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last summer i had a strange dream. It began with me driving a car to a place where you get "outfitted" - you stand in front of a mirror and think of a "look" and attendants bring you the things that go with it, and they just pop on to you - no dressing or undressing. On the way there I was told to pick up a man, but I said I needed to relax at this place for a little while first.

When I left there, I was suddenly with the man and we appeared on a street corner near my home. I looked at him and said "this is my home!" and he replied, "not anymore, you haven't been here for 5 years" It was then that I noticed that I was young - early 20s - instead of mid 50s. My hair was long thick and straight and a slightly darker shade of brunette, and I was dressed in tailored clothingrather than the comfy styles I prefer.

Then we were in my house. It had changed - different carpet, different furniture, and differently arranged - a wall poked out and re-built as a sunroom - and my husband sleeping in a chair in what used to be the dining room. His hair was much more grey than now - and I said, "he looks OLD!" The man with me said "he is 62. He has a girlfriend now, and a new dog" Also there was discussion about how this wasnt my place anymore.

so the weird thing is that my husband turned 57 in December. 57+5 = 62.... and after the dream we got new carpet - he picked it out without me - just bringing home samples - and the carpet is the one from the dream. He is talking about the sunroom changes to the dining room now, and has the money to do it.

did I dream of my death?
 

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Hi Merryheart,

Very interesting dream. I have some questions first, if you don't mind.

Is it possible in real life to have the same hair you had in the dream (length and thickness)? Does being dressed in a tailored look symbolize a more "formal" mode to you or a more "fitted" mode that is not necessarily formal? What was your main feeling/thought in the dream.

I know that you must be praying about the meaning of this dream. I will join you and pray also.
 
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Hi Merryheart,

Very interesting dream. I have some questions first, if you don't mind.

Is it possible in real life to have the same hair you had in the dream (length and thickness)? Does being dressed in a tailored look symbolize a more "formal" mode to you or a more "fitted" mode that is not necessarily formal? What was your main feeling/thought in the dream.

I know that you must be praying about the meaning of this dream. I will join you and pray also.


My hair in real life is very fine, and never appears thick. It is a lighter shade of brunette, and has been short to shoulder length now for almost 40 years. The tailored look I mentioned was a fitted denham blazer, turtleneck sweater and fitted jeans - so not exactly formal, still casual, but more fitted. The dream was very unemotional. I had a sense of casting off old responsibilities and moving to something new and unknown - but no anxiety. I had questions (not as many as when i woke - lol) but was accepting of the answers.

definitely praying about the meaning of this dream.


Hi Merryheart,

How has the level of engagement been in your marriage the last 5 years? Did anything sognificant happen in your marriage around 5 years ago that may have caused you to draw back a little?

the 5 years in the dream is future - btw...

however, that said - my marriage and my family have been under a lot of stress for the last 4 years. One of our adult children became a heroin addict after a terrible accident and an oxy addiction. There have also been a number of other *major* stressors and both my husband and I are horribly weakened from it, and me in particular having physical consequences to the stress levels associated with what has felt like the death of a child over and over.

Thanks for your prayers - i can use them :)
 
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Hi Merryheart,
You need not fear about this dream. I've been sitting here pondering it and Papa reminded me of a few of my own dreams which He worked out the same manner as He did yours.
Let me explain... Being in your 20's in the dream speaks of the end of a significant time period. So what the Lord is showing you is some wonderful growth in your life.. things He's brought you along in & grown both you and your husband in. Very often things in the natural coincide and confirm the spiritual, and that's what is going on here. You've already figured out the timing 57+5=62.. the fact your H in real life is speaking of the sunroom to be put into your home in the natural is confirmation that what the dream is foreshadowing is now about to manifest in fullness... glory to God!
Here we go:
Hair is symbolic of one's wisdom - the longer & thicker the hair, the more wise & healthy one is in their wisdom & heavenly mindedness. You are about to come into a place where you have grown substantially in wisdom before the Lord. Your husband, likewise, is coming into a mature walk & wisdom in Christ (grey hair symbolizes maturity & wisdom here). The sunroom speaks of a place where one soaks in the Son (sun). Usually sun rooms are encompassed with glass windows and this is indicative that as you soak in God's presence, you will receive more revelation of Him. Now the part you were a little worried about - the new girlfriend & new dog = The Lord is showing you that you are being made new in Him - YOU are the new girlfriend and new best friend :). You are being moulded and remade in His image. The furniture speaks of new attitudes, the carpet a freshly laid covering, and everything will fit perfectly (as symbolized by the close fitting clothing).

This scripture came to me as I was writing out your interpretation, "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord" - 2 Cor 3:18
Here's what I get for the ultimate message: Even as your home in the dream and in real life are being 'remoulded' and refashioned on the inside, the Lord is doing this same thing for you and your husband ... you are being brought into a closer walk and conformity with Him. He is working in you from the inside out and though you have been through much, God is replacing the old with the new and you will over come.
God bless you beloved of Christ, He is with you through all things and though you may not see it right now, God is doing a great work in your lives. He is very near to you and I believe there is a break through around the bend as the natural and spiritual side of things draw together, you will see breakthrough. Rejoice even in the storm, He is with you precious one.
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Bless you, He is ministering to you even now, giving you the encouragement and strength to carry on. All His promises to you are "yes and amen". He loves you so very much. Lord please continue to strengthen Your child and let Your presence & love settle on her like the morning dew.. amen
 
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i have to add, though - that in the dream - the main message seemed to be move on - and the gf and new dog were symbols that in 5 yrs of me being gone, he had moved on. (Even in the dream I thought the wording sounded backwords, a girlfriend (not a new girlfriend) and a new dog. There was also discussion between me and the man about how i didnt belong, and a feeling of being torn between thinking i *ought* to stay and wanting to move on - and finally acceptance - no angst. The dream never shows what I am moving to - but there is an anticipation and excitement about it

the dream was for a time 6 yrs in the future (clearly from the 2 comments that contained numbers) but I had been "gone" for 5 of them. in real life that would be sometime between now and hubby's birthday in december this year that i become "gone".

incidently - he is also semi-obsessing over getting himself a new dog.... last one passed in december of 2007 - he particularly wants a Viszla

Thanks so much for your prayers - I know my future is in God's hands, and while I don't relish the idea of pain and dying, death itself is not a fearsome thing for me. To be absent here is to be present with God. The hard part is living here in all the muck ^_^
 
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i have to add, though - that in the dream - the main message seemed to be move on - and the gf and new dog were symbols that in 5 yrs of me being gone, he had moved on. (Even in the dream I thought the wording sounded backwords, a girlfriend (not a new girlfriend) and a new dog. There was also discussion between me and the man about how i didnt belong, and a feeling of being torn between thinking i *ought* to stay and wanting to move on - and finally acceptance - no angst. The dream never shows what I am moving to - but there is an anticipation and excitement about it
the dream was for a time 6 yrs in the future (clearly from the 2 comments that contained numbers) but I had been "gone" for 5 of them. in real life that would be sometime between now and hubby's birthday in december this year that i become "gone".
incidently - he is also semi-obsessing over getting himself a new dog.... last one passed in december of 2007 - he particularly wants a Viszla
I think the message of "move on" is about you allowing the Lord to grow & further you in your walk. We can only grow in God as we allow Him to work in our lives. If we don't, we sit where we are and don't move forward. I can't see God giving you a personal message to show you how your husband will find another woman after you're gone & tell you basically to 'get over it'.. lol.. There is nothing edifying or encouraging about that whatsoever. A girlfriend would still be 'new' to him. We must be careful as to what we accept into our lives. I believe Abba may be asking you, do you want to move into the new? or do you want to stay where you are spiritually? The old you definitely does not fit into the new thing God has for you. Perhaps it will take 5 or 6 years to move into this newness.
As mentioned earlier, the Lord often has the natural and the spiritual work in unison together - Meaning, the new carpet, sunroom & new dog are outward signs of the nearing of this spiritual work in your life.
When God says something is going to happen 'soon' I've learned the hard way that His 'soon' is rarely ever my definition of 'soon'.. LOL
bless you.
 
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On second look, if you want to run with it, the number 62 is symbolic of pride & arrogance causing division
So if by some possibility this is actually about you and your husband splitting up... and I certainly hope it is not... then this number symbolizes the reason you will split up - it will be due to pride & arrogance. But the rest of the symbolism in the dream does not fit in with that interpretation. Pride and arrogance will definitely not draw him into soaking in Jesus the Son(room), nor will it give him a better covering or nicer new attitudes (furniture). So again, this just doesn't fit with what I felt Abba was saying.
I encourage you to get before the Lord and ask Him for clarity - Seek His face & ask Him to give you the clarity for the interpretation personally, not from other people. Keep asking till He confirms it to you.
bless you in your seeking
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On second look, if you want to run with it, the number 62 is symbolic of pride & arrogance causing division
So if by some possibility this is actually about you and your husband splitting up... and I certainly hope it is not... then this number symbolizes the reason you will split up - it will be due to pride & arrogance. But the rest of the symbolism in the dream does not fit in with that interpretation. Pride and arrogance will definitely not draw him into soaking in Jesus the Son(room), nor will it give him a better covering or nicer new attitudes (furniture). So again, this just doesn't fit with what I felt Abba was saying.
I encourage you to get before the Lord and ask Him for clarity - Seek His face & ask Him to give you the clarity for the interpretation personally, not from other people. Keep asking till He confirms it to you.
bless you in your seeking
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My first thought on waking was that I am dead in the dream, even thought the dream is not at all about death - and that my husband "moving on" shows me that I dont need to worry for his future. (I would worry ... ^_^ I dont think he would do well without me)

My second thought was to question the source of the dream :) not every spiritual voice is God - although I do trust Him to protect me from other voices.

The reason I cant stop thinking about it is that nothing does seem to fit right :) and it was sufficiently different than a normal dream to really catch my attention. very clear too.

bless you for praying with me... both about the dream and about these trying times

and lol re: God's timing - IKR!
 
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My first thought on waking was that I am dead in the dream, even thought the dream is not at all about death - and that my husband "moving on" shows me that I dont need to worry for his future. (I would worry ... ^_^ I dont think he would do well without me)
My second thought was to question the source of the dream :) not every spiritual voice is God - although I do trust Him to protect me from other voices.
The reason I cant stop thinking about it is that nothing does seem to fit right :) and it was sufficiently different than a normal dream to really catch my attention. very clear too.
bless you for praying with me... both about the dream and about these trying times, and lol re: God's timing - IKR!
I really do not believe this is about your physical death. This dream makes no sense in that context and it goes against who God is, His nature, and what the Word of God says. When a Christian dies, they are not going to worry about the people on earth and if they will get a new dog & girlfriend. There will be no need to "move on" since the Word says for believers who pass on are absent from the body & present with the Lord. No, this is not about God comforting or reassuring you after death, that is not biblical.

However, I have learned thru the years that while we dream, our souls often "add" feelings and thoughts as the dream is in progress - It's like we are trying to figure out the interp while the dream is in progress and I believe that is what you happened while you were dreaming. Many people ask "how did you feel" while in a dream, but those feelings are not always from the Lord, they are from your soul. I have this happen quite often and I have to filter out the ME feelings from the dream meaning and not allow them to interfere.
I hope that makes sense. I do still feel you're lives are being remodelled. Again, get before Papa and ask Him for confirmation as I do believe the dream is from Him.

you're welcome & bless you much
 
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I really do not believe this is about your physical death. This dream makes no sense in that context and it goes against who God is, His nature, and what the Word of God says. When a Christian dies, they are not going to worry about the people on earth and if they will get a new dog & girlfriend. There will be no need to "move on" since the Word says for believers who pass on are absent from the body & present with the Lord. No, this is not about God comforting or reassuring you after death, that is not biblical.

However, I have learned thru the years that while we dream, our souls often "add" feelings and thoughts as the dream is in progress - It's like we are trying to figure out the interp while the dream is in progress and I believe that is what you happened while you were dreaming. Many people ask "how did you feel" while in a dream, but those feelings are not always from the Lord, they are from your soul. I have this happen quite often and I have to filter out the ME feelings from the dream meaning and not allow them to interfere.
I hope that makes sense. I do still feel you're lives are being remodelled. Again, get before Papa and ask Him for confirmation as I do believe the dream is from Him.

you're welcome & bless you much

It is true that the events of the last several years have been (not very gently) reshaping my identity. They have also taken a toll on my health in every aspect (physical, mental, spiritual) Things I used to *know* I am now unsure of - both in a positive and negative sense :) so a remodel would be a good thing :)
 
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You know what? --- It just struck me... that you feeling you're "dead" IS symbolic of your death! = Death to self.. this fits in with you becoming a new creature in Christ.. being remodelled

Here:
Galatians 2:20 - "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me"

Romans 6:6 - "knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin"

Romans 6:11 - "Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord"

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This is a prophetic dream that may include a warning. Your real life is already confirming and revealing that to you. However, I don't see any obvious symbols of death, as a matter of fact you are younger in this dream and this is symbolizing being younger and more vital in your spirit (because we know that it cannot be so in your body). In this dream you see that you are passing the acceptance stage of "whatever was" in your life, and are moving on and looking forward to "what will be" entering your life...and it appears to be new vitality...

Those who is in their 20's are still children in grownup bodies. They have just come from their self focused teens and have barely begun to formulate their adult life and adult concepts. Their worlds are usually full of "possibilities and promise". They usually don't lean too far into their future though, less serious, and are still living more in the present day. This could be a call for you to do the same, as it says in the scriptures "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own". I completely understand what it feels like to face serious life issues and to have an adult child who is not walking in the Sprit. I have compassion for you in that area. Those kinds of concerns are serious topics, and no matter how much we pray and hope...we still have to wait on God who will do the work and bring the answers and results, and even though we wait in faith...the hardest part is waiting and wondering what your "free will given" child will choose.

Since we know you cannot be in your 20's again, we know that this dream is symbolic. If part of a dream is symbolic, the whole dream is. What is striking in this dream is the many "changes" coming, not only to surroundings, but mainly in you ="young -instead of mid 50s... hair was long (indicates the passage of time and youthful/vital/lively aspects acquired along the way) thick and straight (the way younger women tend to wear it) and a slightly darker shade of brunette (another youth symbol, as opposed to lighter, grey hair which one normally has in their 50's), and I was dressed in tailored clothing rather than the comfy styles I prefer." Less comfortable or better fitted to your new youthful form? Denim clothes can point to two things..."durability" and "informal presence". Clothes that are tailored are individually made (tailor made) and symbolically reveal that this new image of yours is hand made by God and will suit the "future you" perfectly. This is who you will be, and this is a great encouraging word from Him.

It seemed to me also, where you said your husband's girlfriend wasn't classed or spoken of as "new" like the dog was, that the girlfriend does most likely represent the "remodeled youthful you" that has moved on from the current you into the many changes suggested here that are all "positive." It will be as you said " casting off old responsibilities (problems) and moving to something new and unknown - but no anxiety". You can do those things without distancing from your husband.... you can take him with you to that peaceful place of faith in Gods ability to work things out. I see the obvious contrast that is concening in the dream and that is that you are younger, and he is older. A type of distancing has occurred. The question is, will this ocurr just in the spirit or in the physical too. Your husband is sleeping in the dream, which points to "lack of participation". You are growing younger and he is getting older. Since you haven't spoken of your marriage condition, it is hard to say much about this other than what is obvious in the dream, and it seems that you both need to head towards each other instead of going opposite directions..and to be on the same page in harmony of spirit, heart, and mind.

The new dog aspect may be connected to "why" your husband is currently talking about getting one...what is his emotional reason/need that isn't being met?
 
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