The Lord just gave me a great illustration while I was sitting at my desk at work typing away and I knew I just had to share it! I love it when He speaks me at the most random moments, and I have learned to just stop and listen because there is always a lesson to be learned.
The word bump can mean many things. Today the Lord brought two to my mind. It can be a "bump" in the road, or a "bump" on the head .
I think of bumps in the road as a road block or a rough patch that you have to drive over or through. A bump on the head happens when you run into something sharp and unexpected or even when something sharp hits you on top of your head.
Either one of these instances can cause a lifting experience. A bump on the head rises as it swells, a bump in the road can cause your car to jump a little, or maybe even a lot depending on the size of the bump.
Either one of these instances can be likened to the Christian Life and our walk.
We need these bumps in order to get to the Most High.
In the Christian life we call them trials. Sometimes these trials take us on the bumpiest roads possible. Sometime we come out brusied and swollen, bumped and broken.... but in the end it's neccesary.
If we can just endure the swelling, or the momentary shift in elevation we will indeed learn that it's lifting us just a little higher, and most of all bringing us closer to the Almighty One who sits in the highest place..... on His throne in heaven.
I've been encouraged this morning to keep enduring these bumps....these trials... because they are only bringing me that much closer to My Lord, My Jesus.
Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love. 1 Cor. 16:13-14
"The best things of life come out of wounding. Wheat is crushed before it becomes bread. Incense must be cast upon the fire before its odors are set free. The ground must be broken with the sharp plough before it is ready to receive the seed. The sweetest joys in life are the fruits of sorrow. Human nature seems to need suffering to fit it for being a blessing to the world."
~Streams in the Desert.
Lord break my heart with what breaks yours..because what will come forth will be brand new.
Like a phoenix rising out of the ashes... that's me.
No one wants to hear about your dreams. Seriously. No one. What utter nonsense your brain spews forth from it's dark and twisty nooks and crannies is only fascinating to you. And if you never do this, kudos; but, I'm certain you know someone who does. "Oh man... I had this really weird dream the other night. It was sooooooooo real." Dramatic pause.......
Despite the fact that no one - and I mean, no one - cares... there are a few instances where the Dreamer's ramblings will fall on a willing ear. Still, please take note: Your dreams are not prophetic, Moses. You're not a star on the hit drama Medium, and I assure you that dead people are not talking to you. You're pepperoni pizza rolls are talking to you. Keep the conversation to yourself.
Now that we've gotten that out of the way, I have this recurring dream...
I have this recurring dream that all my teeth fall out of my mouth. Just. Fall. The heck out. Of my mouth. For no good reason. I don't get kicked in the face in my dream. I don't run into a doorknob or get hit by a tire or have complicated oral surgery. I'm just dream Megan, standing around talking to a dream friend or dream relative, and suddenly I have a mouthful of teeth. Feels like marbles. Really sharp marbles, heavy-ish and jagged, knocking around freely in my mouth. I stand there, pretending to be cool, calm and collected. Pretending I don't realize all my teeth have simultaneously crumbled and I have a mouthful of blood and shards. Then I wake up, because clearly this is a prophetic dream about how I'm to enroll in a Dental Hygienist Program immediately.
My mind is still searching for answers to this mystery as I brush, floss and rinse before bedtime, when it dawns on me that this whole thing is just like that dream I had...
(... are you still here? I thought I gave you express permission to leave due to the fact that other people's dreams are stupid and unworthy of an audience. Fine. Have it your way!)
