Net mail – A dream: Damien

Pastor John,

A few years ago after I returned from my trip to Australia in 2017, I had a simple dream with both of my parents in it.  It reminds me in some ways of Brother Keith’s vision that he shared with us recently. It came to mind while I was talking with Kay early this morning.  It seems good to pass it on.

In the dream, there was a long line of people who were shuffling silently, uphill it seemed, along a sidewalk.  The path passed along the side of a featureless building.  At the head of the line of people was a door in the building. The people turned right and went through the door.  I noticed my father (he died in 1987) going through the door.  Looking back down the line a ways, I saw my mother (now 94) shuffling along with everyone else.

When I awoke, I knew that I was looking at people’s lives passing.  The door is the end.  As I thought about it this morning, it really hit me that everyone is going through that door.  I was in that line of people.  We all were.  Life is serious business.  We need God’s help. 

Damien

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Amen, Damien.  And if we think on that, we are wise (cf. Eccl. 7:2-4).  Moses prayed that God would teach him to soberly think on that reality so that he might apply his heart to wisdom (Ps. 90:12).