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bambam:
I had a dream last night. I met someone wonderful, who was a gentleman. He was sweet, and kind and nice to me. He loved me, and wanted to marry me. I think I loved him, and I knew he was a good man, but the catch was that I was already married. It sounded all sweet and peachy before that came up in my dream. This man who wanted to marry me, was everything good and honorable in a man, yet I was already married. So, to marry him would have been a sin. In the dream we vowed to meet secretly at a church and get married. We did not specify what church. So, I went to a christian church, and he went to a buddhist temple to meet me. Needless to say we didn't go through with it, because I realized what I was doing. When he found out I did not want to marry him, he tried so hard to convince me to marry him. He was never mean or nasty, just pleading with me seemingly as a gentleman, even though he knew I was already married.
When I woke up, I was bothered. This is not the first time I have had a dream like this. There is no one else in my life besides my husband, whom I dearly love. It just did not make any sense to me because I have absolutely no desire to marry, or fall in love with, or even meet any one else. I laid in my bed staring at my hubby, thinking and feeling sad that I would dream something like that. But suddenly, as clear as day I saw exactly in my mind what exactly the dream meant.
I'm already married, and if I fall in love with someone good, who is only the kindest of gentlemen-if we plan to get married and do everything by the book-saving ourselves for the wedding night etc., does it make any difference?? No. I would be a harlot anyways.
The wheels were turning in my head. The Bible talks alot about being a harlot. Is it the so called church and church systems in the world that is the harlot? If you think about it, the church systems sound so good and nice, and you are a good person if you attend and do everything by the book and behave right, but you're still a harlot because your first love should be Christ.
I used to struggle so much with the thought that my church was wrong. The people are wonderful, and everyone is loving and kind for the most part. We have been "blessed" materially, and the church is "growing". So it held me back from believing that my church could be so wrong. But it makes so much sense now.
I remember in my dream thinking, "Wow, he doesn't even want to touch me until we are married, he has good integrity." But he still tried to woo me from my husband. Is that what the christian community is doing? Wooing people away from Christ-the real Christ?
Maybe you all can point me to some scriptures on this matter. Thanks. ;)
Beth
Ninny:
Beth,
I'll leave the scriptures for someone quicker than I on that, but I'd say this whole thing is reflecting your struggle between being faithful to your husband as pertaining to the ministry and your love of truth as pertaining to Bible Truths. It's a spiritual battle that you are fighting and your body mind and soul are all engaged! I will offer you extra prayer and support! Rest, girl! The battle is the Lords! Put yourself into God's hands and hide there until the battle is won! there is a mighty large refuge in the Heart of God!
Isa 41:10 Fear thou not; am with thee: be not dismayed; for am thy God I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Kathy :-*
meee:
Beth , I agree with Kathy. It's this whole struggel within you that is waging war, not even letting you rest in your sleep. When God directs you will tell your husband about all this and and then some peace will come I believe, for you. It did for me.
Hold on , we're praying on your behalf, for you, your children and hubby.
luv,meee
mharrell08:
--- Quote from: bambam on June 16, 2009, 03:42:38 PM ---I had a dream last night. I met someone wonderful, who was a gentleman. He was sweet, and kind and nice to me. He loved me, and wanted to marry me. I think I loved him, and I knew he was a good man, but the catch was that I was already married. It sounded all sweet and peachy before that came up in my dream. This man who wanted to marry me, was everything good and honorable in a man, yet I was already married. So, to marry him would have been a sin. In the dream we vowed to meet secretly at a church and get married. We did not specify what church. So, I went to a christian church, and he went to a buddhist temple to meet me. Needless to say we didn't go through with it, because I realized what I was doing. When he found out I did not want to marry him, he tried so hard to convince me to marry him. He was never mean or nasty, just pleading with me seemingly as a gentleman, even though he knew I was already married.
When I woke up, I was bothered. This is not the first time I have had a dream like this. There is no one else in my life besides my husband, whom I dearly love. It just did not make any sense to me because I have absolutely no desire to marry, or fall in love with, or even meet any one else. I laid in my bed staring at my hubby, thinking and feeling sad that I would dream something like that. But suddenly, as clear as day I saw exactly in my mind what exactly the dream meant.
I'm already married, and if I fall in love with someone good, who is only the kindest of gentlemen-if we plan to get married and do everything by the book-saving ourselves for the wedding night etc., does it make any difference?? No. I would be a harlot anyways.
The wheels were turning in my head. The Bible talks alot about being a harlot. Is it the so called church and church systems in the world that is the harlot? If you think about it, the church systems sound so good and nice, and you are a good person if you attend and do everything by the book and behave right, but you're still a harlot because your first love should be Christ.
I used to struggle so much with the thought that my church was wrong. The people are wonderful, and everyone is loving and kind for the most part. We have been "blessed" materially, and the church is "growing". So it held me back from believing that my church could be so wrong. But it makes so much sense now.
I remember in my dream thinking, "Wow, he doesn't even want to touch me until we are married, he has good integrity." But he still tried to woo me from my husband. Is that what the christian community is doing? Wooing people away from Christ-the real Christ?
Maybe you all can point me to some scriptures on this matter. Thanks. ;)
Beth
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Your dream has nothing to do with meeting any man of the flesh and/or marrying in the flesh...nor any 'wooing' by a church.
Matt 25:1-6
1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Matt 9:14-15 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
John 3:28-30 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I [John the Baptist] said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He [Christ - bridesgroom] must increase, but I must decrease.
Rev 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Though your husband is the head of your household, it is not sin to serve the Lord, first and foremost. By serving the Lord in all patience and humility, you honor your husband.
Don't look for any man of the flesh, just because they believe in some truths, to be your answer. Trust in the Lord and He will be faithful. :)
Marques
Robin:
--- Quote ---But he still tried to woo me from my husband. Is that what the christian community is doing? Wooing people away from Christ-the real Christ?
--- End quote ---
I have come to believe that the scripture below is talking about the church. I could be wrong, but it looks that way to me.
Proverbs 5
1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom,
listen well to my words of insight,
2 that you may maintain discretion
and your lips may preserve knowledge.
3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey,
and her speech is smoother than oil;
4 but in the end she is bitter as gall,
sharp as a double-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death;
her steps lead straight to the grave.
6 She gives no thought to the way of life;
her paths are crooked, but she knows it not.
7 Now then, my sons, listen to me;
do not turn aside from what I say.
8 Keep to a path far from her,
do not go near the door of her house,
9 lest you give your best strength to others
and your years to one who is cruel,
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth
and your toil enrich another man's house.
11 At the end of your life you will groan,
when your flesh and body are spent.
12 You will say, "How I hated discipline!
How my heart spurned correction!
13 I would not obey my teachers
or listen to my instructors.
14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin
in the midst of the whole assembly."
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
running water from your own well.
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets,
your streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone,
never to be shared with strangers.
18 May your fountain be blessed,
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer—
may her breasts satisfy you always,
may you ever be captivated by her love.
20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress?
Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?
21 For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD,
and he examines all his paths.
22 The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him;
the cords of his sin hold him fast.
23 He will die for lack of discipline,
led astray by his own great folly.
Proverbs 6
23 For these commands are a lamp,
this teaching is a light,
and the corrections of discipline
are the way to life,
24 keeping you from the immoral woman,
from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.
25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyes,
26 for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread,
and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap
without his clothes being burned?
28 Can a man walk on hot coals
without his feet being scorched?
29 So is he who sleeps with another man's wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.
30 Men do not despise a thief if he steals
to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,
though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32 But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment;
whoever does so destroys himself.
33 Blows and disgrace are his lot,
and his shame will never be wiped away;
34 for jealousy arouses a husband's fury,
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35 He will not accept any compensation;
he will refuse the bribe, however great it is.
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