Pom Poms and Fire Sticks

Some might say dreamers are deadbeats.  If so, count me in that group.  Of course, there are a lot of great characters in the Bible who were either dreamers or interpreters of dreams.  Long years ago I shared with a small group of pastors as we delved into a study which involved understanding our dreams.  It was a time of learning to keep a dream journal.   We were to encouraged to keep a pad next to the bed to write down as much of the dream as possible upon waking.  The other night I woke up from an interesting dream I wanted to remember and wrote down, "Pom poms and fire sticks," but the next morning the clues meant nothing.     

Dreams are elusive creatures.  They often disappear with the light of day.  As we read the dream stories in the Scripture, we discover that they can be a means of divine revelation.  When our conscious mind is finally put on the back burner and we are only left with the sub-conscious, God seems to have a way of getting through to us in our dream language.  Of course, as we begin to listen to that language, we often find that what might appear to be on the surface is really all about something else.    

Every part of our life can become a door to experiencing the presence of God and every moment can hold within it the possibility of a divine word which helps us with our living.  Perhaps, our dreams are not filled with the voice of an angel as was the case with Joseph long ago, but if we learn to listen even while we sleep, we may discover a new way that the Spirit is seeking to break into what we thought to be a mundane part of our lives.