Glitter

[Caramel]

This morning as I was falling back to sleep, I had a quick image of my own fingers. They were covered in tiny pieces of multi-coloured glitter. Does anyone have an idea of what this might mean?

Thanks.

 

[Christsfreeservant]

See if you think any of these apply:

1. Nahum 3:3
   Charging cavalry, flashing swords and glittering spears! Many casualties, piles of dead, bodies without number, people stumbling over the corpses-
   Nahum 3:2-4 (in Context) Nahum 3 (Whole Chapter)
2. Revelation 17:4
   The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.
   Revelation 17:3-5 (in Context) Revelation 17 (Whole Chapter)
3. Revelation 18:16
   and cry out: " 'Woe! Woe, O great city, dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet, and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!
   Revelation 18:15-17 (in Context) Revelation 18 (Whole Chapter)

 

[Caprial]

fingers in a dream can possibly mean direction. glitter, to me , seems like something glorious. i pray that if the dream is from God that He will also provide you with the meaning

 

[Christsfreeservant]

fingers in a dream can possibly mean direction. glitter, to me , seems like something glorious. i pray that if the dream is from God that He will also provide you with the meaning

Yes, that is certainly a possible explanation. Here is the Christian dream dictionary definition for "finger."

Finger: Feelings; pointed finger could be finger of God or accusation; direction; perversity; instruction; discernment; conviction; works,
encouragement; work of God; authority of God. (Luke 11: 20; Dan. 5: 5; Ex. 8: 19; 29: 12; 31: 18; Prov. 6: 13; Is. 2: 8; 58: 9; Du. 9: 10)

 

[Caramel]

Thanks for your replies. When I had it, I had a good feeling and was a little amazed. But I haven't been able to find any entries on glitter at tehillah.org or in Ira Milligan's book, Understanding the Dreams You Dream.

 

[Christsfreeservant]

I was just ready to exit out of the Dreams & visions forum when this expression came into my head, so I looked it up:

All that glitters is not gold





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The saying all that glitters is not gold means that simply because something may appear priceless, pleasing or pretty, it's no sign that without a doubt it will be worth having once its true nature has been discovered. In other words don't rely on the superficial. The proverb has been around a long time in a mixture of forms; akin to the Latin: Non omne quod nitet aurum est or `Not all that shines is gold.'
Some experts think that it was Aesop and his fables written around 600 BCE that probablly inspired this idea with his two moral tales, The Hen and the Golden Eggs and The Miser. There is one version close to the current wording that appeared around 1175. The 12th century French theologian Alain de Lisle penned the proverbial phrase from Parabolae, a book of poems sometime around 1280 CE with"Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum" meaning, "Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold." Since then it has been around in a variety of forms. Around 1300 Freire Cordelier wrote "Que tout n'est pas or c'on voit luire" or "Everything is not gold that one sees shining." Near the end of the century Chaucer's Canterbury Tales translated the saying into English:
"But all thing which that schyneth as the gold
Ne is no gold, as I have herd it told."
And again:
"Hyt is not al golde that glareth."
John Lydgate circa 1430 wrote, "All is not golde that outward shewith bright" and by 1589 Edmund Spenser noted, "Gold all is not that doth golden seem." Both Barnabe Googe in 1563 and Shakespeare in 1596 used "All that glisters is not gold" in their verse and even though the original expression uses glisters is not gold," today many writers replace the archaic verb with the more readily understandable glitter since both allude to the same thing.
It was clearly Shakespeare who adapted the idea best about a showy article that is not necessarily valuable in play The Merchant of Venice. He cleverly incorporates the moral of the expression in the comedy/drama with Antonio the wealthy merchant and his lovelorn daughter Portia. The beautiful and wealthy young woman complains about the poor qualities of prospective husbands so a lottery is established to choose one for her. Antonio will pick her husband-to-be by way of three caskets, one gold, one silver and one lead. Any gentlemen callers are required to select one of the three caskets. The choice of casket determines his value to Portia; clearly this set up makes certain that only the right man for Portia will marry his daughter. The one who picks the casket with Portia's picture wins her hand in marriage. One of the suitors is the Prince of Morocco who is brought into a room to undergo the three casket challenge, reading the inscriptions on all of them:
Gold reads: "Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire" (2.7.5).
The silver casket has, "Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves." (2.7.7).
Finally, the dull lead casket bears the inscription, "Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath." (2.7.9).
Portia informs the Prince that the right casket, or the one that will allow him to marry her, holds a small picture of her likeness. Reading over the inscriptions a second time, the Prince makes up his mind that lead is too menacing and not worth a risk of any kind. He also rejects the silver, which he feels is too simple a metal to hold such a striking woman as Portia. In the end the Prince chooses gold. Portia passes him the key, and he opens the casket to expose a golden skull that holds a scroll with a verse written on it:
Morocco

• O hell! what have we here?
  A carrion Death, within whose empty eye
  There is a written scroll! I'll read the writing.
  
  • Reads
    
    All that glisters is not gold;
    Often have you heard that told:
    Many a man his life hath sold
    But my outside to behold:
    Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
    Had you been as wise as bold,
    Young in limbs, in judgment old,
    Your answer had not been inscroll'd:
    Fare you well; your suit is cold.
    Cold, indeed; and labour lost:
    Then, farewell, heat, and welcome, frost!
    Portia, adieu. I have too grieved a heart
    To take a tedious leave: thus losers part.
    
    ( The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene VII)

The verse points out that he made his choice based on self-gratification; he has lost. The Prince leaves after a brief farewell. Portia watches him go, and comments,
"A gentle riddance. Draw the curtains, go.
Let all of his complexion choose me so" (2.7.78-79).
Later that same century Nathaniel Bacon was telling everyone that "All is not gold that glisters," and it was Miguel de Cervantes who put pen to paper and believed:

• "'Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes."
  --Don Quixote (1615)

The following year Thomas Middleton wrote in his quarto A Fair Quarrel. "All is not gold that glisteneth." It's reputation continued to grow with a variation from George Herbert's "All is not gold that glisters," composed around 1630; a few decades later in The Hind and the Panther (1687) John Dryden declared, "All, as they say, that glitters is not gold."
Hobbits and wizards and Sauron--oh, my! All that is gold does not glitter, said J.R.R. Tolkien about how some things that are attractive are not always what they seem to be with numerous novel references in his Bilbo Baggins' song:

• 
  All that is gold does not glitter,
  Not all those who wander are lost;
  The old that is strong does not wither,
  Deep roots are not reached by frost.
  From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
  A light from the shadows shall spring;
  Renewed shall be blade that was broken:
  The crownless again shall be king.
  
  The Lord of the Rings (1956)

Synonymous phrases are: Don't judge a book by its cover and appearances are deceptive. Some other bullion bearing phrases; good as gold; heart of gold; and worth one's weight in gold. Finally, did you know Led Zeppelin's untitled fourth album, generally known by a number of names, including Zoso and Led Zeppelin IV, was completed soon after J.R.R. Tolkien released his hobbit-filled trilogy? One notable referent to this expression about gilded illusions in Stairway to Heaven is, `'There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold". Many say this lyric among others were inspired by Tolkien's story.
Sources:
Ammer, Christine,The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms, 1997.
Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, 1997 edition, Facts on File Inc
Merchant of Venice:
http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/merchant/
The Phrase Finder:
http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/meanings/28450.html An acknowledgement and a note of thanks to viterbiSearcher's who quotes were incorporated to keep the etymological time line congruent.

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[Caprial]

Caramel, if your dream is from God, you won't be able to know what it means without His revelation to you. It is a riddle only He can solve and He does it without human reasoning. Ask Him to lead you into all truth and wait upon Him...I don't know how long you'll have to wait, the answer may be for a later time. What I said about 'glitter' before was only my opinion.

ps - a person can know a lot about what symbols mean but at the end of the day we need to be sensitive to His thoughts about it.

 

[Christsfreeservant]

Caramel, if your dream is from God, you won't be able to know what it means without His revelation to you. It is a riddle only He can solve and He does it without human reasoning. Ask Him to lead you into all truth and wait upon Him...I don't know how long you'll have to wait, the answer may be for a later time. What I said about 'glitter' before was only my opinion.

ps - a person can know a lot about what symbols mean but at the end of the day we need to be sensitive to His thoughts about it.

I agree! Take it to the Lord in prayer and in the reading of His Word and let Him speak to you.

 

[heron]

he made his choice based on self-gratification; he has lost.

Glitter is a surface adornment. It shakes off in a short time. It cheers us up and feels festive, and is not an evil thing in itself, but more of a celebration.

I have had friends who got into the gold dust experience -- I don't know if you are familiar with it, but some people have experienced sparkles of gold on their hands during praise and worship. It's controversial, so I don't think we need to get sidetracked, but they felt it was a blessing from God. I don't think anyone concluded meaning beyond that.

Being multi-colored could represent many blessings, many things to celebrate, diversity of people celebrating, many facets of things to be grateful about... just gettin' ya started here.

Hands show capability, and fingers do the fine-tuned work of ensuring the work gets done carefully. They are sensitive, and work would be done thoughtfully if the focus is on the fingers as opposed to the arms or back.

 

[Caramel]

Thanks, heron. I'm still waiting for the Lord's confirmation and guidance on this. Usually, I have a rough idea of the meaning of a dream but have trouble with the finer details. In this case, I'm just confused. Initially, I leaned more towards seeing it as something positive since glitter is generally used for fun, decoration, etc. But I'm not sure anymore.

 

[heron]

I'm still waiting for the Lord's confirmation and guidance on this.

Is there any project or ministry that you're just starting to work on? As in, this would be God showing He would bless the work of your hands?


Going deeper, there's the possibility that your hands represent a larger entity, like your country, and CFS's points on glitter having false value -- the illusion of value -- could show that a large group is striving toward something that they'd hoped would have reward, and it turns out to be only temporarily benefical (like the ethanol story).

Glitter is something we buy, well knowing that it has little value. We are still happy with it, and we don't resent having used it because it comes cheap and gets tossed later.

 

[Caramel]

Heron,
I'm not involved in any particular ministry or anything. Several months ago, I received a prophetic word that I was called to preach/become involved in evangelism, and lay hands on the sick. While I never felt any real affinity for the first gift, the second part was something I'd always wondered about. Maybe the glitter is referring to that? That my hands will be annointed?

 

[heron]

I'm not involved in any particular ministry or anything. Several months ago, I received a prophetic word that I was called to preach/become involved in evangelism, and lay hands on the sick. While I never felt any real affinity for the first gift, the second part was something I'd always wondered about. Maybe the glitter is referring to that? That my hands will be annointed?

Or Jesus reminding you that He said your hands are already anointed! Sometimes things don't start to take shape until we try to use them.

Picture the Holy Spirit wanting to relieve someone of pain. God will use any of us as vehicles for the process, if we are willing. Most people don't have the confidence to say that it actually would happen through them. But that's because God doesn't give us the power to do it before we need it.

If we already knew we could heal, then we would be bragging about our own abilities. But the healing is from a flow of power from the God that dwells within us, the God of the universe, and not ourselves. We have to declare a confident choice to allow God to use us this way, and then take some risks.

Jesus sent 70 disciples out very matter-of-factly to heal and preach the good news and cast out demons. These were not the select 12 who went everywhere with Him and maybe "deserved" to heal. They were empowered because Jesus said go do it.

The goal is other's relief from suffering. A lot of Christians today get all excited about who can do it and who can't, but it's not about the healer -- it's about what is getting accomplished. Was someone able to work again, stand up again, take care of their kids, read again.

Start praying with sick people more than you already do, taking slightly larger steps of faith, and watch God start moving at deeper levels of healing. Use scriptures to stand firmly on God's promises.

When the disciples couldn't do things, Jesus was pleased with the response, "Lord, help my unbelief." He knows how wimpy our faith usually is.

Keep asking, keep knocking.

You don't need to become an evangelist just because a recognized prophet told you so. You can hear from God, and you have sensed the healing thing a little in your spirit. Allow what makes sense within you, to start expanding.

We don't need to coin and label gifts. Sometimes a life ministry is as simple as forum participation.

When you get into a public setting, ask God who He wants you to pray for and/or speak with. Sometimes you might find you're praying for healing two rows behind the person.


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[Ajax 777]

Has nobody here heard of the current lying sign and wonder that is delighting the itching ears of the people who are hungry for their ears to be tickled?

It's been called by the media "glory dust."

It's been proven false in some circumstances already.

But, basically, people are having this glitter which some want to believe is gold dust from Heaven appear on their hands. It's becoming somewhat widespread.

Look it up on the web.

Your dream points to this, although I have no idea what the Lord may be trying to say to you about this, if indeed this dream is of the Lord.

But you could pray to Him and find out.

 

[Christsfreeservant]

Has nobody here heard of the current lying sign and wonder that is delighting the itching ears of the people who are hungry for their ears to be tickled?

It's been called by the media "glory dust."

It's been proven false in some circumstances already.

But, basically, people are having this glitter which some want to believe is gold dust from Heaven appear on their hands. It's becoming somewhat widespread.

Look it up on the web.

Your dream points to this, although I have no idea what the Lord may be trying to say to you about this, if indeed this dream is of the Lord.

But you could pray to Him and find out.

Perhaps that is why the Lord put the phrase "All that glitters is not gold" in my head (see post #6). Fingers can symbolize our feelings. Maybe the Lord is saying that something that feels good is not really good. We can not base faith on feelings because our feelings can lead us the wrong direction sometimes.

There is an old Greg X. Volz song I love that says:

Feelings / Greg X. Volz

Been on this roller coaster too many days
Riding in a circus of emotion
I get up on the high wire and down in the lion’s cage
My feelings have been ruling my devotion

I feel like a strong man
I feel like a clown
I let my feelings push me up and down
Who can help me off this Merry-Go-Round?

Tell me what is real
Can I trust what I feel?

Chorus:
Feelings come and feelings go
But feelings are so deceiving
I place my faith in the word of the Lord
Nothing else is worth believing

Peanuts and popcorn and I’m feeling ok
I get excited when the dancing bear dances
But can I serve him when the band doesn’t play?
Will I trust him through these changing circumstances?

If it feels good, they say it can’t be wrong
But love is more than a Kaliope song
How can I get back to where I belong?
Get off this Farris wheel; you’ve got to trust what is real.

(Chorus)

 

[RyanLeeParis]

Dude, I once had an incredibly vivid and unforgettable "lucid dream" or "visit" where I've seen the Spirits of my own family members sleeping in their beds. They looked glittery like countless tiny stars. Like white, silver, and gold twinkling tiny stars, but you can still make out the person. They were astral projecting.

 

[heron]

the Spirits of my own family members sleeping

It's nice to get a reminder once in a while of how many planes of reality there might be.. who we are beyond our normal work / school days. I wonder if this is how God sees us.