Dream 951 – The Time of Mustard Seed Faith
Received on Monday, May 18, 2026
Communion
Dear Father,
Thank You for another day here! Thank You for Your love and patience with me! You use the attacks of the enemy as teachable moments in our lives. You turn tragedy into triumph and our trials into training. Chasing after You, Father, is easy but staying in the enduring race of faith over time is not always easy. Faith fatigue sets in.
Battle fatigue…
You reminded me yesterday, that the car accident I was in (on May 8th) brought back a flood of memories of a very very long battle. There was no real win in that battle which dragged on for eight years. My journal pages recorded my struggles. The accident, no doubt, moved my walk closer to You and Your purposes for me in this life and for this, I am forever grateful. In the wilderness I was isolated and focused on You and my daily routine. I had a purpose to serve You and care for our home. I had no choice but to do this as I no longer could physically work in the capacity I once expected to nor could I physically enjoy the recreation I once loved like golf and other activities.
Since the wilderness was focused on my physical rest from my career work and my spiritual endurance to draw nearer to You, Father, I found such joy! You kept me close and safe and prepared me for the time You had promised for me when You would bring us out of the wilderness, back to the place of my heart.
The accident framed a twelve year period. Maybe I should call this the wilderness period.
I have felt a shift, like a turning point has occurred in my spirit of which I cannot explain. The accident and removal of these twelve vessels marked the ending of one block of time and the beginning of a new period in my life.
The week of the accident and right after, I received confirmation that I was to extend our rental agreement in our current home. Father, You have promised me a home and I was approved the day of the accident, but the approval was too small and would not allow for three bedrooms–so my children would need to relocate. Of course, eventually they will but for now we need to remain together until You create another way for them. So, I knew that this was not the way for me right now.
A lot can happen in a year, especially after the year we just came through. I know You have built the perfect home for me and You will show me this at the proper time and make this easy and affordable. Your will would be for me to not owe a bank at all, so I will pray and believe for this in advance because nothing is impossible for You, Lord.
Back to battle fatigue…
I haven’t been feeling well. My neck and back and even my knees hurt. I saw a physician on Friday and she thinks the seatbelt pulled out one of my heart leads from my pacemaker. The wire is protruding from under my skin.
I see the enemy working overtime from a resurgence of the past brought into the present; Old enemies make a comeback, Old heart wounds resurface and with them, memories. This is what the enemy does. He has no new ideas, it is the same old playbook. Just the sequel to the once successful battle against me.
SparrowCloud9: Place of the Heart Battle 2.0
Well, I’m displaying all the signs of battle fatigue.
Physical: Exhaustion, jumpiness, rapid heart rate, insomnia, nausea, and what the search engine describes as the, “thousand-yard stare”.
Mental: Slowed reaction times, poor concentration, memory gaps, confusion and inability to make basic decisions.
The emotional description in the definition of “battle fatigue” doesn’t fit, thank You, Father. Instead I’ve been weeping silently, I’ve had deep sorrow along with periods of laughter and joy–hope in the midst of it. Strength and resignation completely to God as clearly I recognize that this is a supernatural battle.
Behavioral: Social withdrawal, hesitation and loss of motivation.
The good news is it’s temporary. It’s part of the plans of the enemy in Daniel 7:25, “Wearing out the saints period”. The Hebrew meaning of “wearing out” is a slow process of grinding or slowly draining one’s strength over a long period through constant hardship and affliction.
Father, You have allowed this in us so we lack no good thing. So, please help me endure. Strengthen me in these battles so I am prepared for what is to come.
I believe You must have a weapon in that war chest that I haven’t learned to use yet. Help!
Sub-dream 1 “The Water Buffalo & The Baskets” begins…
I was in a hill area of Africa. I was following a tribe leader down a narrow but steep path between two rocky sides of a crevice. The path was covered in thick, matted woven grass which was light brown and spongy to my feet. It was uncomfortable because the path would be easier to go down without this covering. After awhile, I found myself longing for solid ground for my feet.
Suddenly a whistle and a horn sounded. A herd of water buffalo ran up the path toward us and at the last second went over the crevice and fell off it on the right. They were frightening.
Behind the buffalo that triggered the herd was a tribal army with spears and shields colorfully decorated. They were charging at us, wanting to kill us. The tribe leader I was following turned to me and pushed me through to an opening in the crevice rock. There I stepped through into another place, away from the trouble. It seemed like a different dimension.
In front of me were seven baskets, each containing seeds.
To my left were three large baskets and in the middle was a small basket and to the right were three more large baskets. Suddenly to my right was an angel of the Lord.
Angel: “Erin, what do you see in the baskets?”
Me: “Plenty of seeds. They are mixed and the baskets are full. Then there’s a small basket of tiny seeds, also full. Then the fifth basket only has a few seeds, the sixth and seventh are empty. What does it mean?”
Angel: “I have a message from God for His children. The baskets represent years of planting seeds. Pick up the small basket and carry it to this mountain.”
The angel pointed to a familiar place I have been before. I carried the basket through the wooden gate and stood at the base of the mountain at dawn. The fog was low over my head so I couldn’t see ahead of me, where I was going. I just knew it was Holy Ground.
Angel: “This is what the Lord says, ‘I have prepared a place for you with Me. I have shown you this place through dreams and visions, scribes and prophets. What is like the Paradise spoken of two thousand years ago? This world will soon fade away but I will remain and My words will be etched in your hearts for eternity. The sorrows you are having are for a short season and I have counted every tear. I love you and I am God over all things. My Truth and My Word is your testimony.
“‘Now, the small basket of seeds represent the faith you will need in the middle of this journey. These are mustard seeds. Each of you needs but one to shake the nations because I am in you. Now Erin, pour out the seeds, I am with you.’”
The angel came over to me and motioned for me to lift the basket towards God in Heaven. Then a mighty wind came from the East.
Angel: “Release the seeds to the wind.”
My hands were shaking but my arms were strong. The winds took the small seeds and carried them where they should go.
Angel (speaking for God): “Erin, even though things seem dark and disparaging and troubles seem to have no end, I am here with you! It is I who carries you. I carry the weak, the old and the young, and the tired in My arms so they should not faint or grow weary. This is your time of mustard seed faith. Thus sayeth the Lord God in Heaven!”
Sub-dream 1 over…
Thank You, Father, for this dream. So many of Your children need to know You are here.
Jesus: “I’m here, Erin. I am with you. Do not be afraid. You must not condemn yourself for mistakes made on the course of doing My will. Don’t condemn yourself. Set yourself free. You have allowed the enemy to use battles of years ago to wear you down today. Remember, I allowed these battles in your life to instruct you in the battle and beyond this. If there be an area which you need to repent for entertaining an enemy trick or scheme–even partnering with the enemy without knowledge–then I would tell you immediately. This way the enemy does not gain a foothold.
“So now, understand they have no new schemes, nothing new. They only attack using old, once successful strategies. But this has not changed–I am the voice saying, ‘No, Erin, stop, this is the way, walk in it.’ The weariness you are experiencing is because of the wound which struck you. It will heal. Now, there is a reason for all of this and you will understand it as good and helpful to so many with the same questions.
“The good news is I am with you in this. This is good because apart from Me–one mustard seed let alone a whole basket of them will mean nothing more than the making of mustard. Understand?”
Me: “I didn’t think of it like that.”
Jesus: “If you have the faith of just one, Erin, you will say to that mountain, ‘Go into the sea’, and it will be done for you. You don’t need a basket of them to plant fields, only one. Only one. Understand?”
Me: “I think so. Help me, Lord. Help my faith. I believe there is nothing You can’t do! Anything is possible for You, Lord. Help me.”
Jesus: “You ask in earnest! This is good. I love you. Help is here!”
Dream over…
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