Over the summer of 2018, I spent a week+ at Camp Wonderland in Wisconsin, with the Central Bible Leadership Institute.
This is a conference for Salvation Army people, during which we spend time singing, praying, listening, studying together.
During one of the times when we were singing, we sang a song which had lyrics about going deeper into God's love. There seem to be a whole bunch of these songs lately, somehow 'going deep' is popular. But it seems pretty scary to me- I mean, I think about deep oceans and I think about movies like the Titanic and Life of Pi where the ocean was not a friend.
A few years earlier I had a vision while praying/meditating, which was about going up onto shore from the ocean of time. Time passed slowly the shallower the water got- and the more time spent in God's presence, the shallower the water became. Time could disappear completely if one were to spend all their time with God. The vision was that of a tropical island, lots of sandy beach and palm tree. But it was overall a small island, in my mind.
Fast forward to last summer (2018), and I'm closing my eyes while we're singing about going deeper into God's love. And as I mentioned above, oceans are not the most comforting of images for someone who is 'worst case scenario' like me- a person can't go deep into an ocean and hope to survive. Instead I thought about an island, again, like the island of God's presence which protects from time. But this time I was challenged- why is the island so small? So then I pictured a large island, covered in dark green vegetation, rising into a mountain. The island seemed scary to me, because a person can get lost in the jungle, and who knows what sort of creatures are in there. So God suggested this was an island covered with a city. I was still scared- cities are notorious for crime, notorious for danger from one stranger to another. And somehow it was dark in my vision, it was night time. But God said, this city is filled with doors, and no matter which door you knock on, it will be opened to you, light will spill out and you will be received with love. Behind every door is someone who loves you, someone who wants you there, someone who will invite you in and be happy to have you.
On the island of God's love, behind every door is someone who loves you.
This is a conference for Salvation Army people, during which we spend time singing, praying, listening, studying together.
During one of the times when we were singing, we sang a song which had lyrics about going deeper into God's love. There seem to be a whole bunch of these songs lately, somehow 'going deep' is popular. But it seems pretty scary to me- I mean, I think about deep oceans and I think about movies like the Titanic and Life of Pi where the ocean was not a friend.
A few years earlier I had a vision while praying/meditating, which was about going up onto shore from the ocean of time. Time passed slowly the shallower the water got- and the more time spent in God's presence, the shallower the water became. Time could disappear completely if one were to spend all their time with God. The vision was that of a tropical island, lots of sandy beach and palm tree. But it was overall a small island, in my mind.
Fast forward to last summer (2018), and I'm closing my eyes while we're singing about going deeper into God's love. And as I mentioned above, oceans are not the most comforting of images for someone who is 'worst case scenario' like me- a person can't go deep into an ocean and hope to survive. Instead I thought about an island, again, like the island of God's presence which protects from time. But this time I was challenged- why is the island so small? So then I pictured a large island, covered in dark green vegetation, rising into a mountain. The island seemed scary to me, because a person can get lost in the jungle, and who knows what sort of creatures are in there. So God suggested this was an island covered with a city. I was still scared- cities are notorious for crime, notorious for danger from one stranger to another. And somehow it was dark in my vision, it was night time. But God said, this city is filled with doors, and no matter which door you knock on, it will be opened to you, light will spill out and you will be received with love. Behind every door is someone who loves you, someone who wants you there, someone who will invite you in and be happy to have you.
On the island of God's love, behind every door is someone who loves you.
Would this city have any relation to the city at the end of Revelation?
ReplyDelete:-) I hope so!!
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