3 Dreams and Visions:
Clowns and Lions
#24 in the Series: Daddy, It's
Me--Conversations of an Ordinary Person with an Extraordinary Heavenly Father
In March of 2014, my
life totally changed it's trajectory because of confirmation I received in a
vision. But let me rewind a bit back to
Christmas of 2013.
I was staying with
my mom because all her usual caregivers were on vacation for the holidays. She watches a lot of TV and kept seeing the
advertisement for FarmersOnly.com. It had
been over 10 years since my divorce and she dared me to sign up. I had no intentions of getting involved with
another man, but after her ribbing me for a few days, I thought it might be a
fun distraction over the holidays instead of watching TV…not my favorite
pastime.
Within a day I got
several "flirts" and contacts.
The first one was from my, now, husband, Dave. But then he disappeared and I did not hear
from him for two weeks. In the meantime,
I went out on a few dates and corresponded with several guys, but nothing
tripped my trigger even as friendships.
Then Dave (who had been out camping in the high desert of Oregon)
started corresponding again. I was
fascinated when I heard that he had written a book and promoted it by walking
across America and giving all the proceeds to organizations that helped orphans
in the US and Africa. Looking back, I
think there was also a camaraderie I felt because he had sold and given away
everything in order to do that. I read
his book (Beggarman Bob by Dave
Strege) in 2 nights and was even more fascinated by the man. Then I read all his blog posts from the walk across America on www.walking4kids.blogspot.com. I decided he must be the real deal. No one would go to that much trouble to
create a false identity to lure women into trouble. I search other parts of the internet; I did
not find anything alarming.
We started
corresponding…..emails, Skype, and phone calls…a lot. We asked all the tough questions up
front. After all, we lived 1200 miles
apart and we couldn't play get-to-know-you games over coffee. In February, Dave flew to CO, to meet
me. I felt an immediate peace and trust
with this man. It was strange but
wonderful. While he was there, my wonder
horse, Promise, died. He had to watch me
go through that heart wrenching ordeal…but he did not just watch…he
participated and supported me through it.
When it was all over he still wanted to go back to OR and give notice at
his job so he could move to CO.
In the next few
days, we started contemplating and discussing marriage. We both realized that everyone would think we
were crazy. We had only known each other
a few weeks and had been with each other only a few days. The date we picked was only a few days after my return from a ten day teaching trip to Costa
Rica. This meant we would not be
together much before the wedding date either. However, we both had been bathing our relationship and this decision in
prayer and God had been giving us winks and smiles and other confirmations that
we were indeed in his will. So Dave came
back to CO in time to see me off to Costa Rica.
He and mom started working on the wedding plans…a small, intimate affair
on the mountain above the ranch on March 27, if the weather permitted (but that
is another God Story!).
It was my last day
in Costa Rica. The night before, I had
received a scathing email from a woman I thought of as my friend and somewhat
of a spiritual mentor. She cast many doubts
in my mind about what we were doing. I
had had trouble sleeping and was praying off and on all night.
I dozed a little and
then woke but didn't open my eyes. I
prayed again…crying out to God for confirmation one way or the other. I did not want to be foolish or make a
mistake. What was his perspective? I got the impression to focus my eyes. (How do you do that with them closed??? But I did.)
What I saw was a clown face and then the clown face morphed into a
lion's head…I thought: The Lion of
Judah! And the thought that came to me
was that what the world (my friends and family) might see as foolishness, was
wisdom from God.
“But God hath chosen the foolish
things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things
of the world to confound the things which are mighty;”
1 Corinthians 1:27 KJV
That was my answer
and I have not doubted it since. God has
taken Dave and me on some pretty wild adventures already and we see lots more
on the horizon. I would not have had the
courage to marry this man, had it not been for that vision! There have been bumps and rough spots, but
God has seen us through them all. He is
with us, and for us and in us.
And He… is with you
and for you and in you also…working to free your mustang heart!
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