quickly sent me two photos of paintings I found familiar, then said "I own two of your paintings!"  Then he told me for whom I had painted them, years ago, and that both were related to him, and when they died, those were what he wanted the most!  Cool!  Also, I was thinking he was new to the area, turns out he was raised here and graduated HS here!  Shows how much I know!  We plan to meet for coffee when he has some free time and see when would be a good time for him to come paint.  I think he lives in Hugoton now.  (TMI--sorry!)

I'll stop now!   

It's when I eat bananas before bed time that I get weird dreams!   

Maybe I am the chosen one after all, as through the night I dreamed my mother was standing, not sitting, and I gave her a very big hug and I told her " never leave me again because I need you, or I "am" needing you, not sure which way I put it......"
I dont recollect what she answered or if she answered at all...but I did feel that she might not stay, or could not stay, I just wasn't sure...

Now my mother has been gone 40 years now...I was in my mid 20s when she passed away with cancer three days after her doctor came round and told me and my father that mother had less than a week...

Now I believe that is possibly the sign I have been waiting for..I can, and I shall, take comfort in that...

Janet...
...coincidence, no...... you and your man who wants to paint with you were destined to meet up...and tell you the fascinating story of the two paintings of yours that he owns....that was no coincidence...

Janet, although I suffer with depression, the one thing it doesn't do is keep me awake, once in bed and after a short read of a book, turn off the bedside lamp, I am usually away for the count...I just dont sleep for many hours, five hours seems to be my norm...

Hi, friends,

I had a long comment on dreams, which is all lost. So, I'll just say that the few dreams I remember seem to be a way that I'm able to work through difficult situations.

This has really been an interesting read this very late night.

In fact, it's 1:50 a.m. and I feel the need to rest now. The alarm will go off much too soon, tomorrow, methinks!

Much love to all,
Ruth Ann

Hi everyone. We are starting off with a nice warm morning but expect to have another cloudy day.  However, the temperatures are suppose to stay in the high 80's this afternoon.  I had a good day yesterday as I felt better than I had the two previous days in terms of having some energy.  Everything worked out well with the timing yesterday morning and was in an out of the doctor's office in about 30 minutes.  After I picked Pat up at the Church we stopped at Chik-Fil-A for lunch.  I did leave my PT Cruiser at the garage and told them I wasn't in a hurry to get it as don't use it very much.  They thanked me saying they were slammed with people getting ready for the 4th of July holiday.  I expect a lot of people would take Monday off from work and add it to the weekend for a nice 4 hour holiday.  Today I will pick up my friend and we will go to coffee, then I will take him home and right now plan on going back to the Church for the Wisdom group, which I missed the last couple of weeks.  That will pretty much be it for today. 

Jackie, I certainly don't believe you are not one of God's chosen ones.  I firmly believe that God doesn't make junk.  Sometimes people make a junky life for themselves but God still loves us and wants us to come to him with our problems.  Though we often suffer in this life and have a tough road to walk Jesus is there to hold our hand and to see us through the situation.  In the end we have a wonderful world ahead of us when we will no longer suffer but experience glory in God's presence.  God loves you and so do we.

Janet, what a nice experience you had with the young man who wants you to teach him too paint.  Putting all that dirt back sounds like a terrible job and one bad on backs and a strain on hearts. 

Jeanne, I used to have dreams where something was chasing me like a tiger and I am get to a cliff but before I go over the cliff or am attached by the tiger I would wake up but all my muscles would be tense until I realized it wasn't real.  I don't attribute such dreams to anything I have eaten, but who knows. 

Ruth Ann, sorry you lost your comments on dreams.  I hope your day today won't be too busy.  Are you still taking care of the cat for your SIL?

Larry, your comment on the "chase" dreams reminds me of a recurring dream I had for years, as a child.  Something very scary would be chasing me,
but I could only run in slow motion!  It was like trying to run through thick molasses!
Always, just before the creature got me, I woke up, as you said, every muscle tensed,
and barely able to breathe!  I'm sure someone has done a "study" on the reasons for those kinds of dreams, but they probably don't know any more than we do about it! 

Well, we went out early and shoveled until we were beat, stopped and came in and rested for about an hour and a half, then I went back out and was having another go at it. The mud has dried into terribly hard, heavy clumps that are really hard to chop apart with the shovel, and too big to move without breaking them up.  Darrel came out and we were taking turns with the shovel, while the other one picked up the clumps we could lift and throwing them into the hole.  Then Jim, who rents Beth's trailer, came over and helped us for a few minutes.  He got most of the hard mess chopped apart enough to make it easier to manage.  Maybe another go at it will get the job finished.
I can already feel my muscles getting sore! 

We are going to the Senior Center for lunch, that way neither of us has to cook!

Ruth Ann, sorry to miss reading your comments on dreams, as your posts are always interesting.  I never use an alarm anymore, as I always wake up early.  But they are great when needed!

Talk to you good folks later!

Hi, friends,

Well, I have met my first goal for the day by transacting some business over the phone.

It's so good to come here to read as opportunity is available.

Yes, Larry, my sister in law's projected discharge date is July 5. So, until then, I'll be taking care of the kitty.

Y'all have a wonderful day.

Ruth Ann

Good day to all!

We almost completed our shopping list but one item from the pharmacy has to be ordered online.  Oh, well.  WM keeps changing things.

We are still tuckered out from bleaching the wooden deck and hosing it down, to ready it for our grandson who will come and stain it.  I was about to steam clean a room size rug that I hauled to the driveway when there is no way I can get that machine to work right now.  Taking a break with a cappachino mix.  Yesterday was all fun as we met (5 of us) at a French bakery.  Lovely and oh, so perfect to celebrate a birthday.  All of this group of friends is from church.  Two have husbands who have been ill for years - they are exhausted at times but soldier on with the help of faith.  They are such an inspiration - we are living in this house just because we were supposed to meet these friends. 

Don and I have not been in the group for along time but we were given the gift of Stephen's Ministry lessons from someone unknown.  Don quit a job when the ultra-wealthy owners wanted him to do something illegal.  We had 4 children in university at the time and it was a gulp - swallowing time but everything came out just fantastic.  We always say that the lessons gave us much more than we gave them. 

Ruth Ann:  Best wishes for your sister's health concern. 

Tomorrow I have my eye Dr appointment for the 6 month check up on the cataract and the macular degeneration. the MD isn't taking over yet I only have small blurry spots in both eyes but it doesn't hamper my vision. It sure seems l.ike the print is getting smaller, I can't even read a magazine with my glasses on. I will tell them about that. Maybe I need stronger glasses. I was told that  when they remove the catarct it could cause the MD to get worse right away. I definitely would appreciate some prayer.

This is so strange...I am getting my signs...I awoke abruptly 20 minutes ago at 5.45am to Benji, he was so so close In my bedroom, ( no I didn't see him, nor hear nay movements,) just one of his loud and clear whimpers, the whimper he would do when he came into my bedroom to attract me to him...I awoke to just the one, it was so loud and clear I know he was there somewhere at the side of me....I got straight out of bed and went and told Richard, at first he assumed I meant Toby, I said, no, not Toby, Benji...I came back into my bedroom, no there were no other rustling sounds nor did I hear nor see Benji but, I walked around my bed quietly talking to him, saying Benji are you here baby? and mommy's here....I never got any other sounds or anything else to tell me he was here...It was just that one loud and very clear whimper , the whimper I would often here when he did walk into my bedroom first thing in the early hours of the morning, ( infact it was often around the same time..)... then I would bend my head and ask him for one of his kisses, of which I would always get from him....strange things are starting to happen to me...

Talk about coincidence - this in my morning email.

" After she woke up, a woman told her husband, "I just dreamed that you gave me a pearl necklace for our anniversary.  What do you think it means?"

"You'll know tonight." he said.

That evening, the man came home with a small package and gave it to his wife.

Delighted, she opened it to find a book entitled "The Meaning of Dreams.""

Skinflint....

Hi everyone. We had some heavy rains during the night and it is currently raining with good opportunities for more throughout the day. 

This is the day for the housekeeper and we plan on eating out later this afternoon for our main meal and then picking up the PT Cruiser.  The repairs cost a lot more than I expected, around $900, but the car should be in good shape with the A/C problem fixed and a problem with the radiator also repaired.  I also had them do an oil change.  Needless to say I was shocked when he told me the amount.  I think this is a sound car and all cars require periodic maintenance and it is certainly less expensive than replacing it. I may watch some golf later this afternoon. 

Janet, I know what you mean about running through thick molasses or mud.  I hope you and Darrel didn't overdo with your shoveling.  Nice of your tenant to help break up the clods. 

Ruth Ann, for some reason I dread having to pick up the phone and take care of business but usually find it isn't an unpleasant experience.  I hope your SIL will be able to be discharged when expected and that burden with the cat taken off your shoulders. 

Carol, did you mean your rug cleaning machine was broken or you were just too tired to use it?  It has been a long time since I visited a French bakery but it was a pleasant experience.  The pastries are so good as is the French bread.  Nice you could enjoy it with friends.  I can't even imagine having four children in the university at the same time.  Nice to read that things turned out fantastically for you both. 

Marilyn, I hope your eye appointments goes well today.  It would be scary to have the cataracts removed if it would hasten the MD.

Jackie, it sounds like you will have a good day today with the memory of your pleasant experience this morning. 

Jeanne, I chuckled at the joke you shared. 

Jeanne:     Sure fits in with our discussions, huh?

Marilyn, I had cataracts removed from both eyes and they didn't say anything about it making the MD worse.  And, Thank God, I haven't noticed that it has made it worse.
The last time I was there, I asked what I can do besides taking the AREDS2, to slow the progress of the MD.  He said to eat lots of leafy greens, eat a healthy diet, exercise,
control blood pressure.  In general, just take care of yourself!

Ruth Ann, I dislike having to take care of business on the phone, too, so I tend to procrastinate, and that's not good, either.  But, like Larry said, it usually isn't an unpleasant job.  Hope you are doing well!

Larry, we were in high hopes of a rain last night, but all we got was a lot of thunder!
I was so sore last night I wondered if I could get out of bed this morning, but today I'm not feeling it at all.  Darrel is sore, though.

We had another blessing this morning, as our renter came over with the long ladder,
got up on the roof and took down that antennae that we had been needing taken off the roof for several years.  He said the reason for all the squeaking was that one guy wire had broken, letting it move more in the wind!  I plan to take him a batch of goodies of some kind as a thank you gesture!

Here's another grin for you, similar to Jeanne's.  Seems this lady was having a birthday,
and her car was really needing to be replaced.  Her husband asked her what she wanted for her birthday and she said, "I want something that can go from zero to one sixty in ten seconds flat!"  So on the morning of her birthday, he took her out to the driveway,
and there sat a new bathroom scale!

( I wonder if he's still alive?   }

We are going to the LIBERTY! program in Liberal tonight.  It's a wonderful, uplifting,
rousing, patriotic program, put o by a large Baptist church there. 

THE RESUME OF JESUS CHRIST....link....


http://www.fathershands.com/resume/

Larry:  Our rug cleaning machine was broken and we borrowed son's machine.  Just tired from all that physical stuff. 

We have been staying in house all day so we can help our neighbor whenever a delivery truck arrives with their new back yard furniture.  I baked 25 banana walnut muffins and froze most of that double batch.  We had a larger than usual cell phone bill.  Our daughter gave us hers and we changed the number.  However, $75 extra does seem a bit much for them to type in some numbers.   

Today I saw a different eye Dr  ( my regular eye Dr was  at another location today) and he disagreed that removing a cataract would  increase the progression of the MD. It hasn't changed slince last December and the cataract isn'tg ready yet to be removed. He did suggest that I get stronger readers that are not available over the counter, maybe a +4 or +5 Wow 400's or 500's.

Hi everyone. We are having another overcast day with still chances for more rain.  However, it is going to be hot and humid as well. 

I am going to attend my Saturday meeting this morning and afterwards stop at Walmart to pick up Pat's online order.  That will save another trip downtown.  Other than watching some golf this afternoon I have nothing else on my schedule.

Yesterday garage called and said our car was ready for pickup.  So in mid-afternoon we drove down to get it and it was sitting outside.  So I told Pat to just go on and meet me at the Church parking lot as we were going to eat our main meal of the day before coming home.  I pay the bill and get in the car and start it and try to put it in gear and the gear shift just moves around without going into any gear.  So I go back in the garage and the service person comes out and checks and has the same experience.  Apparently in the repair work being done the shift cables were disconnected so I had to leave it.  I was going to call Pat but the garage said no they would take me where I needed to go so the owner young son took me to meet Pat.  We then went out to a BBQ place for our meal.  We hadn't been there before and we found the food very good.  It may be after the 4th of July before I can get the car but told them I wasn't in a hurry as seldom use it.  I have never had an experience like that before where the repair garage broke my car. 

Janet, we had a lot of rain several times yesterday.  Everything is lush and green around here.  It sounds like you are in good shape if you are not very sore from all of the dirt work you and Darrel did. Nice of your neighbor to remove the antennae for you.  Those are becoming things of the past on roofs.  I bet the tenant will enjoy the goodies you are going to make for him. Funny joke.

Jackie, thanks for sharing "The Resume of Jesus Christ".  I am going to copy it out and likely will use it as a devotional in our Sunday School class. 

Carol, I found that vacuuming is a very tiring job and rug cleaning even more so.  Since we have only a couple of small rugs at our entrance and in the bathrooms and the guest bedroom and Pat's sewing room upstairs (which was built to be a bedroom with its own bath) do have carpets, we will likely never need to use a rug cleaner as these rooms are seldom used. Our housekeeper does the vacuuming.  We have a very lightweight dustpan and little broom that we can grab to pick up anything that gets on our wooden floors.  Our wooden floors are dark so every little thing that lands on the floor shows.  The main problems are in the kitchen or where Pat has been cutting or trimming fabric. Some of the fees telephone and cable companies charge are ridiculous.

Marilyn, it is interesting how different doctors disagree about things.  Those would be strong readers.  I am going to have to have my cataracts removed before too long as they are bothering me more and more.  I have found a Chrome extension that increases the contract that really helps reading the computer screen for anything display in the Chrome browser.  However, I noticed last night that I had trouble reading the street name on the hanging sign at the light and things are getting a bit blurry.