Okay, so it has been a long time since I wrote a blog. I had no plans to start writing one again but felt God leading me to do so. I have been on an amazing journey with Him over the past several years getting to who He created me to be.
You see for many years I tried to be like others. I would see different qualities or characteristics in them that I liked and then would try to imitate what I saw. As I have gotten to know ‘me’, the person He created me to be. my life has changed. I no longer try to be like others but have fun being me. I have learned that I am so accepted and loved by God that no one can make me feel rejected (unless I let them).
So why start a blog. Like I already said, I had no plans to start one but God had different plans. As I have gotten to know the person He created me to be and am walking in that knowledge, I am learning to listen to His voice and how He speaks to me in ways I didn’t in the past.
I love to walk outside, being surrounded by God’s creation. As I walk and listen, God will speak to me about things going on in my life or bring revelation to me that I didn’t have before. I believe that God wants me to share the things that He is showing me to bring encouragement, comfort and hope to those who read these posts.
I want to share with you now something that brought me comfort right after my dad passed away.
I found out early on the morning of October 20, 2015 that my dad passed away. I was able to fall back to sleep for a short time after hearing the news.
After I fell back to sleep, God gave me a dream. In my dream I was sitting at a table and had fallen asleep. I woke up to the sound of phones vibrating on the table. I handed my husband his phone and then answered mine. When I answered it, I very clearly heard my dad’s voice. He told me to hold on a second and when he came back I knew that I was on a conference call with other family members.
I asked him how he was and what he was doing. He didn’t say how he was but his voice was full of life, joy and excitement. I had not heard his voice sound like this in about a year because I watched his health decline and his once strong body become frail.
In the dream he did share with me what he was doing. He said that he would have to soon go because he was going to go intercede with Jesus. We talked for a little while longer but I do not remember what we talked about and then he said he had to go because he was going to go pray with Jesus. At this point in the dream I handed my phone to my husband and went to do something. I did not hang up the phone at that time. When I came back, my husband handed me the phone and said your dad never came back. I took the phone and hung it up.
After I had this dream I knew that it was not just for me. I shared it with my husband and children, which helped bring comfort in the midst of grief. In the days that followed on one of my walks, God told me that I was to share the dream at the Celebration of Life service that was held for my dad.
It is my prayer that the God of all comfort will bring His comfort to those who need comfort. Blessings to all!