Just a Thought

Why is it that I always have a sense of something else or something bigger than here and know while in a dream? If I'm having a bad dream I always know that everything will turn out fine, because I have hope in waking up. If I am having a good dream I always fear that an end is coming and all the good things of that dream will be lost forever. You think maybe these feelings were designed this way to teach me something? perhaps God thought I could learn from dreams. It's not like he hasn't used them in the past. Is it Possible that he is giving me a glimpse of what heaven is in comparison to this world I now live in?Well I've decided to try to answer this question by comparing dream to reality with reality to heaven (ultimate reality). Now this isn't a perfect example it is only a glimpse as I said earlier, so don't get caught up on every detail.

In a dream I know I will wake, and in reality I know (because of God's Spirit in my heart) that I will go to heaven when I die. In a bad dream I constantly and longingly look forward to the moment when I wake. And in real life, If things get difficult or if everything seems to be falling apart, I look forward to the living in heaven where there is no pain and everything is in order. Funny how simple that is.

But what about good dreams? See, good dreams are much different, just like a good life. In a good dream I try to get as much as I can, and I don't look forward to waking up to reality, because I know that once I wake the time I had in the dream will have been so insignificant, and all that "goodness" will be gone . So In reality sometimes things go my way. Especially, living in the US, I don't experience a lot of the hardships that other people go through. Sometimes I look at the end of life like the end of a good dream. When things are good sometimes I tend not to even think of the end. I would rather think on things of this earth and temporary treasures. I set my hope on earthly satisfaction rather than on eternal life in heaven. I don't look forward to heaven because I prefer what I already have. Where is the sense in that? When I wake up, when I go to see the Lord all of the things I put my hope in, all the things I set my mind on during my "good" or "comfortable" life will be so insignificant and all that "good" will be gone. Sound familiar?

Now if I spend my mind loving the things of this life, or "laying up for myself treasure on earth" then do you think there will be much in store for me when I get to heaven?... Will I be disappointed at the loss of all my stuff? Well I doubt there will be any disappointment in heaven, but I know there is in life. I know that, just like in most dreams, I am never satisfied with the stuff I get. What if while I dreamed I looked forward to waking? Trusting my body to wake me at the right time, what if I simply enjoyed the dream but planned to wake up and live reality. Maybe I wouldn't be upset when I woke, maybe I would be satisfied while I dreamed.

I dunno, just a thought... ish