RED ALRET! RED ALERT!
I actually had a dream last night…not a good one, either…
So, some of you may know that my wife, Christy, has occasionally blogged about her dreams–some of the craziest things I’ve ever heard of happen in her dreams…kissing Commander Chakotay, dating Mr. Incredible (yes, the superhero…). But me, never…I never dream…or at least, I thought so…
So we were at APU (Christy and I) in this building that was brand new. I think it was the Theology building, but it wasn’t the REAL new Theology building, it was one that had taken the place of the old one, but was much bigger. It had a huge lobby, filled with books, and sculptures and stuff…It was wider than it was long, and there were lots of windows and glass doors on the wide entrance wall-a wall that in my head now was facing the Rose Garden, but of course, the Rose Garden wasn’t there. It was a large patio. I think we were in the future…but not really…anywho. Weird things started going on outside, but we didn’t know what it was. Then everyone that was in the lobby (a substantial amount of people) stopped talking and milling about, and faced the doors and windows looking up. There were small explosions happening outside, in the air. People were throwing bombs, but these weren’t people, they were terrorists. (side note here, this part is very strange ’cause I’ve never been afraid of terrorists or anything). These homemade bombs were going off all over the place in the air. Slightly amusing now, is the fact that they were made out of those enema bags…filled up with explosive stuff…it was all homemade…
I think the worst part about the dream was the anticipation of what was going to happen next. Were they on the campus (like that old movie “Red Dawn”)? Were they going to invade the building? Was the building locked down? Was anyone helping from the outside? Was there a back way out that wasn’t surrounded by terrorists??
I absolutely woke up in a panic. It was one of the scariest feelings I’ve had. My heart was pounding. It was pitch black in our room and deathly silent. I can’t say I’ve experienced something like that in a loooonng time…very weird.
On another note, we tried to go see that Hitch movie again with our buds Mike and Karen. It was one of the worst movie going experiences I’ve had EVER. People were talking non-stop. Security from the theatre came in several times, asking people to leave. Kids kept coming in and out, talking and making noise. We finally left about 2/3 through the movie and got vouchers to come back another time. It was like being in a poorly-run Jr. High classroom. Just out-of-control…I’m sure you’ll hear about it from everyone else, too…but btw, that Hitch movie is GOOD…
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Psalm 36:5-7
Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens,
Your faithfulness to the skies.
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
Your justice like the great deep.
O Lord, you preserve both man and beast.
How priceless is your unfailing love!
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A beautiful picture of the Lord. I remember back to when I was a freshman at APU; I had a meeting with the Pastor of a church where I was leading worship. He asked me what God was teaching me, and I thought about it for a second and then responded with something like “That He is so big. So complex that we’ll never be able to actually fathom Him. That even our smartest Theologians and brightest professors will never be able to grasp even an ounce of His greatness, because He is so big.” I think he was dumbfounded…I don’t really remember what happened after that, or what he said, I just remember that he was not quite getting what I said…
