In My Sleep

 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord. - Jonah 2:9

Like Jonah I sometimes find myself going in a direction that is contrary to where the Lord has led me. 

This does not work out well. Ever. One songwriter penned: the safest place in the whole wide world is in the will of God. 

I bless God that He often stirs me up in my sleep. 

Sometimes the stirring is a song in the night that lasts all night. 

There are times when He sends shadows, turmoil that shakes me, bringing me back to my spiritual senses. 

Then there are times like last night when he covers my spirit with hope and visions of glory.

I dreamt of a baby girl whose cries turned to humming. I shouted to her parents: do you hear the melody she’s humming? Her parents and I leaned closer as the baby “cried hummed”, “Amazing Grace.”  I was overjoyed, it was a spectacular scene. 

The humming of the baby woke me. That which I heard in my sleep stirred my soul. 

“Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me.  I once was lost but now I’m found. Twas blind but now I see.”

I got up from the bed and lifted my hands to the Lord. I asked God to forgive me of my sins. I thanked Him for instructing me, comforting me, guiding me, by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

In my sleep the Lord came near. Hallelujah. Bless His Holy Name. 

In Christ,

Sis. Stephanie