River and seduction dream

[ephesians4:2]

I can't remember all of this dream and I don't know if it is spiritually significant but I thought I would share. Last night I dreamed I was with some friends. I didn't recognize any of them but I felt they were certainly not strangers. I live in a mountains of NC and in the summer and its gorgeous up here. One thing many people like to do is go to the river to enjoy the water, fish, get some sun etc.

In my dream we went to the Linville Gorge, its very rugged place popular as a backpacking, camping and hiking destination. I've been there numerous times in real life and I'm very fond of it. In the dream we are making our way into the gorge down to the river at the bottom. From what I can remember the dream began just as we reached the river's edge. I remember hopping across a few small rocks to get to a large boulder in the middle of the river. It was weird but then I found myself back on the shore again like it had never happened, almost as if getting to the boulder was a thought or my imagination.

I looked back up the trail to see where everyone else was. They were coming down. At that time it was made known to me that these friends were from out of town. They didn't have the appropriate footwear on. Then I noticed one guy had a missing leg, he had a prosthetic instead. This caused me to wait and not jump to the boulder again, so as not to exclude him from the fun. I waited and he waded down into the river to get out into the middle.

Then I found myself in a little cove. I was looking out towards the large boulder from earlier in the dream. There were people behind me and a girl in particular. She was the only person whose identity was made known to me. She is a girl from high school and she was standing behind me licking and biting my ear in a seductive way. I didn't like it. I thought this was strange because neither of us had never dated or anything like that, it was random for her to have that kind of presence in the dream.

I then watched as what I believe if I can remember correctly a large body of water came rushing down the river.

I don't know if this relates to the dream but last week in church a woman I had recently met said she wanted me to meet a girl she knows. She told me to think about it and let her know tomorrow in church. Its been on my mind sense then, I've had a few dreams this week pertaining to girls but nothing like this.

 

[forest flower]

I'm still getting used to the idea good of sex, Satan has destroyed that idea for me before.

If you meet this girl I suggest not to be judgemental but just cautious, stay public and define your boundaries clearly.

 

[kimmiemae]

I believe you are compassionate toward people and you see their needs. It was good that you were prevented from going ahead of everyone. A good leader stays with the people and serves them...helps them cross over.

You are eager to grow in the Lord and so is HE eager for you to maintain relationships with HIM and OTHERS.

I don't know if you consider marriage at this point in your life or not, but do you feel would it be a distraction (girl on ear) from what the Lord is calling you to do???

 

[RiverDays]

Such a wonderful symbolic picture! Here you are walking a path through life when you come to the river (the River Water of Life?) Where the Spirit of the Lord freely flows. You desire the boulder in mid-stream and boldly begin to sing loudly "ON THIS SOLID ROCK I STAND... ALL OTHER GROUND IS SINKING SAND....." No? But this dream speaks loudly, the signs are there. In the OT stones are regarded as witnesses. Christians Living Stones. Witnesses, little stones, brought you to the Rock of our Salvation.

And you stop to wait for those not as steady in their walk as you are, the heart of a shepherd cares.

I realize the girl nibbling on your ear must very well seem out of order and overly personal, but setting feeling aside and looking at this dream on a whole I believe she just may be the Holy Spirit drawing attention to your ears. Let those who have EARS hear what the Spirit is saying... and the Bible describes the Spirit of wisdom as a female. You know this girl, she's good. She loves you. What does she want? Your ear....

And after she has your ear/your attention, a swell of water is ready to come in. In one of our chruches some would have dreams of waves or swells of water just prior to the Lord offering a freshness of His Spirit. Many could 'feel" the water swirl around their legs during worship and this often led to new converts being baptized in the Spirit too.

[Not that you should push aside that you cannot be seduced, right?] Here's some Scripture to consider.... back in a bit....

I can't remember all of this dream and I don't know if it is spiritually significant but I thought I would share. Last night I dreamed I was with some friends. I didn't recognize any of them but I felt they were certainly not strangers. I live in a mountains of NC and in the summer and its gorgeous up here. One thing many people like to do is go to the river to enjoy the water, fish, get some sun etc.

In my dream we went to the Linville Gorge, its very rugged place popular as a backpacking, camping and hiking destination. I've been there numerous times in real life and I'm very fond of it. In the dream we are making our way into the gorge down to the river at the bottom. From what I can remember the dream began just as we reached the river's edge. I remember hopping across a few small rocks to get to a large boulder in the middle of the river. It was weird but then I found myself back on the shore again like it had never happened, almost as if getting to the boulder was a thought or my imagination.

I looked back up the trail to see where everyone else was. They were coming down. At that time it was made known to me that these friends were from out of town. They didn't have the appropriate footwear on. Then I noticed one guy had a missing leg, he had a prosthetic instead. This caused me to wait and not jump to the boulder again, so as not to exclude him from the fun. I waited and he waded down into the river to get out into the middle.

Then I found myself in a little cove. I was looking out towards the large boulder from earlier in the dream. There were people behind me and a girl in particular. She was the only person whose identity was made known to me. She is a girl from high school and she was standing behind me licking and biting my ear in a seductive way. I didn't like it. I thought this was strange because neither of us had never dated or anything like that, it was random for her to have that kind of presence in the dream.

I then watched as what I believe if I can remember correctly a large body of water came rushing down the river.

I don't know if this relates to the dream but last week in church a woman I had recently met said she wanted me to meet a girl she knows. She told me to think about it and let her know tomorrow in church. Its been on my mind sense then, I've had a few dreams this week pertaining to girls but nothing like this.

 

[RiverDays]

Keep in mind dream subjects are often over-emphasized.

Proverbs 4:6-7 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.

(Not to say the Holy Spirit is not refered to as a "He" it is. But here, she, also His Spirit, was with Him when the world was created)

8: 22“The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old.
23“From everlasting I was established,
From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.
24“When there were no depths I was brought forth,
When there were no springs abounding with water.
25“Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills I was brought forth;
26While He had not yet made the earth and the fields,
Nor the first dust of the world.
27“When He established the heavens, I was there,
When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
28When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became fixed,
29When He set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not transgress His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth;
30Then I was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was daily His delight,
Rejoicing always before Him,
31Rejoicing in the world, His earth,
And having my delight in the sons of men.
32“Now therefore, O sons, listen to me,
For blessed are they who keep my ways.
33“Heed instruction and be wise,
And do not neglect it.
34“Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at my doorposts.
35“For he who finds me finds life
And obtains favor from the LORD.


9:1Wisdom has built her house;she has set up its seven pillars.
2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;she has also set her table.
3 She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city,
4 “Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says,
5 “Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.

Hope you are able to glean from this. God bless

 

[RiverDays]

I would also like to comment on finding yourself standing on the shore... Shorelines speak of boundries and making decisions. Will we back away and stay on sand? or continue in faith across to reach for the prize? You made the right choice. Perhaps there was a time in the past when you were apprehensive to move on and this is why the dream took you back again to the shore?

God bless

 

[Clay Vessel]

This may be a warning dream. I have had such dreams from time to time, cautioning me about a person or an event. They have never been wrong. Since you haven't met the girl that the lady was talking about at church, but she has been on your mind, it isn't uncommon to dream about a random person from your past who would not ordinarily be a romantic figure. God may be telling you that this is a false person (as in the prosthetic leg) and a carnal person, as in the unexpected physical contact from the girl in your dream.

RiverDays, I love much of what you said, but personally, I don't believe that the Holy Spirit EVER is depicted by carnality in any form. He is HOLY!

Ephesians, I would be on my guard where this girl is concerned.

 

[RiverDays]

Clay you may very well may be right about the seduction.... Im just looking at this from a different angle. When I see that a dream message as a whole is slanting a certain way I look to see if the odd part could be interpreted in a way that fits in with the rest of the picture. I sometimes also remove feelings that have been inserted in the dream to see it's possible the dreamer inserted his/her own soulish emotions into it. It's another way to look for the foundation. Since this was already interpreted as the woman being seductive I;m simply offering another view that imho could make sense.

Yes, I do realize the Holy Spirit is not carnal, however, I do see dreams overemphasize a symbol, or overdramatize a subject, so the point stands out. Here "She" as Prov. refers to her, wants to be loved, she desires to draw us in, she offers food and wine. If we overdramatize this we may see a gal desiring to draw a dreamer to physically express love interests as this dream; desiring and calling attention to his ear, which the Spirit desires of us all... to have an ear to hear what the Spirit is saying. Right?

Overemphasizing a point isn't foreign to God to get His point across. For example, some say that God is always a gentleman and would never say anything embarrassing.... but what do we do with these two verses?

Jer 13:26
Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.

Nahum 3:5
“I am against you,” declares the Lord Almighty. “I will lift your skirts over your face.

See what I mean Clay? byw I like your ID name. It's my husband's name. Well Vessel isn't our last name but his first name is Clay. lol

 

[RiverDays]

Clay I was wondering if you had time to study this? So far I have found that the Hebrew word for the Spirit is Rauch, and is feminine. Shekhinah, as the shekhinah glory, is also feminine.

In the NT
Jn 15:26 "But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.

In Greek, Ekinos, is neutral and may be translated as he, she, or it.

The Latin language translates spirit as masculine.

Of course the Spirit of God has no gender, being spirit not having a body. But it's interesting to think about. Especially in light of ....

Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

The word female means a male who can carry a fetus. Fe.male

Any thoughts?

 

[Clay Vessel]

Hi RiverDays,

You quoted: Proverbs 4:6-7 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.

Solomon was talking about WISDOM in this verse, not the Holy Spirit and in this case, wisdom is in a feminine form. Because Solomon chose the gift of wisdom from God when it, with other things, was offered to him, he emphasizes the need for wisdom throughout much of his writing.

You also quoted Proverbs 9:1Wisdom has built her house;she has set up its seven pillars.
2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;she has also set her table.
3 She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city,
4 “Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says,
5 “Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.

In all of these verses, Solomon is again talking about wisdom, not the Holy Spirit.

When the New Testament speaks of the Holy Spirit, the word is Pneuma, meaning God's Breath, the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, Life. He is genderless.

I think both men and women have attributes of God because we are made in His image, but I don't think one Member of the Godhead is more masculine or more feminine than another Member of the Godhead.

 

[RiverDays]

>>>I think both men and women have attributes of God because we are made in His image

Amen Clay. I agree.

 

[ephesians4:2]

Thanks everyone for your feedback.

Well since I've had this dream, I've taken the first steps to meeting the girl. I'm waiting to hear back from the lady in church who felt I should meet her. She is going to ask her if she wouldn't mind talking to me.

God threw me a curve ball with this one. When the lady first asked me if I wanted to meet or talk to her I had took it as a blind date. Well after telling her I would like to meet her I found out this is a very special girl. She was apparently born with some problems involving her legs. She uses this as a means to travel, minister and speak; testifying the love of God. From what I've gathered she has a very special purpose. I know God wants me to meet her for some reason beyond my comprehension.

I find it interesting one of the people in the dream had a prosthetic leg given the fact that the girl is in a similar situation.I had the idea our meeting had a romantic purpose. I feel the girl biting my ear in the dream was potentially a symbol of the deceptive nature of mans thoughts. I didnt examine this real world situation as God would,I didn't consider his intentions in a spiritual sense, I naturally assumed it was romantically involved. I feel God has more in store for me than I could have ever imagined.

 

[Clay Vessel]

It will be interesting to see what happens. I hope you keep us posted.

 

[BluhdoftheLamb]

I think the person who said to exercise caution, is simply stating a general truth that always applies. I could see the part of your dream with the girl biting your ear as merely being your own anxiety. If God means something specific by any part of it, it is always good to ask Him not only for that, but also to know what you're supposed to do with it ...

The thing here is to keep an open mind. Until you know what God wants in this situation, you really have no idea what it's about. This could very well be the significance of you standing on the shore, waiting for the others.

 

[Clay Vessel]

Bluh is right. Exercise caution.

 

[RiverDays]

>>>I find it interesting one of the people in the dream had a prosthetic leg given the fact that the girl is in a similar situation

Amen! The Lord was definitely revealing something new for you What wonderful news! Never been a fan of blind dates but this sounds like a wonderful opportunity to be able to meet this special girl. Yes it sounds like the Lord has some great things in store! Blessings Eph. Be happy

Thanks everyone for your feedback.

Well since I've had this dream, I've taken the first steps to meeting the girl. I'm waiting to hear back from the lady in church who felt I should meet her. She is going to ask her if she wouldn't mind talking to me.

God threw me a curve ball with this one. When the lady first asked me if I wanted to meet or talk to her I had took it as a blind date. Well after telling her I would like to meet her I found out this is a very special girl. She was apparently born with some problems involving her legs. She uses this as a means to travel, minister and speak; testifying the love of God. From what I've gathered she has a very special purpose. I know God wants me to meet her for some reason beyond my comprehension.

I find it interesting one of the people in the dream had a prosthetic leg given the fact that the girl is in a similar situation.I had the idea our meeting had a romantic purpose. I feel the girl biting my ear in the dream was potentially a symbol of the deceptive nature of mans thoughts. I didnt examine this real world situation as God would,I didn't consider his intentions in a spiritual sense, I naturally assumed it was romantically involved. I feel God has more in store for me than I could have ever imagined.