"What does it mean when someone has a dream about someone dying?," a student asked, brow furrowed.
"It depends. What was the context? Were they being hunted? Natural causes? Could you see their face? Did you know them? Tell me about the dream." I asked.
She proceeded to tell me she came to school and a bunch of people came up to her and told her "so-and-so died, and I was super upset."
"Well, who was it?" I blurted out, thinking this would help crack the code.
"You." Her words hung in the air.
I weakly smiled.
"Interesting," I said. "In two weeks I am going to go skydiving for a friend's 50th."
They all looked at each other a little freaked out.
Her words continued to hover around for the next two weeks. I never consulted God about going on the dive; partly because I didn't want to hear His answer, and partly because I committed. I felt it was invitation to try something out of my comfort zone, especially since the birthday girl was paying for the five us to go.
The morning of February 24th, I ate breakfast, drank my coffee, and decided after breakfast, it would be a good time to ask God His opinion about the dive. I quieted my heart and He spoke: My thoughts are go for it. It was my invitation...I want to speak to you on this adventure. There are things you are going to see that you will only be able to experience from this height. Do you trust me?
Later, Tyler, the guy who I would tandem jump with met me with, "Are you ready? Today there are things you are going to see that you will only be able to experience from that height."
Whoa...Tyler said what God whispered to my heart, earlier that morning. I knew God was talking about the spirit realm and Tyler was talking about the natural, but I knew God was in it and Tyler was my guide.
There were a few things I learned that day.
13,000 feet in the air, there is a curvature of the vast sky. While freefalling, you are encouraged to "find the horizon," where heaven and earth meet. If you look down too long, you will dizzy. Heaven and earth are colliding right in our midst. Searching for when and where this is happening, and agreeing with that give opportunity to enter into what He is wanting to do in the earth.
Being strapped to a guide, he was able to guide me through the air as we are freefalling, and then attached to a parachute. Even when my eyes were closed on the initial jump, I leaned back onto his chest. Holy Spirit is also close by (strapped to me) as well. He will always guide me through the scariest things - even if I close my eyes . I don't need to see to know what is going on. I just have to trust. He won't let me fall, and will guide me in all things. I can lean back and trust Him.
I am glad I did not die that day. I am glad the dream was not real, although there was a part of me that did die up there. The fear part that wants to keep me from what I have been created to do. It's time we shake that stuff off and live life big.
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