JACK'S DREAMS OF FAITH

AFTER MUCH SEARCH ON THE INTERNET TO RESEARCH THE DREAMS I EXPERIENCED ABOUT MY JOURNEY OF FAITH LED ME TO THIS SITE.  MY DREAMS ARE CHRISTIAN IN NATURE AND RELATE TO MY PERSONAL JOURNEY OF FAITH FOR OVER 50 YEARS.  THE DREAMS CAME TO ME AT AGE 70 AND I DREAMED ON TWO CONSECUTIVE MORNING WOKE UP BOTH MORNINGS WITH CLEAR MEMORIES OF THE DREAMS AND VIVID VIVID VIVID MEMORIES OF THE EMOTIONS OF BOTH DREAMS BUT MOSTLY THE SECOND DREAM.

DREAM ONE

DREAM ONE WAS A COMMON TYPE OF DREAM WHERE YOU ARE DOING THINGS GOING PLACES TRYING TO FIND OR SEEK SOMETHING.  THE PHYSICAL ACTIONS OF THE DREAMS WERE DISTORTED BY FACT THAT THEY WERE A DREAM.  EVENTS SEEMED TO HAPPEN AT RANDOM AND SKIPPED ALL OVER THE PLACE AND PHYSICAL EVENTS WERE SEEN THAT COULD ONLY HAPPEN IN THE DREAM WORLD.  THE EXACT DETAILS OF THE DREAM ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT AS TO INTERPRETATION OF THE EVENTS WHICH FOLLOW:
 
   THE DREAM STARTED WITH A ROAD TRIP WITH A GROUP ON A QUEST TO FIND ?.
   SOMETHING HOLY GRAIL TREASURE ????

    WE WENT ON OUR SEARCH FOUND WHAT WE SOUGHT AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED
    THAT IT WAS NO BIG DEAL AND LEFT ME FEELING EMPTY 
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     ON THE BUS TRIP BACK I DREAMED THAT THE BUS DRIVEN OVER THE PEAK OF A TALL
     MOUNTAIN AND THE BUS STARTED FALLING THOUSANDS OF FEET TO CERTAIN DEATH.
     THE BUS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AND I FELT MYSELF BEING HELD IN MY SEAT BY
     ONLY MY SEAT BELT.  I SAW MY SELF IN THE SEAT UP SIDE DOWN AND COULD HEAR
     MYSELF SCREAMING IN ABSOLUTE TERROR.

      THANK GOD THE BUS DID NOT CRASH AND THE NEXT THING I KNEW WE WERE BACK
      AT THE STAGING AREA PROCEEDED TO FIND OUR CARS AND GO "HOME"   IT WAS
      NIGHT THE PARKING LOTS (3 OR 4) WERE NOT LIGHTED AND THE CARS WERE
      SCATTERED AMONG THE TREES.  ALL I HAD TO FIND MY CAR WAS A SMALL BUT   
      PRACTICALLY USELESS FLASHLIGHT AND MY REMOTE BEEPER WHICH WOULD BEEP
      MY HORN. 

THE DREAMED WITH ME IN UTTER FRUSTRATION THAT I WAS UNABLE TO FIND MY CAR AND DRIVE 'HOME'   .

INTERPRETATION OF DREAM ONE  (AFTER MUCH PERSONAL THOUGHT SHARING WITH
                                                           PASTOR WIFE AND CHURCH FAMILY AND
                                                            SCRIPTURE RESEARCH)

I BELIEVE THAT DREAM ONE EXPRESSED ALL OF MY CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DOUBTS, QUESTIONS, FEARS OF DEATH, QUESTIONS ABOUT MY FAITH.  DID I MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES IN MY FAITH AND ARE THOSE CHOICES GOING AFFIRMED WHEN I DIE?
I DO NOT THINK THAT I HAVE NOT OVERLY DWELT  ON THESE ISSUES OVER THE YEARS
OR RECENTLY. I ALSO THINK THAT MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE FOLLOWED THEIR FAITH
HAVE HAD MANY OF THE SAME QUESTIONS, DOUBTS AND FEARS.

TO SUM IT UP DREAM ONE WAS MY PRAYER, LAMENT, CRY TO MY (OUR) GOD TO AFFIRM TO ME THAT I AM ON THE RIGHT JOURNEY THAT I AM DOING THE RIGHT THINGS, MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICES AND WHEN MY LIFE IS OVER TO KNOW THAT MY FAITH JOURNEY WAS NOT IN VAIN.

DREAM TWO

DREAM TWO WAS TOTALLY A DREAM ABOUT MY FAITH AND MY GOD.  I STARTED THE DREAM AT AGE 75+- AND LEARNED THAT I HAD TERMINAL CANCER.  GOT INVOLVED WITH A CANCER CLINIC WHERE SEVERAL DOCTORS AND PATIENTS WERE FRANTICALLY TRYING TO FIND CURES FOR TERMINAL CANCER.  NOT MUCH LUCK FOR ME TILL THE DOCTOR CALLED AND SAID HE HAD A SHOT THAT MAY WORK FOR ME.  I RUSHED INTO THE OFFICE AND DOCTOR WAS BEHIND BE AND HE GAVE ME THE SHOT. AFTER A FEW MOMENTS
I HEARD THE DOCTOR SAY JACK! IT IS NOT WORKING! THERE IS NOTHING MORE I CAN DO FOR YOU!!!!!!!  I WALKED OUT OF THE DOCTORS OFFICE WITH MY MIND SPINNING WITH THE DEATH SENTENCE THE DOCTOR GAVE ME.  I STOOD AT THE EDGE OF PORCH BY THE STAIRS AND WAS TRYING TO COLLECT MY THOUGHTS WHEN I IMMEDIATELY REALIZED I WAS NO LONGER A PART OF MY BODY.  I HAD NO FEELINGS OR THOUGHTS ABOUT MY BODY AND I REALIZED THAT MY BODY WAS DEAD.  MY SPIRIT MIND SOUL ? LOOKED UP INTO THE SKY AND I IMMEDIATELY STARTED RISING INTO THE SKY.  MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS A PLEASANT SURPRISE THAT I WAS GOING UP.  I ROSE INTO THE SKY TO 20,000   FT, 200,000 FT OR 2,000,000 FT IT DOES NOT MATTER.  I REACHED THE END OF MY JOURNEY AND WAS IMMEDIATELY OVERWHELMED BY FEELINGS OF ARRIVING AT HEAVEN, I FELT UTTER JOY, ELATION, PEACE, CONTENTMENT ON SUCH A LEVEL THAT A HUMAN MIND CAN
BARELY UNDERSTAND.  AS SOON AS I GOT THERE I DID NOT SEE ANY SOUNDS OR SIGHTS OF HEAVEN AND I SENSED THAT I WAS AT THE DOOR READY GO IN AND IT FELT WONDERFUL.  I SENSED GODS PRESENCE AND I HEARD HIM SAY NOT IN A VOICE BUT IN MY MIND OR SPIRIT.  JACK! I AM GLAD YOU ARE HERE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.
THOSE WORDS FROM MY GOD TO CONFIRMED THAT ALL MY HOPES AND DREAMS IN MY JOURNEY OF FAITH WERE FULFILLED A MILLION TIMES OVER.  GOD GAVE ME A BRIEF MOMENT TO TAKE IT ALL IN THEN FINISHED HIS WELCOME WITH THE WORDS BUT
I AM NOT READY FOR YOU YET.  AS SOON AS HE FINISHED THE WORDS I WAS DESCENDING BACK TO EARTH AND AT ABOUT 30 FEET I SAW MY BODY LAYING ON THE GRASS ON MY STOMACH ARMS AND LEGS SPREAD AND QUITE DEAD. I FELT MY SPIRIT AND MY SOUL GO INTO MY BODY AND I BECAME HUMAN AGAIN WITH A VERY LARGE CHANGE.  I WENT INTO THE DOCTOR TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED AND WAS MET WITH AWE AND SCEPTICISM .  I WAS NEXT WALKING INTO A WING OF A SMALL HOSPITAL AND THE MOMENT I ENTERED AND CLOSED THE DOOR I CLEARLY HEARD THE SOUNDS OF A PRIEST GIVING THE LAST RITES FOR A PATIENT I SEARCHED SEVERAL ROOMS AND MADE A TURN AND CONTINUED TO SEARCH I STILL HEARD THE SOUND OF THE RITES BEING SAID AND THREE ROOMS DOWN I HEAR THE SOUNDS COMING CLEARLY FROM A CLOSED ROOM  I OPENED THE DOOR AND THE WORDS WERE VERY CLEAR  I ENTERED THE ROOM AND A YOUNG MAN WAS LAYING IN BED COMPLETELY SILENT, AND HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS ABOUT TO DIE.  OUT OF HIS SPIRIT HEART SOUL MIND HE WAS CLEARLY SAYING HIS LAST RITES TO HIMSELF.  I REACHED OUT AND TOUCHED HIM WITH MY HAND MY HEART MY SPIRIT MY SOUL, MY FAITH, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE POWER GOD GAVE ME WHEN HE SAID BUT I AM NOT READY FOR YOU YET.  THE YOUNG MAN WAS INSTANTLY HEALED WAS CONSCIOUS AND LUCID AND WAS AMAZED.  I SHARED THE MIRACLE WITH SEVERAL PATIENTS AND NURSES AND RECEIVED MIXED RESPONSES.  I THEN AS I ATTEMPTED TO
TO LEAVE THE HOSPITAL I HEARD A VOICE CLEARLY IN MY HEAD SAY FATHER (SMITH)  THREE TIMES.  I STOPPED AT THE FRONT DESK AND ASKED IF THERE WAS A FATHER
(SMITH) IN THE HOSPITAL AND I WAS DIRECTED TO HIS ROOM I WENT INTO THE ROOM AND LAYING ON THE BED WAS THE DECEASED BODY OF FATHER (SMITH) I REACHED OUT WITH MY HAND HEART SPIRIT SOUL AND GODS POWER AND HE CAME ALIVE AND WOULD CONTINUE HIS LIFE TILL IT WAS HIS TIME.

THE DREAMED ENDED WITH ME WALKING ON A LARGE SIDEWALK OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL SHARING THE MIRACLES WITH 10-15 PEOPLE.  IT WAS ALMOST AS IF I WAS JESUS WALKING ON A PATH SHARING HIS MESSAGE WITH HIS DISCIPLES AND FOLLOWERS.

THE EMOTIONS OF  BEAUTY, JOY, PEACE, AND CONTENTMENT THAT I FELT DURING THIS DREAM ARE AT A LEVEL WHERE A HUMAN PERSON CAN BARLEY COMPREHEND AND FEEL.

FOR MORE THAN 10 DAYS ALL MY WAKING HOURS WERE CONSUMED BY THE MEMORIES OF DREAM TWO AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE MEANINGS OF BOTH DREAMS AND DEAL WITH THE EMOTIONS OF THE SECOND DREAM.

INTERPRETATION OF DREAM 2

I FEEL THAT DREAM TWO WAS A DIRECT ANSWER TO MY PRAYER, MY  LAMENT, AND MY FEARS AND DOUBTS  EXPRESSED IN DREAM ONE

HE SHOWED ME WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN I DIED WITH TERMINAL CANCER

HE GAVE ME A GLIMPSE OF WHAT HEAVEN WAS GOING TO BE LIKE AND I NOW KNOW
  THAT WHEN MY TIME DOES REALLY COME WHAT I FELT IN MY DREAMS IS ONLY THE
  TIP OF THE ICE BERG OF HEAVEN.

HE ASSURED ME THAT HE WAS WAITING FOR ME BUT HE WAS NOT READY FOR ME YET.

HE THEN SENT ME BACK TO EARTH WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I HAD DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN AND WAS BACK WITH THE POWER TO HEAL AND OVERCOME DEATH FOR OTHERS.

AFTER MUCH THOUGHT PRAYER SCRIPTURE READINGS AND SHARING WITH OTHERS ON THEIR JOURNEY OF FAITH.

GOD HEARD MY PRAYER

GOD SHOWED MY THE WONDER OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME AND ANYONE WHO SEEKS THE SAME GOD AT THE END OF OUR JOURNEYS OF FAITH.

I FEEL THAT I WAS FAVORED BEYOND ANYTHING I DID TO EARN THE BLESSING THAT MY GOD CHOSE TO PERSONALLY ANSWER MY PRAYERS AND CONFIRM THAT I AM ON THE RIGHT PATH IN MY JOURNEY OF FAITH.

GOD DID NOT SEND ME BACK TO START A HEALING MINISTRY BUT HE DID SHOW ME IN MY DREAM THE POWER GOD CAN GIVE TO HIS FOLLOWERS.

GOD SENT ME BACK TO EARTH TO SHARE MY DREAMS WITH ANYONE WHO WILL TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN

IT IS A MESSAGE OF JOY AND HOPE FOR ALL TO HEAR AS THEY TAKE THEIR JOURNEY OF LIFE AND FAITH.

SHORTLY AFTER THE DREAMS I HEARD THE POEM IN SONG VERSION OF "DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP"

THIS BEAUTIFUL POEM ASND SONG HELPED TO SUM UP MY DREAM AND GIVE THE ABILITY TO TELL EVERYONE DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP

      DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP

                        I AM NOT THERE
                           I DO NOT SLEEP

      DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND CRY

                         I AM NOT THERE
                             I DID NOT DIE.

I WELCOME ANY RESPONSES TO MY DREAMS

I FEEL QUITE SURE THAT MY INTERPRETATIONS ARE LOGICAL AND BASED ON SCRIPTURE

I WELCOME YOUR INTERPRETATIONS AND EXPECT THEM BE CLOSE TO MY OWN.

I DO NOT NEED DREAM COUNSELING OR TRAINING

I WAS BLESSED BY GOD BY MY DREAM AND I HOPE THAT ANY WHO HEAR IT WILL  WILL FIND HOPE AND HELP IN THEIR JOURNEY OF FAITH.

GOD BLESS ALL WHO SEEK THE LORD

JACK R EAST JR