Dream 903 – These are the Seasons of New Beginnings!

Received on Sunday, May 25, 2025

Communion

Dear Father,

Thank You for another day!  Thank You for Your love and affection.  With all of the rain we have had, the area around us is more green than I can remember.  It is beautiful.  It is such a gift to be given the beauty of spring.  Bless You, Father, for Your promises to us are represented in signs throughout the natural world around us.

For the first time since eons ago, I spotted a male and female cardinal sitting next to each other on our seed tray.  They were so skittish that, by the time I went to retrieve my camera, they were gone.  This was on Friday.  This weekend, I saw flashes of cardinals in the trees.  I pray that they will stay here and nest this year.  On Tuesday, I spotted a Coopers Hawk hunting the Mourning Doves.

The hawk had taken down at least two doves before it flew off.  While it makes me happy for the hawk to find food, it makes me sad for the young doves in its talons.  The young doves have been courting each other and pairing up.  It made for a sad sight to see other doves all alone without their mates.  Of course, I have no way to know if any couples were actually taken down.

A lone Evening Grossbeak has also been lingering here for the last few days, joined by a noisy Grackle (my older son’s favorite bird).  However, the saddest and sweetest commentary in our feeding area has been a young male turkey with a broken leg.  This turkey has been shielded and protected by the head male turkey.  This head turkey then follows the injured turkey to our feeder so it can eat.  This time though our dog scared both of them back up the hill before they could eat.

I pray the injured young turkey lives another day.  However, with the size of the chief turkey and its plumed feathers, I am sure it will.  We have also had three hummingbirds visiting our nectar feeders so far.  They seem at home here, so I am glad they found their way home to us despite all they have to endure to return.  God, all of these sightings are parables.

The month of May has been the most active month of bird parables we have ever had in our yard.  This is You speaking to us.  Another thing my son and I encountered when stopped for road construction was a massive flock of swallows.  They were all going in so many directions that it was entertaining.  It was so beautiful and within just a few feet of our car.  I then heard Your clear Voice speaking to me…

“Now comes the Seasons of Changes!”

I have heard Your Voice several times whispering to me so clearly.  It is so clear that, when I wake up from my deep sleep, I question if I was awake or still asleep when You spoke to me.  I then realized it was a dream… or was it?

This week, I have been going through old papers and records.  For the first time, my husband and I are in full agreement that this is the year to make changes or at least begin them.  We have so many things that our kids have stored here.  We are now figuring out how to get all of this to them so my husband and I can sort out our own items.

It is amazing how a family of seven can amass so much over just 11 years.  However, it is also a time to focus on helping them streamline and let go as my husband and I already started to do this last year.  It doesn’t mean that we are selling, just that we are doing what the Lord has asked of us.  To get our houses in order means good management.  It means to be good stewards over what the Lord has given us.

To me, so much of what I cling to is a stronghold.  In the beginning of my dreams, I was an interior designer and illustrator.  Anyone who knows a designer knows they carry remnants of jobs, such as fabric, books, tools of the trade, architectural pieces and other accumulated items of value.  Most of my high valued items were sold and auctioned years ago, so items I now have are well loved and have a good story.

Now though, through these dreams, I have told my stories.  I have had my adventures and now it is time to remove the things from my profession.  I am now retired from this, which means closing a chapter, a book of my life, I once held dear.  There is my drafting table and other tools of the trade.  These are often now things that remind me of my shortcomings.  Why hold on to them when I know they will be blessings to others?

Our kids no longer use my crafting bench and sewing supplies.  Creativity has now been given over to their jobs and other activities.  Gone are the afternoons with projects and dioramas due for school.  It is time to let go of these supplies and memories as they are not returning to them.  During Covid, these things kept our crew busy and sharp.  However, they now seem like grim reminders of a very sad time.  All is electronic now.

I found myself over the years stocking up in case of shortages.  We live in the country and me doing this over the years has saved us so many times.  Even if there were shortages again, You, Father, have always provided.  You always have a new way.  I will now keep things that I know I will use or do use and the rest can go.  I am turning over my ‘just in case’ to my ‘let go, let God’ case.  How can the enemy short us when I trust in You to provide for all things?

Worrying and always planning ahead for disasters served a purpose at times, but now it is useless.  It has at times shackled me.  You then whisper to me, ‘Forget the former things, Erin, for I am doing a new thing here.’  I then cling to Your Words.  You are also preparing me to paint again on canvas.  I am excited about this.  It has been many years… a lifetime ago.  I will finally make peace with my brush.  This will be a journey!

Now I find myself thinking about what exactly the term ‘stronghold’ means.  It is like the talons of a Coopers Hawk.  It is a stronghold in us in which only You can create a way out for us.  It is a way in which the enemy robs us of our full freedom and potential in God’s Kingdom… that is, His purpose in our lives.

Pressure and worry create in us such weakness that we often can’t even see that we are firmly in the sights of the enemy and then finally in his grip.  This leads to distractions, anxiety, sleeplessness, depression and harmful choices that create compounding problems.  The enemy can even convince us to ignore our problems.

The enemy can also manipulate us into being lazy, neglecting God and/or being led to other sinful missteps.  Before we know it, the hawk is consuming us while we are in its grips.  Well, now is the time to be free!  We are to let go and realize we are free and in Your loving arms.  Father, we want to be firmly in Your ‘grasp’ and no one else’s.

I had quite the vivid dream last night…

Sub-dream 1 “A Long-Lost Diamond” begins…

I had gone to visit a friend of ours with my daughter.  He was living alone and we had not heard from him for a while.  When we arrived, he was working in his carpentry shop.  I had no idea he was a carpenter at all.  He was making furniture.  However, something odd then happened.  In front of us was an old Breakfront Cupboard of mine.

He had removed the top and created a chest with ten drawers of various sizes.  It was beautiful.  He had sandblasted or stripped it of its finish and the grain was slightly raised.  It was a bleached light oak.  The drawers were dovetailed and flush with the frame.  I was able to suddenly see beauty in something that I had once let go of.

Me:  “I can’t believe this.  You brought this back to life.  It is a whole new piece.”

Friend:  “Well, I have something I found in the back of one of the drawers.  It was jammed and in a small envelope with your name on it.”

My daughter:  “Oh mom, this is exciting.”

Me:  “What is it?”

He handed me the tiny manilla envelope.  It had a string looped around a paper disc.  It was old and it looked like my grandmother’s handwriting.  The envelope had something large in it.  I unraveled the string and opened it.  It was a large teardrop diamond.  I couldn’t speak.

Daughter:  Gasping.  “Oh mom, it is beautiful.”

Friend:  “Here, I found this behind three rows of drawers below it.  It think it is the appraisal, but part of it is damaged, so you will likely need to see its worth.”

Me:  “I have never seen this before.  I would have known.”

Friend:  “Given the size of this diamond, you should sell it, pay your debts and then find a new home.”

Me:  “Do you think it is real?”

Friend:  “An appraisal report was made and the carats listed make this quite valuable.”

Daughter:  “Oh mom, it looks like a 100-carat diamond!”

Me:  Still in shock.  “My grandparents were simple.  My parents were not rich.  They had very little. They were slightly better off than we are now”

Friend:  “Well, your name is on this.  It is yours.”

Daughter:  “God created a way for you, mom!  Celebrate!”

Me:  To my friend.  “But I owe you something!”

Friend:  “No, you don’t.  I owe you.”

Me:  “No, you don’t.”

He then offered me back my restored furniture piece.

Friend:  “This is for you too.  Do you like it?”

Daughter:  “It is so cool now.  It wasn’t very nice before, but I now love it.  Mom, take it!”

When I placed my hand on the chest, I woke up suddenly.

Sub-dream 1 over…

Father, You have done everything for me and my family.  You are my Greatest Gift.  You are my Treasure and my Diamond.  I am thankful for You.  In my dream, the envelope had my grandmother’s handwriting.  This is because she taught me the Lord’s Prayer and took us to church when we were little.  She helped lead me to You and I am so grateful to her.

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.  I found you.  I called you.  You are My treasure.”

Me:  Crying.  “You are mine, Lord.”

Jesus:  “As you can see, Erin, I send signs ahead of your path so you know if anything might be rocky or with many twists or turns ahead.  This is similar to a country road with road signs of what is to come and what to watch for.  It is the same here.  Your dream is of a lost treasure you didn’t even realize was handed down to you.  Your worries were gone!  This was transformative and all of your burdens were removed in an instant.

“Erin, this is the time of New Beginnings.  A Change, a Great Change, is coming to you.  It will impact so many.  It is a break in the frontline!”

Me:  “Lord, what was the meaning of the Breakfront Cabinet.  The complete top, or Breakfront, was removed, leaving the cabinet or chest.”

Jesus:  “You are currently facing a stronghold of the enemy.  It is subtle, but it holds you where you are.  While you are on the frontline holding off the attacks daily, you are not advancing.  You are depressed in the trenches and you have accepted your lot until there is a breakthrough to advance.  You are tired, weak, discouraged and entrenched in the darkness surrounding you.

“However, you have held the line and have not allowed the enemy to overcome you.  Well, I am telling you this… there will be a Breaking of the Dawn.  This ‘Break’ is coming and, through this, you will break out forward and chase down your adversary.  You will not relent and great will be your advancement.  Erin, I am after the hearts… the ‘chest’.”

Me:  “Oh Lord, You are so brilliant and wise.  Darkness is closing in now.  We see it daily.  Foreigners with cultures that oppose Christianity is now flooding the nations.  Our hands are tied and we remain entrenched in enemy territories.  Please help us, Lord, as all of this is so discouraging.”

Jesus:  “I have you.  Do not worry.  I will send help and you will be set free.  I know it has been difficult and I know your husband can’t find work.  However, you have only to see how quickly I move concerning your children to understand that it is I who makes a way when there seems to be none.  Erin, do you recall your favorite Psalm for this?”

Me:  “Yes.  It is Psalm 46!”

Jesus:  “Then understand that whatever happens all around you, remember My Spirit is in you and with you and you will not fall.  I will help you at ‘The Break of Day’.  Continue on your course.  This is a year of New Beginnings for you and your house.  You are free.  You are Mine.  You are loved by the King… Me!  Now rejoice as you will have energy again.  Whatever you pray for in My Name will be granted to you.  Your faith will increase day-by-day and great will be your joy.  I have you.”

Me:  “What do we do next?”

Jesus:  “Well, in your dream, you were blessed beyond measure just visiting a friend.  You went about your daily works and found a treasure you never knew you had all along.”

Me:  “Does this mean that I have something somewhere that could move us?”

Jesus:  “Yes, Erin… Me!  I am the One you come to.  Let Me work out your miracles.”

Me:  Happily.  “Of course, Lord!  Sorry I didn’t say that right away.”

Jesus:  “Erin, rejoice!  These are the Seasons of New Beginnings!  One other thing to remember… the turkey who was wounded was shielded by a very large protector and nothing could harm it.  Though you are injured and in great pain at times, remember that I am over you and I have sent angels concerning you to guard you in all you do.  You are Mine, understand?”

Me:  “Thank You, Lord!”

Jesus:  “You are welcome.  I am here.  Now, let’s get our hearts ready for New Beginnings!

Dream over…

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