Greetings, Turnip. My apologies. I noticed Lilly mentioned me, but I've been away from this forum for a while.
There isn't a ton to go on with this dream, but the imagery is simple enough. I will give you what I sense:
1. Going down the stairs = You said you were still struggling, and as a young Christian, college can really present problems for those believers who are not solid in their faith going in. A lot of temptations. You going "down" here likely represents that college will eventually begin having a negative effect on you spiritually, as it does with many; not just temptation-wise, but also in the anti-Christian bias and brainwashing involved on many college campuses.
2. He calls to you as you are going down/ wearing no shoes = This likely represents that this is either a Christian man or one with Christian sympathies and leanings. He will see you going downhill spiritually and seek to encourage you in your faith and to keep "walking with Christ." No shoes is representative of respecting God's Presence and His Holiness. He is also on a balcony, which here represents something of a position of prestige/authority at the campus.
3. "I love you. I've thought about it a hundred times." = This is likely in reference to having thought about possibly quitting his profession, being in such a hostile environment to the faith, yet he has not because he feels called to remain there to be an encouragement, precisely to people like yourself. This is why he is grieving. He is looking for those he can minister to that make it all worth it, because he likely feels very alone and of not much use if there is no one to encourage as a faith-filled Christian.
Keep in mind, he may not be overt about his faith if you talk to him personally about it. Not something he may be very pronounced about in that environment. But he is likely sympathetic to the faith nonetheless.
Hope you return to read this. God actually spoke to me in a dream tonight that I was sort of letting this site die (i.e. out of my life), so I needed to check in. Maybe your dream was one of the reasons why.
Blessings in Christ,
Hidden In Him
Hello Hidden in Him,
Thank you for your response. I'm once again not certain of the accuracy of this interpretation but that is mostly because I am not certain of what his faith is. I have, on occasion, talked to him about these kinds of things but he has never given me any idea of what his beliefs are.
I no longer go to school- I graduated last year, but I do wish to return to graduate school and my field is a scientific one. I don't feel like science has ever deterred me from believing in the Bible as I see them going hand-in-hand and enjoy seeing God's use of science in the Bible.
I do have things I wish to add, though. I'm hesitant to (and you will see why) but I was wanting an interpretation based off of only the events that occurred up to the point where I had the dream. If you are willing, I would like to see if you have insight into some other things.
After having the dream I went to a worship event asking God about the dream and asking what the "important part" is. I felt like God told me I was going to marry him. And I hope you will be understanding of this. I know people think they hear that all the time which is one reason I am so hesitant to tell others. But, I am mostly hesitant to share this because he and I are both already married. During the event I kept telling myself that this wasn't from God and it was all inside my head. Someone saw me crying and came to me to pray over me- without me saying a word he told me "It's not inside your head".
I will also say that when God first told me this guy would be important in my life the thought of marrying him did come up and I quickly dismissed it, convincing myself that I was too concerned about marriage (I was in high school and single but I only knew of him because of his step-daughter.... who is my age). So the idea of marrying him makes very little sense in many different ways. But even in high school, I didn't even believe I would ever get to know him because it didn't make sense for me to. I had planned to study in a different field at the time and I didn't think I would ever have more than a class or two with him. Looking back it was amazing how often he was my teacher and how many times we were in situations where we were thrown together out of our own will. So I absolutely know that he can make it can happen but I doubt myself and get confused on what is and isn't from God.
Months after the worship event I was talking to my sister. We are very close but don't normally talk about personal matters but decided to open up to each other. Turns out we have had many parallels in what God has done in our lives. I was hesitant to bring up the marriage thing because it sounds crazy and she assured me she had crazy things she was afraid to bring up as well. Turns out her crazy thing was the same as mine- she feels like God has been telling her she's going to marry someone who it doesn't really make sense for her to marry. Which was a bit of a confirmation for me with all the parallels we've had.
I did have a word for this professor, R, on him being like Elijah that I felt God wanted me to share with him. He didn't have a response to the matter, but it's relevant to what happened after.
Recently I felt like God said I would have a daughter with R. And I told myself I was crazy . And then 5 minutes later someone told me "Pink Baby" pretty much out of nowhere. I still denied it and then I talked to my sister again. Turns out she feels like God has told her she would have a daughter with her guy. Between that and something else she felt God was telling her, I felt like we should read the story of Mary and Elisabeth. Well, God said John the Baptist would have the spirit of Elijah. My sister was asking about R and between certain things happening I thought I should look up a specific passage: Mark 9:11. I went to look it up and it talks about Elijah.
In addition, the last few weeks I kept getting an image of a ring being put on my ring finger. It would randomly interrupt my thoughts- no matter what I was thinking about. I thought it may be because I was getting baptized and decided if I saw the ring at all again after the baptism then it must be something else. It has happened once since the baptism.
I know this isn't dream stuff but I'm hoping I can be brought peace over it all. I love my husband and do not want to lose him. I do care very deeply for R but I don't want to be led astray in all this. And I do not know why I keep being told that R is like Elijah. I hope that you understand that I am not looking for anything explicitly against God's will. I would not leave my husband. I do not wish to hurt R's marriage. I hope I am not seen as someone too concerned about finding love or "the right one" or something. And maybe I'm over complicating this and it's as simple as it sound- eventually we will be married- but I would like to understand and get more wisdom on the matter because it is, understandably, unsettling and confusing.
