Dreams and Awakenings

  
My life long I have been blessed and cursed with dreams. I think that is why I am often exhausted in my waking life, in that when I go to sleep at nights, that is when my second life begins and I have some amazing journeys and experiences. My dreams all seem so real that the distinction between waking and sleeping can be blurred. That runs too, to my emotions and I can often take a few hours on stirring to feel myself again. 
This year I have been waiting for Nathan to visit me. He passed tragically in January 2015 and I have wanted so much to spend time with him. I have encountered many other beautiful times with those that I have loved who have since left: my Dad, my lovely friend Lianne and my father-in-law Mike. I have also danced with the living – Sian, my brother Gary and my Mum. 
So often my dreams are of tidal waves and most recently, I have started to encounter dreams where I experience supernatural evil – and the dream has left me bereft in my waking. I have learned over the years to identify the feeling in my dream – these dreams are of fear, darkness, being out of control, lost ,alone and abandoned. Themes that I possibly do not wish to accept in my waking consciousness, but they are there none-the-less. And I must pay attention to these. 
I had a beautiful experience recently and I now feel the need to share it with you. This was the same experience that biblical Samuel had in 1 Samuel 3:1. This sermon was preached at my Church service today and I feel blessed to share this with you. 
Earlier this month, I was fast asleep in bed with my 2 dogs. I woke up to hear my name being called. It was loud and clear and cut through the night darkness. “ROSALIND, I LOVE YOU. I HAVE YOU!’
I woke up and searched the room whilst lying still waiting to see who had spoken. Pepper was snoring loudly and his snores could easily be mistaken for words. I felt that someone had spoken me awake. It wasn’t Dad and it wasn’t Nathan. I didn’t know who it was and so I drifted back to sleep. 
I then had a horrible dream about darkness and evil but on waking I remembered the lightness and pureness of the voice that spoke to me. It dawned on me as I caught my train to London that day, that it was indeed GOD that had spoken to me. I felt the intuition that HE was saying that i would be encounter dark days ahead but that HE had me covered and I was to not be fearful.
Since then, I have had significant expense with my roof being replaced, my Lexy ate a poisoned mushroom and had to be hospitalised, I fractured my toe, my mum was rushed to hospital with a kidney infection and I was involved in a car accident. But despite it all, I know that God has me covered and I feel protected. 
How beautiful to have heard his voice that night and to know that there may be even darker days ahead than those I have known this year. I pray that this is not the case. But even if it is, I am loved by my heavenly father above. HE called me by name that night – I have nothing to fear.