Comments on: The Inevitable Tsunami http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/06/the-inevitable-tsunami.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Tue, 22 May 2012 03:53:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: M.E. Huffmasterhttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/06/the-inevitable-tsunami.html#comment-28554 M.E. Huffmaster Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:19:44 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/06/the-inevitable-tsunami.html#comment-28554 When I see suffering I can do little to mitigate, these verses from Lamentations give me comfort. Lamentations 3:21-23 (New International Version) 21 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: 22 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. We suffer because of the world being fallen and not only us, but the whole of our world. Sin has reduced everything to a pale shadow of what God created and no living creature escapes it. If God grants us visions and dreams of things (spiritual tsumanis) to come, it is to give us time to pray and prepare and seek Him while He can be found. As someone who occasionally has prophetic dreams, I too have experienced being unable to change what I know is to come. Old Testament prophets wept even as they prophesied to those who would carry out terrible deeds, unable to prevent what was to come. I once dreamt of the church where I gave my heart to Christ falling under the shadow of darkness, becoming a shell that held no light and it has come to pass. I told the pastor of the dream and he did apparently take it seriously, but it did not prevent the dream from becoming true years after he and the pastor who followed him left for other opportunities. I was not taken unawares, but it still hurts. May the crucible prove you as gold, Dan. crownring When I see suffering I can do little to mitigate, these verses from Lamentations give me comfort.

Lamentations 3:21-23 (New International Version)

21 Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:

22 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.

23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.

We suffer because of the world being fallen and not only us, but the whole of our world. Sin has reduced everything to a pale shadow of what God created and no living creature escapes it. If God grants us visions and dreams of things (spiritual tsumanis) to come, it is to give us time to pray and prepare and seek Him while He can be found.

As someone who occasionally has prophetic dreams, I too have experienced being unable to change what I know is to come. Old Testament prophets wept even as they prophesied to those who would carry out terrible deeds, unable to prevent what was to come. I once dreamt of the church where I gave my heart to Christ falling under the shadow of darkness, becoming a shell that held no light and it has come to pass. I told the pastor of the dream and he did apparently take it seriously, but it did not prevent the dream from becoming true years after he and the pastor who followed him left for other opportunities. I was not taken unawares, but it still hurts.

May the crucible prove you as gold, Dan.

crownring

]]> By: Cherylhttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/06/the-inevitable-tsunami.html#comment-28447 Cheryl Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:12:02 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/06/the-inevitable-tsunami.html#comment-28447 There is a man named Bryan P Carraway he is on staff at Regent University and has a interest in helping people interpret dreams and visions. I occassionally will have a dream that I am being overtaken by a tidalwave he said this to me..." Your tidal wave is more than likely a symbol for you of anxiety or dread over decisions or dread over the way things turn out...you will want eventually to have dreams where no tidal wave occurs or you'll want dreams in which you speak to the tidal wave and it dissipates...this signifies times of increasing faith..." (For me personally it happens over potential relationships when I know rejection is coming..) He recommended two books for charismatic perspective "Dreams and Visions" Jane Harmon and evangelical perspective "God Still Speaks Through Dreams" Greg Cynaumon Hope that helps a little. Am praying. Commentaries on Psalm 42:7 would help " Deep calleth unto deep..." There is a man named Bryan P Carraway he is on staff at Regent University and has a interest in helping people interpret dreams and visions.
I occassionally will have a dream that I am being overtaken by a tidalwave he said this to me…” Your tidal wave is more than likely a symbol for you of anxiety or dread over decisions or dread over the way things turn out…you will want eventually to have dreams where no tidal wave occurs or you’ll want dreams in which you speak to the tidal wave and it dissipates…this signifies times of increasing faith…”
(For me personally it happens over potential relationships when I know rejection is coming..)
He recommended two books for charismatic perspective “Dreams and Visions” Jane Harmon and evangelical perspective “God Still Speaks Through Dreams” Greg Cynaumon

Hope that helps a little. Am praying.
Commentaries on Psalm 42:7 would help ” Deep calleth unto deep…”

]]> By: Please Be Praying… @ Cerulean Sanctumhttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/06/the-inevitable-tsunami.html#comment-28440 Please Be Praying… @ Cerulean Sanctum Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:01:28 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/06/the-inevitable-tsunami.html#comment-28440 [...] tsunami hit us this morning. What this means for Cerulean Sanctum at this point in time…well, [...] [...] tsunami hit us this morning. What this means for Cerulean Sanctum at this point in time…well, [...]

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