Don't Look Back, Leap Forward With Joy

A few short years ago I had a dream. As I revisit this dream I am reminded to not look back on things in my life but to look forward and advance forward. It is OK to remember things of the past that the Lord did for you or touched your life in a special way. It is not OK to yearn to go back and live where you lived a day, month, year, or years ago. Do not be tempted with that for it is far greater to walk on the journey that leads you closer to the goal or destiny for your life. Things may have seemed like they were much more fun back then. In reality the best is truly yet to come if you continue to advance forward and not creep backwards. Does that make sense? Equate it to this...say you are a photographer and you are very talented and considered an expert in this area. You must have had the desire inside of you since you were a young child to take photographs more than likely, right? Well, if you look back on your childhood years they probably seemed to be much more fun than maybe your life right now is that fair to say? As children we play and dream of what we will do when we grow up and then play some more. You may have even had a camera that you received as a gift and took a few pictures of people back then. Now, in the present season of your life you cultivated that natural talent of taking photographs and now you are walking in that destiny or on the path to the destiny. If you look back and yearn for those childhood days filled with fun and worry free it would take you away from what you have achieved so far in your life. It is OK to look back with fond memories but it is more exciting to look forward with anticipation of what the next day holds for you and your life. Another new opportunity to capture someones smile, a somber moment, the stillness of the leaves in a tree when the day is lacking of strong winds. What about that most beautiful rainbow in the sky or the very moment when the light streams though a break in the clouds? The talent you have today far surpasses the raw talent you had as a child photographer. So why would you want to look back and yearn for those days when truly the best and most perfect days are just ahead of you. It is so close to you that if you reached out a hand you would almost be able to grab onto it. Hang in there and keep advancing forward because when I look into the sky and see a break and stream of light come forth in the midst of clouds that is when I say to myself that must be grace. Remember what I told you grace stands for:
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Prophetic Dream From 12/26/05
The early morning of Christmas Eve Day, I awoke from a prophetic dream. I was uneasy about the nature of the dream until the Holy Spirit gave me the interpretation…
I appeared to look like I had wealth, but I knew the dream was of my current time in life. My situation now. A man followed me and I ducked into an apartment building. There was a wood frame door with a glass window as the inside part of the door. I was on the side of the door on the stoop of the inside entrance way of the apartment. The man was on the outside of the door. I was able to see his profile, messy, sandy, light brown hair. The only thing between us was the door. I had a choice to make, either take a chance and go past this man outside or go up 7 steps to an all white door to let you into the apartment complex. I took the chance and went outside because I was afraid of the unknown past the white door, not knowing the people there was fear.
The man robbed me and I said to him I only have $262.00 and that was my rent money. He gave me something back and I don’t remember what it was. The next thing I knew he was behind some news stand outside the apartment and I distinctively saw a man with dark hair peak around the corner and I know he saw the incident. I went into the agency where he was and I had to walk through stuff that reminded me of muck to get to him. When I reached him, he told me he didn’t see anything and he couldn’t help me.

The Holy Spirit then showed me what was behind the white door if I would have went forward instead of behind me…
There was floral wallpaper and a woman with blonde hair approached me with a smile. Then there was a tall man with dark hair that looked like Ted Danson approach me with two bags of gifts for me…

The Holy Spirit showed me not to go back but to move ahead, forward. There are gifts waiting for me, not to be afraid of moving forward. It’s not good to go “back.” The man was from an agency that’s suppose to help people i.e. Department of Jobs and Family Services. I had to go through all kinds of muck to get to the employee and even at that, he couldn’t/wouldn’t help me.

A dear friend gave me further interpretation of the dream:
Giving me courage in the dream to let me not miss things that God has for me.
2 witness Father/Son
6 human, man
2 witness Father/Son
10 God’s government, the government is on God’s shoulders
The number 7 is perfection

My daughter has always loved taking photographs. She recently sent me a photograph she took with the comment on the back stating that it almost looked like a post card. I am going to include this photograph today to give you a peek at hope.