God spoke to me through a dream last night.  He had never done that before.  He usually speaks to me in a voice, in a thought, in my heart, through my pastor, through reading The Word, through other Christ Followers, through a Christian book, through a Christian song; but never before in a dream.  It was soooo cool!

 

I usually don't remember my dreams, I think I just don't have many.  Which seems kind of unusual for a body that has an imagination bigger than the sky, but it's true.  I have very few dreams.  But after this dream, when I woke up, I was immediately convicted of what God was telling me.

 

You see, last night I was having a "heart" issue.  And believe me when I tell you, it wasn't a good "heart" issue.  It was a negative "heart" issue that had been a long time in the making.  A "heart" issue that I was trying to avoid thinking about.  A "heart" issue that was seething just below the surface, and when it all poured out of me last night, I think God said, "Enough!  It's time to deal with it!"

 

And I am oh, so glad He did.  When I realized what He was telling me in my dream, I immediately repented and asked His forgiveness.  And then, WOW, it was like a heavy load was lifted off of me.  A load I was carrying that I didn't even know I was carrying until it was totally lifted from me.  I have been "pruned" and does it ever feel good!  John 15:1-2 says, "I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.  He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, so that it will be even more fruitful."

 

As I sit here tonight on the other side of this pruning, I thank God that He loves me enough to "prune" me so that I will be more fruitful for His Kingdom.  Isn't this really what life is all about.....being more fruitful for the Kingdom so that we can bring Glory To God? 

 

As I finish this off and head off to bed tonight, I'm feeling a warm fuzzy.........and that warm fuzzy is God wrapping His arms around me and saying, "Sweet Dreams!"