There is a song we sing at church called "Shield About Me". It is a simple song that says SO much, here is the main lyric:
"Thou O Lord, art a shield about me
You're my glory, you're the lifter of my head..."
That song was running through my mind a couple of days ago, and I posted it on my status. Well I had the craziest, most bizarre, yet amazing dream that very night, and I guess it's due to this song. At least that's all I can think is the reason I dreamed this. Sometimes I would LOVE to have my dreams interpreted to find out the true meaning. I have no idea why, but I was somewhere in Florida in this "place". I don't know if it was a store or what, but there were lots of people there. In the entire dream, I was being chased by a man with a gun, yet I always got away, but he caught up with me in this store or whatever it was and pulled out his gun. He just started firing rounds at everyone, shooting anything in his path. I immediately hit the floor, and knew I was about to meet my death because he was killing everyone there. As I lay there, I remember hearing the shells hitting the concrete floor around me and hearing people breathing their last. It was SO real. I lie face down on the floor and remember praying and thinking "I'm going to experience death and my changing in a blink of an eye at any moment". I wasn't scared, but actually ready for it. But no, as I lie there, I literally felt a "shield about me" as if to protect me from these bullets. It was the strangest thing. The guy eventually ran out of bullets, and I was still alive. I raised my head and looked all around me, and everyone was dead except for me, I had not been hit, not even ONE time. I woke up at this point, and my heart was racing. Even though it was a dream, it seemed SO real to me, and I was scared. I don't know if this dream had any significance, but I was trying to tell my folks about it and began to cry because it was THAT real. What if this HAD been real?? Are we ready to meet our God?? Do we really believe HE is a "shield about us"?? I want to be a Christian who is not in fear of death, but welcomes it, and I DO feel a peace about dying. I can't explain it, but I'm not scared, I am ready for whenever that moment may be. Yes, that was just a dream, but what if one day it is real? What if someone walks up to me with a gun and points it at me??? Will I be ready?? I want my answer to always be YES!!!! I surely felt a "shield about me" in my dream, I can't explain what it was, but I felt it all around me, and I just felt peace. It was a scary dream, but also a peace that passed all understanding. May we always have God as our "shield about us", He will never hurt us, and only protect us if we just let Him!! Thanks for letting me share my dream!! If you've had any bizarre dreams, I would love to hear about them, so comment away. I hope you all have a blessed Saturday!!!
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I'm feeling pretty "strange" after writing this blog just a couple of hours before the shooting in AZ this morning. Coincidence?? Not sure...
SUCH A SCARY DREAM. I have thought of death and like you I am not afraid of it. I think that is part of the peace God promises!
I think you're right, Terry! I'm in the middle of a book right now entitled "Encountering Heaven and the Afterlife." It's about near death experiences, and WOW!! It's awesome! I'll blog about it more later, but it's just cool to read all the stories of people who have experienced this and they ALL talk about the "peace" they had, well except a few who've experience Hell, but they wanted to come back and share their story to people so NOONE ends up there. It's an awesome book, I can't put it down, and it has to be good for me to do that! haha!
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