3/18/2019
When I awakened this morning I was finishing the longest dream I’ve had in some time. I was called to a city, it seems, to preach a funeral. When I arrived, the motel said the only room available was the one an expected new employee was to have, but he hadn’t showed up. I said, “I’ll take it.” They said don’t be surprised if people with a “maintenance” problem knocked on my door. I took the room and the dream put my mind through several scenarios where I had to help someone with their room?!?!? Then, the dream took me on a car ride to where the funeral was to be and we saw other funerals being held along the way.
At less than a mile from where my funeral was to be, the funeral director driving me pulled off the road at a house, went in and found his father passed away! He came out and told me to drive on to the funeral, then come back and get him. Apocalypse Now! What a dream! What could possibly make that dream appear and be so vivid?
Perhaps the dream caused the two songs in my he’d this morning, also: “I Need No Mansion Here Below” by many old gospel groups + my father, followed closely by “I’m Just a Ghost In This House” by Alison Krauss.
These songs and dreams make me a bit melancholy, but not at all depressed. First, remember, dreams are neither prophetic, nor trustworthy. They are just a product of our minds in a subconscious state. Almost like the deja vu events which occur. Secondly, the Lord’s promise is so very secure, that can not a worry arise. We who have believed on the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour, believing He died for our sins, He was buried, and He was raised for our justification, we know some things about our own future: one, we belong to Him; two, we are going to a place “far above all heavens;” three, we will indeed dwell in a “house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” That “house” is how we will be clothed for all eternity with Christ (He’s the Head, we’re in His Body.)
So, we have no worries about the eternal side of our expectations. In this world, we may have sorrow as expressed in the other song, but it only brings the desire to go to our “long home.” Again, no worries, all is well.
On a more worldly note, this is just a couple days away from Spring—do you remember Spring? I do, it brings, among all the sunshine and flowers and outdoor activities, a lot of expectations of greater things! And that brings to mind another AK song—“There is a Reason for it All!”
Had a great time for a short time Saturday in Arab, AL, at their bible conference. Heard some great preaching, visited with some old friends I hadn’t seen for a while, and fellowshipped with some over a really good mealtime. Very thankful for the opportunity. (Once again, very blessed to listen to Bro. Fred Maynard, at 91, preaching the gospel of Christ very strongly! He says he’s on his 54th trip through the bible in a year. His formula is 3 chapters a day, Monday through Friday and 4 chapters on Saturday and Sunday. That’ll do it.)
Seeing great improvements and advances in the next few months in the “Water With Alkalinity” world. Several people are very serious about building new stores in their towns and we hope some of them let us help them get that done. We have the finest equipment to be found in the world to make “Water the Way it was Meant to be!” Fresh water comes from the sky, the way the Lord intended, hits the mineral rich soil, soaks into and through that, gathers and runs to seek its own level over the rocks and harder minerals till is forms in pools available to burst forth out of a spring or be drawn or pumped to the surface for us to drink. But, now it is interfered with by systems to bring it through miles of pipelines to our homes treated with chemicals. We just simply correct it for drinking and bathing purposes. We love what we do to and for the most precious compound on earth.
Thanks for reading, the Elder
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