First, Izzy didn't sleep well. She fussed, tossed and turned, and cried for hours last night. It's almost like she was having bad dreams, because she wasn't fully awake when I went in to check on her. Justin got up about 3 and gave her a sippie cup of milk and she didn't fuss anymore after that.
But the night was a strange one for me. Ok, ya'll are all going to think I'm a wacko, but I promise I'm telling the truth. Sometimes i dream about things before they happen. But I never understand really. Like one night about 3 months ago, I had a dream that my house was on fire and I was rushing around trying to get the girls out. The next morning a house, 3 houses down from us, caught fire and burnt almost down. I don't dream things often like that, and like I said before I hardly ever realize what it is until an event happens and then I'm like, Ah!! I promise I'm not a nut!
I've been having very vivd dreams all week. Probably because I've had a lot on my mind. But last night's dreams were truly frightning!! In between waking up with Iz I had dreams of the devil. They were so real, and I was so scared. He was huge and had the curved horns and the face of a bull. He wasn't in fire, but he looked.....well mean.....I could feel him before I saw him. We were in the dark, I think it was night time. And we were at this huge abandoned office building and I was running from him but he always seemed to be in front of me. He never spoke, and I just remember everything shaking. I woke up several times and made Justin cuddle with me because I was so scared. I don't have a clue what it meant. I've never had a dream like that before.
I did a google search of what the devil means in dreams and I couldn't get a clear answer. And I grabbed my bible right by my bed. I kept thinking last night over and over, "The Lord is on my side, he will strenghethen me and protect me always, I am a child of God". So I don't know. Say a little prayer for me today. I'm pretty freaked out by all of this even though I know that it is probably nothing!!
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Praise God! He answers so much! I just found this and now I have peace. The dream didn't mean anything except I need to trust more and worry less!!
This is from http://www.minuteswithmessiah.tripod.com/question/dreamsource.html
Dreams tend to be the mind working out in our sleep the worries and fears that we can’t handle in the daytime. They are the body’s way of reducing our stress. When stress gets too great, or certain worries become too strong, the dreams sometimes turn into stressors themselves. That, of course, is the layman’s version of the psychology of what you are experiencing.
Could Satan be sending you dreams to intimidate you as a Christian? I don’t know. There is no evidence in the scriptures that he can do so. There was a time when God communicated through dreams, but I believe even that time is past. Nothing, though, points to Satan’s ability, or lack thereof, to send dreams. If he communicated through dreams, it is unlikely that he would do so through the dreams you describe. Satan’s method of attack on Christians seems to be more in the way of temptation than terror. After all, causing someone to be terrified of him would be counterproductive. He wants you to turn away from God rather than away from him.
On the extremely small chance that these might be dreams sent by Satan, or even the better chance that they are a reflection of stress and fears in your waking hours, what can you do about them? I think there are a couple of biblical answers.
If the dreams themselves are from Satan, or are a result of his tempting you outside the dreams, the solution James gives is most effective. “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.” (James 4:7-8) When these dreams come, instead of giving in to them turn to God in prayer. Approach God and ask him to help you deal with the dreams. The slogan, “Just say no,” applies here as much as it does to drugs. Say no to Satan and he will run away.
If the dreams are a result of stress in your life, there is a solution as well. Trust God. If you are God’s child, he will protect you. So what do you need to worry about? After all, this life compared to eternity is less than a period at the end of a sentence in “War and Peace.” If you can give up worry, your dreams might also be more peaceful. “Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.” (Matthew 6:31-34) Again, prayer may help. Instead of just praying when the dreams come, though, try to avoid them altogether. Pray before you sleep that God will take away your worries. If you know what your stressors are, mention them specifically. Then believe that God will keep you safe. Too often we give God our problems in prayer, and take them back as soon as we end it. Let God keep them instead.
I can’t guarantee that these strategies will eliminate the dreams. I do think that they will at least lessen the effect these dreams will have on you.
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