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What is God's purpose for our dreams?

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Sacred.Beautiful.

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I grew up with a fear of Jesus' words about losing your life in order to save it, dying to self in order to live. My young mind figured that meant it was sinful to be happy and have what you want in life. As a result, I've developed a fear that to want is selfish.
I've been looking at it differently lately, the idea of full surrender to God. I feel that I am still not fully understanding, and yet, I feel a desire to hand it all over to God, because to live for God must be the most beautiful way to live. And part of me suspects that's the way to true freedom.
I've thought about this for a while, but today I felt my own personal desires for my life very strongly. And I'm struggling to understand what God's purpose is for giving me these hopes and dreams for my life - hopes and dreams like marriage, family, home.
Am I being selfish?
I can sense that God wants my whole heart, and that He deserves to be first place in my life. But what do I do about the things I want so strongly?
 
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You're not being selfish. We are called to different vocations in life...Married, single, vowed, or ordained. You can still have a family and give yourself to the Lord. Marriage is a sacrament also, don't fret. Just pray and trust in the Lord, everything will pan out. Promise!
 
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Thank you for the encouragement.
 
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Sacred.Beautiful. said:
I can sense that God wants my whole heart, and that He deserves to be first place in my life. But what do I do about the things I want so strongly?
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Turn to Him and Trust Him, Believe His Word instead of men. (we have to give up what men taught us all of our lives when we turn to Jesus to follow Jesus, if Jesus Permits.

btw, all the wants and desires of our soulish life are not cleaned up to be made good or right or in line with God's Will - they are all crucified according to God's Perfect Plan to Save us even from ourselves and our 'good' religion or whatever.
 
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Some think the symbology of dreams is related to the process of compressing short term memory into long term memory.

You mentioned the strong emphasis you have for your desires. Christianity is about the transition from the flesh (selfishness) to Christ like love (selflessness). If you are able to set aside some of the intensity of your desires, you may find they take a less prominent role in your dreams.
 
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Sacred.Beautiful. said:
I grew up with a fear of Jesus' words about losing your life in order to save it, dying to self in order to live.
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Well, Jesus does say >

"'He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.'" (John 12:25)

I note how Jesus says someone can lose one's life by loving it. I think this can mean the person is seeking the person's own way and the pleasures that person prefers; and therefore, without God the person is messing things up and not able to handle problems well. But if I let go of everything and offer myself to God, for God to do what He pleases with me at every moment . . . now I am going to discover how creative God Himself is with me.

And in His love my life is better than it used to be. Even if there might be certain things and people who are the same in my life now, with God all is so better, how He makes good use of everything.

And we are being conformed to the image of Jesus. This is better than how I used to be. But there are things I still have; but I use them for much greater good.
 
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