I DREAMED A DREAM
I had a dream last night that I actually remembered. That's unusual for me, it is extremely rare that I remember anything of which I dream when I awake in the morning. This week I had been thinking of my friend Roger Moon, a former missionary to Kenya at the same time we were there. Roger and his wife Sue love to sing hymns, just as my wife and I do. I have often remembered the times when we were able to sing hymns together in English while in Kenya. Special times for us, memories that far overshadow the bad times we sometimes experienced.
In my dream, Roger and I were in a large church building. We were visiting and talking and sharing memories. Roger began to sing, "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases," and I joined in singing a harmony with him. Not a long dream or at least a long part remembered. But when I awoke, I had the thought, "this must kind of what heaven is going to be like."
The apostle John gives us a peek into heaven in Revelation 5:13, where he writes: "Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: 'To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!'"
I don't know about you, but I find comfort in that! To be in the presence of our God the creator of the universe and then to be given the ability to express our love and wonder in song is a really good thing in my way of thinking.
The song in my dream comes from the scripture. The writer of the book of Lamentations wrote: "The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. 'The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him.'" (Lamentations 3:22-24, RSV)
Where is your hope? The word translated "mercies" comes from a Hebrew word that can be translated as: "goodness, kindness, faithfulness." Those are rare qualities that are hard to find in our world and something that many, many people are long to find in a relationship. If you cannot answer, "My hope is in him", the God of goodness, kindness and faithfulness, which are renewed every morning, then perhaps it time for you to re-evaluate your life.
What song are you singing, what dream are you dreaming of your hope in this life and the one to come?
Russ Lawson,
I had a dream last night that I actually remembered. That's unusual for me, it is extremely rare that I remember anything of which I dream when I awake in the morning. This week I had been thinking of my friend Roger Moon, a former missionary to Kenya at the same time we were there. Roger and his wife Sue love to sing hymns, just as my wife and I do. I have often remembered the times when we were able to sing hymns together in English while in Kenya. Special times for us, memories that far overshadow the bad times we sometimes experienced.
In my dream, Roger and I were in a large church building. We were visiting and talking and sharing memories. Roger began to sing, "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases," and I joined in singing a harmony with him. Not a long dream or at least a long part remembered. But when I awoke, I had the thought, "this must kind of what heaven is going to be like."
The apostle John gives us a peek into heaven in Revelation 5:13, where he writes: "Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: 'To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!'"
I don't know about you, but I find comfort in that! To be in the presence of our God the creator of the universe and then to be given the ability to express our love and wonder in song is a really good thing in my way of thinking.
The song in my dream comes from the scripture. The writer of the book of Lamentations wrote: "The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. 'The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him.'" (Lamentations 3:22-24, RSV)
Where is your hope? The word translated "mercies" comes from a Hebrew word that can be translated as: "goodness, kindness, faithfulness." Those are rare qualities that are hard to find in our world and something that many, many people are long to find in a relationship. If you cannot answer, "My hope is in him", the God of goodness, kindness and faithfulness, which are renewed every morning, then perhaps it time for you to re-evaluate your life.
What song are you singing, what dream are you dreaming of your hope in this life and the one to come?
Russ Lawson,
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