Dream 717 – To Bend and Beyond
Received on Sunday, August 13, 2023
Communion
Dear Father,
Thank You for one more day here! Thank You for Your love and grace. Your mercies are new every day. Father, please take our burdens. Please heal the grief of my heart. Please calm my anxious thoughts. Strengthen me for all that comes in the next few weeks.
Note: The flights for our trip to Bend OR are now booked. As directed by the Lord, we will keep the exact details of our travel itinerary in confidence until we report on it during or after the trip (as per the Lord’s leading, of course). That being said, our trip will be in September and with a similar timeframe as the dates we had for our trip to Bend OR in September of 2021. As with our previous trip, only my husband and I will be going.
Father, You are greater than all of our fears. You are mightier than the noise of many waters, mightier than the mighty waves of the sea (Psalm 93:4). My soul is in a storm right now. Father, please calm the seas and clear the storm. You are my Creator, the only God of all things. I will declare Your Name in all of the Earth.
I have seen storms in my older son’s eyes. He is about to embark on a journey You showed me in a dream years ago. Father, I know that he is Yours as You told me he is Yours. Since You made him, You know every part of him. While he is confident and fearless one moment, in the next moment he asks if we should have a ‘safe word’ in case he is in trouble. While I won’t be close to him in the Tri-cities, You will still be.
Father, You are always close to him no matter where he is. While my son is so talented in writing and languages, he is naïve socially. He is easily manipulated by kindness. He doesn’t see the hidden deception in others. He has been hurt and tricked so many times. He now travels to the master deceiver’s house. Once there…
Well, Father, well up in my son and grant him supernatural strength for the coming storms. Many red flags have appeared. Please, Lord, keep him safe in all of his journeys. You are the only One who can. We are helpless against the enemy without Your Divine Intervention.
As for my daughter, she will soon find out if her third interview will result in her traveling south as a finalist. Since she was not eliminated after her interviews, I am sure that she will know her outcome after the company’s meeting tomorrow. While she still has hope, the mood here is somber as we all wait.
In the meantime, she has been training all week online for her new job, her ‘second choice position’. During this training, she has discovered the intense new age core values that serve the gods of this world. All of this is so heartbreaking.
As for Bend OR, I have spent some time looking at both homes and apartments available there. I soon had to stop though because, as it stands today, this is 100% impossible. Father, I place all of this in Your hands. My husband and I are traveling out there in a few weeks.
As of right now, we are still unsure as to how this all will look like. Well, Father, You know all things and we are in Your hands. All we do is as You instruct us. We do this in full faith in You as we continue forward on this unknown path.
With so many tumultuous days ahead, You continue to speak to me and calm my anxious thoughts. On Friday, when I picked up my tablet, one of my photo apps popped up. My iPad often makes movies of special moments in time or people. This one was titled, ‘Chance through the years’. The song attached to this was a Glen Campbell song titled ‘Times Like These’.
I broke down crying as I watched the video. It summed up my son’s journey with his autism and the path that leads him to You. It has been both difficult and rewarding. It has been both frustrating and fulfilling. I have seen You at work constantly. No matter what the journey, You are there with us. I just pray that I am there to see the healings come. It would be the greatest of gifts. Anyway, here are the lyrics to this song…
“I, I’m a one-way motorway, I’m a road that drives away, then follows you back home. I, I’m a streetlight shining, I’m a wild light blinding bright, burning off alone. It’s times like these you learn to live again; it’s times like these you give and give again, it’s times like these you learn to love again, it’s times like these time and time again. I, I’m a new day rising, I’m a brand-new sky, to hang the stars upon tonight. I, I’m a little divided, do I stay or run away, and leave it all behind? It’s times like these you learn to live again, it’s times like these you give and give again, it’s times like these you learn to love again, it’s times like these time and time again.”
I then watched a YouTube video of him when he was performing with his children on the Jay Leno Show. It made me cry with such joy to see this elderly man being able to sing with his children in front of millions of people. Truly amazing!
Oh Father, I am so excited for Heaven! What a glorious day this will be when You call us into the Beautiful. No matter what happens here, Father, please take us into the Beautiful. I have been sobbing today. My tears are as heavy as the storms outside my window. I come to You today using the Prayer that You taught us…
“Oh Father, Who is in Heaven, Great and Mighty and Hallowed be Your Name. Please let Your Kingdom come. Please let Your Will be done just like it is in Heaven. Grant us this day our Daily Bread and please forgive us our trespasses even though there are many. Forgive us as we forgive those who have trespassed against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory, forever and ever, AMEN!”
Time passes so quickly. My heart breaks at the lost moments. I had quite a dream last night of my two sons…
Sub-Dream 1 “A Flashback to September 2000” begins…
While all of this was in my dream, it mostly mirrored an actual time and event that I had with my two sons back in September 2000. My two sons were little again. There was so much wonder and joy in them. They had so much laughter. My older son was almost three and my younger son was only 13 months old.
We were walking up the steps of the townhome that we lived in. While my younger son was unsteady as he walked, he was still able to carry a small pumpkin. My older son was holding a cup of water. However, as he walked up the stairs to our front door, the cup fell and the water spilled out…
Older son: Crying. “Mama, I can’t pick up the water spilled. It won’t go back in.”
He was soon wailing so hard that his younger brother soon started wailing just as loud with him. While I smiled, I also began to cry as I could see their very real anguish. I couldn’t reverse time. The water was gone. I hugged them both and knew just what to say to help them get over this…
Me: “Do not worry. God used that water to help little grass seeds that were very thirsty. Now, come with me and we will get some more to water these seeds.”
This helped both of them change their focus. They then happily went back and forth with little cups of water to help out these ‘little grass seeds’. After doing this for a while, I decided to really make both of their days…
Me: “Well, now that these little seeds have the water they need, let us go to Shari’s Restaurant. How would you both like to have pancakes for dinner tonight?”
I knew this would be a hit. This restaurant was only two blocks away and was one of their favorite spots. They loved to color on the kid’s placemats. When the server came to get our drink order, one of my kids made a quick clarification…
Older son: “No water! No grass! No water!”
Me: “Yes, no water for him. Bring him a chocolate milk instead.”
Older son: “No! No one gets water. No one gets water!”
Me: “Oh yes… no waters for any of us. I will have a coffee though. My younger son already has a bottle, so nothing for him.”
The server was very pleasant and continued to be. At the end of the meal, she brought both of the boys a balloon. I tied them to their wrists and we walked home. When we were almost at the townhouse, my younger son’s balloon got loose and flew up into the sky. My older son became terrified and panicked.
Older son: “Mommy, get it back!”
Me: “I can’t! The balloon has gone up to the angels in Heaven. They love balloons.”
Older son: “I now hate balloons!”
Both the water and the balloons were such a tough thing for my older son. While I could pick up many things, I could not collect his water. While I could bring back many things, I could not retrieve his brother’s balloon. All of this was so painful.
Sub-Dream 1 over…
Me: Oh Father, why have You let me remember these painful memories?”
Jesus: “Erin, come up!”
He once again spoke to me while I sat in my devotional chair. His Voice was very clear.
Jesus: “Erin, I am here and I am with you. I was there with you then and I am here with you now. I am with your sons, both then and now. I was and am with your daughter too. I have never left.”
Me: “Oh Lord, my heart is grieving.”
Jesus: “Do not grieve what is not lost.”
Me: “Time is lost. I can’t get it back no matter what I do. Lord, I can’t get it back.”
Jesus: “While time is the greatest of mysteries to man, it is not to Me. Time has a different measure in eternity. Time here frames a second, a minute, an hour, a day, a week and so on. It is the framework of living. However, you are to remember that I am no respecter of time as you know it. This is because My Father in Heaven knows the various times. He determines this or that based on precision.
“Erin, God’s order and timing is always perfect. Now, if I can’t know exactly the hour, but My Father does, do I stress about this and worry that I could miss something? No, of course not. I see the signs and know the order. This is because My Father in Heaven and I are One. He sees all things and knows the order. I trust in My Father to determine the hour.”
Me: “But, Lord, there is nothing beyond You. You have charge over all of the Earth. You must know.”
Jesus: “In wisdom, you ask and make your case. However, you do not have knowledge of Kingdom Order. To you, this is to remain a mystery until the day you are Home. For now, trust in Me. Trust in My Father in Heaven over all things and trust My Voice, the Holy Spirit in you, that all works together for the good of those who love Me.”
Me: “Lord, cover my children. Bless them with good things. They are not worldly. I pray You give them keen awareness to discern from the enemy’s schemes. Please heal my older son’s liver and heal his medical issues. Please grant me this miracle for both of my sons. My younger son is not good with social skills. He is also not the sharpest.
“As for my daughter, could You please give her this dream job? She would have so much joy. Please. Please do this even though her third interview did not go as well as the first two interviews. Even so, she still hopes that they will hire her. Even though I am tired, I still pray for all three of my children with great fervor.”
Jesus: “I know that you pray constantly. I hear your prayers and they are good. They reach the Courts and Throne Room of Heaven and God answers them in His perfect timing.”
Me: “Lord, my heart is breaking. I am scared for my older son. I spoke with my greatest enemy and he now has a ministry. However, he has never apologized to me or the children for all of his trespasses against us. It is difficult to send my older son out there knowing the trouble he will endure. Please protect him.”
Jesus: “Do you trust Me?”
Me: “Of course.”
Jesus: “Then trust in the process I have put in place to carve out My Great Plan. I placed leaving on your son’s heart. I am God, Erin. Stop feeling guilty for allowing something you are not able to control. You are trying to micromanage Me.”
Me: “I am sorry. Oh Lord, I am so sorry.”
Jesus: “I know all of the parties involved better than you do. I know the treachery of your enemy. His idea of change is a ministry. He thinks this even though he thought just six months ago that I had called him to pour spirits at a local establishment. I did not and I would not. Erin, your greatest enemy doesn’t hear from Me. As for your older son, I have a Great Plan. Can you trust My process?”
Me: “Yes, Lord. However, I certainly can’t trust mine.”
Jesus: “Very good. I will then continue to do a good work. Now, you have other concerns.”
Me: “Forgive me in advance as I don’t want to get my hopes up. I am afraid about dreaming of Bend OR as it is just so out of reach for us in so many, many ways.”
Jesus: “I am God and I know Bend OR. I remember your heartbreak there. I remember your war. I remember your tears. I remember your pleas to help you find a home so that you could live safely there. Your children had great joy there. You worked hard. Still, it just wasn’t your time. Your memories are still there… the places you once went.”
Me: “Yes, but my children are adults now. They have no interest in parks there. Everything has now changed.”
Jesus: “I showed you something in a dream about Bend OR when all the walls were closing in on you there. Do you remember this dream?”
Me: “Yes. It doesn’t hurt that You just refreshed my memory as well…
Sub-Dream 2 “An old new dream of a Giant Board Game” begins…
I saw the area of Bend OR on a giant game board. I then saw Your mighty arm sweep everything away. Nothing was left. I then heard You speak…
Jesus: “This is Mine to do so with what I please!”
At that moment, I knew that You were in control over what was happening and I was not.
Sub-Dream 2 over…
“Oh Lord, I was so alone. I then watched the enemy destroy me bit by bit. I was helpless to stop it. I then forgave my enemies. I prayed and fasted. Finally, we had to leave for the desert. Once there, I was tricked and then attacked for five years. I had still kept a storage unit in Bend OR for our return. However, I finally let it go and the contents went to auction. I signed the contents over to the owner even though I was fully paid up. A big chapter had then closed for me there. All of it was so bittersweet.”
Jesus: “I was there with you. I am here with you. Erin, it’s okay. You were clinging to dreams I had placed upon your heart. It was Me. Erin, I am creative and I own the cattle on a thousand hills. You are not to be subject to the world. You are a subject of Heaven. I promise you that what I have planned there is much greater than anything you have imagined. Worry for nothing. Allow Me to carry you, okay?”
Me: “Yes, Lord.”
Jesus: “Remember that this (Bend OR) is the place I called you to originally and that I can call you there again. Great will be your joy. I will restore what the enemy has stolen from you. Now, trust My process as this will be good, understand? As for your daughter and this job, remember that they contacted her first. Trust My process to do a good work. While you do not know all of the differing elements to this, I do.
“I know hearts and I fashion each person’s way. Now rejoice as you are My Bride in Gold of Ophir. I could never forget you. You long to do My Will. I will therefore make your way perfect. You are unafraid to declare My Name. What I will do for the one who loves Me in the open. I promise you good things all of the days of your life. You have walked away from the wide road that leads away from My Will and into destruction.
“Erin, your children will follow you on the narrow road that leads to Me. I promise to guide them because I will always be walking beside them. As you know, the narrow road is not an easy one. However, I promise it will continue to be a treasure filled journey along the way. I have found you to be My Special Treasure as I have chosen you (Deuteronomy 14:2).”
Me: In tears. “I love You, Lord! Thank You! Thank You!”
Jesus: “You are welcome. Now, do not be afraid. Great will be your reward on Earth as it is in Heaven. I am with you always.”
Dream over…
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