The Narrow Road (My Dream)
Last year around mid summer I had a very interesting, disturbing but also wonderful dream. I have to admit that during that season, I had made some bad choices and did everything I could to try to justify my actions and convince myself that things were not as I knew they were. I had on blinders and the reality is, I did not want to take them off. But our Heavenly Father who is Omnipotent, Omnipresent, and Omniscient, saw everything His foolish daughter was doing and I believe it was He who spoke to me in this dream and admonished me of the risks of walking through the wide gate and walking on the broad road.
In this dream, I was walking down the street and observing everything around me and as I did, I noticed something interesting. Straight across the street there were two women with a little girl. The child must have been around five years old, but what struck me as odd was the fact that they were about to cross the street where there was extremely heavy traffic. I needed to get across as well but at that moment all I could do was watch to see how on earth they were going to accomplish what they were trying to do. Cars were whipping fast at high speed, there was no order, no lights, no crosswalk signs...just cars, trucks, vans speeding through.
Well the two women seemed oblivious to what I was seeing or just did not care because they, each holding one had of the child, just walked, on across, barely missing get hit. The street was very wide and as I watched them make it to the other side, I remember thinking; 'if they could do it, sh can I, I'm a risk taker and enjoy testing limits of things.' That was the wrong attitude to have which I found out within seconds. I figured I'd be smarter than they were and look both ways before I crossed, and so I stepped down from the sidewalk into the street and as I did I nearly got my foot run over by a speaking car. My heart was pounding as I quickly got back on the sidewalk, and as I stood there trying to figure out why the women and child was able to do it so effortlessly, I felt a hand on my arm.
I turned to see a man with the most beautiful eyes looking at me and I felt a peace, a calmness envelope my soul as I looked back at him. He then said to me in a very gentle voice; "You don't want to go that way, it is dangerous. Come, let me show you a better place to cross over." Gently holding my arm at the elbow, he guided me right back to where I started, and as we got to the other side he said; "This is the way you want to go. Just stay within the white lines, follow what the lights tell you to do and you will be fine." I looked at the crosswalk where he guided me to go and there was a traffic light that at the moment was at red, and painted on the street was two what looked to be newly and neatly painted lines. At that moment the light turned green, and I saw that all the vehicles had stopped, obeying the red traffic light that signaled for them to wait so that pedestrians could cross safely over.
I turned and looked at this man and he smiled at me, a smile that seemed to light up his face. As I turned to cross the street, I woke up. There is no doubt in my mind that it was Jesus Christ who was the kind stranger that guided me on the right path. That dream taught me something valuable, and it stayed with me...this is actually my first time writing it down but I feel that it is important to share it in light of the chaos that this world is in. I knew that I had to re-evaluate where I was leading my life rather than allowing Father through the Holy Spirit to take over and be the Guide and Leader that I so desperately needed. In the book of Matthew chapter 24, Jesus let us know what will be the signs of the times that signals and signifies what will take place in the last days. But right now, right here and now, we have a chance to get right with the Father with a heart of repentance - it's not too late...NOW is the time.
In this dream, I was walking down the street and observing everything around me and as I did, I noticed something interesting. Straight across the street there were two women with a little girl. The child must have been around five years old, but what struck me as odd was the fact that they were about to cross the street where there was extremely heavy traffic. I needed to get across as well but at that moment all I could do was watch to see how on earth they were going to accomplish what they were trying to do. Cars were whipping fast at high speed, there was no order, no lights, no crosswalk signs...just cars, trucks, vans speeding through.
Well the two women seemed oblivious to what I was seeing or just did not care because they, each holding one had of the child, just walked, on across, barely missing get hit. The street was very wide and as I watched them make it to the other side, I remember thinking; 'if they could do it, sh can I, I'm a risk taker and enjoy testing limits of things.' That was the wrong attitude to have which I found out within seconds. I figured I'd be smarter than they were and look both ways before I crossed, and so I stepped down from the sidewalk into the street and as I did I nearly got my foot run over by a speaking car. My heart was pounding as I quickly got back on the sidewalk, and as I stood there trying to figure out why the women and child was able to do it so effortlessly, I felt a hand on my arm.
I turned to see a man with the most beautiful eyes looking at me and I felt a peace, a calmness envelope my soul as I looked back at him. He then said to me in a very gentle voice; "You don't want to go that way, it is dangerous. Come, let me show you a better place to cross over." Gently holding my arm at the elbow, he guided me right back to where I started, and as we got to the other side he said; "This is the way you want to go. Just stay within the white lines, follow what the lights tell you to do and you will be fine." I looked at the crosswalk where he guided me to go and there was a traffic light that at the moment was at red, and painted on the street was two what looked to be newly and neatly painted lines. At that moment the light turned green, and I saw that all the vehicles had stopped, obeying the red traffic light that signaled for them to wait so that pedestrians could cross safely over.
I turned and looked at this man and he smiled at me, a smile that seemed to light up his face. As I turned to cross the street, I woke up. There is no doubt in my mind that it was Jesus Christ who was the kind stranger that guided me on the right path. That dream taught me something valuable, and it stayed with me...this is actually my first time writing it down but I feel that it is important to share it in light of the chaos that this world is in. I knew that I had to re-evaluate where I was leading my life rather than allowing Father through the Holy Spirit to take over and be the Guide and Leader that I so desperately needed. In the book of Matthew chapter 24, Jesus let us know what will be the signs of the times that signals and signifies what will take place in the last days. But right now, right here and now, we have a chance to get right with the Father with a heart of repentance - it's not too late...NOW is the time.
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