I Had a Dream
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Day one week forty two year 2017. Today is Sunday October 8. A time for meditation, for focus your thoughts on life!
Good Morning, my name is Carl and I am being coached by Grace. It is the Grace of God that stands behind us, is to the right of us, to the left of us and opens doors before us. (If you are comfortable repeat that statement using your own name.)
Please take time to prepare your mind to hear, to allow your spirit to be in tune with the Spirit of God.
Lord, the Scripture reminds us of a way of life. It is in choosing to follow good that you are revealed to us. By choosing to respect what exists we discover a higher source, a higher desire for life itself.
Lord, the law causes us to reflect on a higher meaning, a higher purpose. As we live within the structure of the law we experience that if the law seeks our good, then how much more would the creator of the law want only good for us.
Lord, in discovering good, I discover how love becomes real.
Thank you for loving me when I did not realize I was being loved.
The Psalmist understood this. The writings of the stories, the words of the poems, the myth of the legends, the peace that a reality exists beyond my control allows me to rest, to know that love is unshakable, that somehow love finds its source in one whose greatness is not measured in greatness but rather in the gentleness of having a way to share the everyday concerns.
Lord, to meditate on this gentleness nurtures an awareness of the redemptive power renewing life everyday.
Lord, can we choose life? Is it by choosing to live that we discover life? Yes. Amen.
Lord, what if we choose to destroy life? What if we choose to ignore the intentions of good, do we then seek evil? Do we then choose to inflict the power of death into our own lives? Do we fail to understand how our own actions ultimately become destructive?
Lord, is it in seeking life that we then seek healing?
The Apostle again focuses on Jesus. Lord are we to know you by living the good that has been revealed?
Lord, the words of the parable seem to give hope that we who struggle with life, we who struggle to find our way can be a part of this new beginning. Thank you and Amen.
Music (please read the scripture, choose music reflecting what you believe to express the theme of the scripture):
Meditation: I Had a Dream
After working hard for the last few days, my body was aching. I sat down for a rest. It wasn’t long before I fell asleep. I began to dream. I dreamt about my chair. It is a real chair. It is a La-Z-Boy It is my piece of heaven. I can go there and it welcomes me. It never rejects me. It says sit back, put your feet up. T-H-E-R-E!
Then, at 11 pm, as clear as can be, a voice said take your pills. I was dreaming. Another voice responded… don’t want to! Within seconds my body was sound asleep. A smile spread across the face of this sleeping “baby Huey.”
1:45 am: The voice, again, louder, take your pills… silence, as first one eye and then the second eye opened. My body turned slowly while getting out of the chair. Rising, looking toward the desk, the pills. The pills. I had a dream.
4:30 am: Somehow I made it to the bed. 65 degrees in the room. I was wrapped in my favorite blanket. It had gotten up to 90+ degrees that day. The night was chilly. I turned to go back to sleep. The dream turned friendly. A marching band entered my room. The flutes, the horns, the drums all gently began to circle my bed. What a delight. The uniforms bright red with plums. Then as quickly as they started they stopped. My eyes fluttering as the dream continued. Wonderful I thought. Then without warning a team of acrobats joined in the circus. One came from the right, the other from the left. Just as they got over my ears the largest hugest cymbals ever created appeared. They were on a collision course. The smash, the sound was so powerful it lifted me from the bed, my hands covering my ears. I knew I was under attack but why. Why, why, this was only a dream. Why can’t I just sleep!
The members of the band, the acrobats then stood at attention. They formed a line. They pointed to the desk, take your pills is what they said. Take your pills. I did.
I had a dream.
Moses brought the people to a new land, to a new way of living. He gave a set of words. Some thought they were a hard pill to swallow. Some grieved their past, leave me alone. Why can’t I just go back, why can’t life be the way it was before. The people cried. Life would never be the same.
Moses, the Psalmist, the Apostle Paul, and even Jesus reflected on what ultimately speaks of the Love of God. There is a way, a way that leads to meaning and redemption. There is a way that brings healing and justice. It is not about retribution it is about building relationships. Perhaps it is only a dream. But, the important question is, do you share the dream? Is this your dream too?
Conclusion: “I Have Decided (To Follow Jesus)”