Continuation.....(You're gonna wanna read this...)

Ok - The other day I posted about marriage. Well, I had this awful dream last night, (more like a nightmare). I dreamed that I lived in a different house, a 2-story house. I was outside and noticed the attic light was on....so I pulled down the ladder (an attic access ladder) which made quite a bit of noise. I heard LOUD music...so I continued to investigate. Well, guess what I found?? My husband in bed with another woman....I was mortified, devastated....only a few words I am even able to use because of the amount of extreme hurt I felt (and in a DREAM!!!) He kept telling me "we're just friends hangin out" (yeah right, I thought!!!)

And I VIVIDLY remember thinking, in my dream, that the words in the previous blog would be impossible! I remember thinking to myself (as I was sobbing and crying, I seriously cannot explain the pain I was feeling! It was the most horrible, horrible feeling I think I have ever experienced!!) "How can even God get me through this, or make me feel better?"

I needed to have that dream...even though I woke up today thinking (and drooling) "he'd better be glad it's father's day, or I wouldn't even speak to him!" (IT WAS A DREAM, BETHANY!!) Probably the realist dream I've ever had in my life!!! And it was evident that I needed to make sure that I wasn't insensitive to those circumstances. I never intended on coming across in that way, and maybe I didn't - but I still felt a need to clarify!


I guess it was a way for me to be more empathetic to those who have or who are experiencing that specific kind of pain. I've been through low times, but never have experienced that - other than in my dream, thankfully!

And even though it is still apparent that we must hold on to God with dear life, during those times....It may seem impossible. And in those times, it is important to remember that there are others who will step in on your behalf to pray for you; to ask God to carry you through it....There are times when we don't even have words to pray - you just sit there quietly - I've even said to God, 'I don't even know WHAT to pray'. That is what your friends, family and church family are for - we will pray you through those difficult times. 'Praying through' meaning breaking through the barriers that have stopped the work of God in the lives of others, and using your spiritual armor to push back the forces of darkness that surround them.

If you are the one that is going through the dark times right now.....remember that there are others praying on your behalf - and to those who are not, somewhere in the world, someone needs you to pray them through.

"Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn't rain, and it didn't—not a drop for three and a half years. Then he prayed that it would rain, and it did. The showers came and everything started growing again." (James 1:16-18)


I added this for the next thought - and probably the subject of my next blog....just for thought:
" My dear friends, if you know people who have wandered off from God's truth, don't write them off. Go after them. Get them back and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction and prevented an epidemic of wandering away from God." (James 19-20)