Tornado - Dream - 2008

TORNADO

I had this dream for the first time early this morning (July 29, 2008). 

Feeling in the dream:

Frustration in trying to complete a competition that seems to have been sabotaged.  Fear in the building once the intensity of the dream begins.  Relief once the dream ends.

Setting of the dream:

The dream begins in a large school cafeteria with tables/sets put up everywhere.  I am in a cooking competition in this cafeteria.  Every contestant has his or her own table/set.  Each participant has a practice round then a live round where one of the camera crews goes “live” to record your portion of the competition.

Dream:

The dream starts with me in the middle of my practice cooking round where I have to create a main dish and a dessert.  Since this is my first competition I choose easy dishes that I should have no problem completing in the allotted time frame.  I do not know what the main dish was, but the dessert is a simple strawberry shortcake (pound cake, strawberries, whip cream and honey).  As my practice round comes to an end I realize that I will not be able to complete my dessert, and I am cutting it close to not finishing my main dish.  I can’t understand why and am frantically trying to figure out how to correct things for the live take.  I am frustrated and worried that I will not do well in the live competition when all of a sudden (without notice) the cameras go ‘live’ on me.  I am shocked because the camera crew is suppose to allow us to reset our stations and count us down to ‘action’.  I feel sabotaged, and at first I try to start the live round, but then decide that this was unfair.  I march off the set to the person in charge and tell him what happened.  He says back to me, “We have bigger things to worry about than that.  There is a tornado headed straight for us.”  He pauses, looks me right in the eye and says, “If we make it through this tornado you can have your re-start.”

I look up and see through the windows at the opposite end of the cafeteria a HUGE tornado headed straight for us.  The tornado is a dark blue color.  The room grows dark and people begin to panic and be filled with fear.  I say with authority to the man in charge, “We will get through this tornado.”  I then begin walking toward the end of the building where you can see the tornado through the windows.  I am walking intently, as though I have a mission, toward the tornado, and I am praying in tongues with my hands in the air toward heaven.  (I can feel the strong winds, the fear and the intensity.)

The tornado comes into the building and items are flying around us, but no one is hurt and the building itself remains whole/unbroken.  As the tornado comes up to me an evil spirit (who is also dark blue in color) comes out of the tornado and walks up to me with his hands in the air.  He is speaking another language.  He puts his hands palm-to-palm against my hands.  I continue to pray in tongues and the spirit continues speaking in his language.  After a minute the spirit begins to yell, “No, no, no.”  After several minutes of this praying face-to-face and palm-to-palm the spirit goes back into the tornado and dissipates. The sky immediately turns light and the birds are chirping.

Everyone is all right and I get my re-start.

My dream ends.

Interpretation:

Part of my interpretation came from my Mom that was listening to a preacher when she woke up this morning. What the preacher said answered my dream.

Cafeteria: symbolizes the church

Dessert (bread, fruit, honey): Bread = church, provision, substance;  Honey = power, wisdom, knowledge, anointing;  fruit = fruit of the spirit

Televised Crew: Message, prophecy, preaching

Windows through which I saw the tornado: Truth, prophecy, revelation, understanding, blessing, exposed

Strong Winds: Demonic or strong opposition

Dark Blue tornado & spirit: Evil Spirit

Raised Hands: Worship, surrender, spiritual warfare

Building whole & unbroken: Church stands strong through storm

Light Sky afterward: Knowledge, truth, evil revealed

The church/believers are under and have been under a strong attack.  Strong like the winds and destruction of a tornado.  We have been feeling like we are sabotaged in our efforts, and many times these efforts should be seemingly easy tasks like the recipes I choose in the dream, but we are simply unable to complete them.  It is as if we are taking one-step foreword only to take two steps back.  (Physical, mental, spiritual, financial, health wise…. this is in every area.).

I feel this dream is telling us to PRAY and push through because we are about to get our re-start.

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Circus - Dream - 2/2017

Dream: February 2017

Setting:

Outside at night headed to prayer meeting at the church.

Dream:

I was heading to a prayer meeting in the middle of the night at the church.  A small group of us was getting together to intercede for the church, nation and world, and whatever else the Lord would lead us to pray about.

I parked and as I walked toward the church I realized something was off/wrong.

Though it was dark in the parking light with only a few street lamps and stars to light the way, the church lobby was lit up through the windows as if it was occupied.  This was strange because only a very small group of us was to be using a small quiet room off the main area.

When I stepped foot inside the lobby I immediately knew that this was NOT good and NOT of the Lord. 

Many people were gathered inside the church lobby and sanctuary.  They did not have the permission of the church and were gathering there in the secret of night.  A large number of the people were wearing masks (like the phantom in the Phantom of the Opera), and still others were dressed as clowns.  The music playing on the loud speakers was circus theme music that beckoned each person to come to the ‘main event’ inside the sanctuary. 

Also, most of the people there seemed to be larger than the average person, towering over me like a sluggish giant.  I say sluggish, because everyone seemed to be moving in long dramatic movements, kind of like slow motion.

I pushed my way through the crowd, and as I did many of the giants would try to grab my arm.  When I would look at them their faces would distort and they would laugh loud ghoulish mocking laughs.  I felt as if I could see directly into their souls when we made eye contact, and the souls were that of devilish circus clowns creating chaos and disorder.

The dream ended.

Interpretation:

I feel that this dream is trying to say that the world is making a circus or mockery of the church.  Using it for their wants and desires instead of for the loving relationship of a Holy God.  I also feel that this is stating that the enemy is trying to infiltrate in secret. 

We must pray, gird up and battle against the spirits of laziness, complacency and even a spirit of sensationalism for an audience that seeks entertainment instead of intimacy.

This is happening in secret and in the dark hours of the night when we are least guarded.  Guards, man the walls in the heavenlies. 

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Alternate Reality - Dream - 9/30/2014

Title:  Alternate Reality - Natalie In Alice's Wonderland

Interpretation: I am interpreting this dream first, that way when you read it, it might make sense.  It will be difficult for me to put onto paper, and there were some really long parts that I will shorten.  I had this dream early in the morning on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 (the last day of the month).  This dream was so weird and bizarre  that when I woke up I actually wished I had not dreamed it and I said to the Lord, "Ugg.  That was awful.  Lord, why did I dream that dream?  I mean, does it actually have a meaning?" 

I heard, very loud and clear, "Yes!  It means (then He dropped in my spirit the famous line from Alice In Wonderland) "If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?"

-Alice In Wonderland

Wow!!!!  That quote EXACTLY describes my dream.  And I felt a huge warning bell go off inside of me when I finally fully woke up.  This warning was not about 'others', but about Christians. 

First, that we should be careful in what we promise or say 'OK' to...really think through the consequences.

Second, to not allow ourselves to be bullied or 'talked into' or 'pressured' into something.  To stand strong and pure with Backbone and Courage for Christ.

Third, if you have already been 'sucked into' this alternate reality, it is not too late to get out (reminds me of the Prodigal series Jim just completed).  But, it will be too late, so get out now.  In the dream, we barely made it out.  We thought we were not going to make it!

Fourth, this is our world today, backwards, nonsense, everything is what is shouldn't be.  It has been left to man to make this world, and man has turned it upside-down.  But we Christians are to live not in nonsense or backwardness.  We are called to still live properly, rightly, forward; the way God intended it to be.

Fifth, I am leaving it open.  This dream seemed to hit me on so many levels that it is difficult to type on a sheet of paper or two.  What is the Lord telling you?

Setting: This dream had 2 settings.  The first was at the local Katy Whole Foods Store.  It was clean, peaceful and orderly.  The name 'Whole Foods' signifying God's whole food!  The second setting was the alternate reality.  It was a dark, topsy turvy, dirty, neon flashing lights type shopping mall that attempted to look like whole foods.  It was a poor imitation with no food in sight.  At first it didn't seem so bad, but then it began to smell bad, get loud, and feel dirty.  Also felt lonely and lost.  Also, I note that in the dream, the moment we are sucked into the alternate reality we (the Christians) do not stop to look around or 'enjoy' this place, but rather we begin to look for a way out immediately.

The Dream:

Our local Katy Whole Foods has begun a new thing where they allow 'local' citizens to share their talents with everyone.  They set aside a 1 hour time slot each week for this.  

In the past they have had local painters help teach children to paint, local singers sing, local poets recite and so on.  It was wonderful and always lighthearted.  

In the dream my 'cousin' Brad heard about this, and he asked me if I would play his music over the microphone one week so that he may get 'discovered'.  

I refused him many times because I didn't think his music was what I would want to promote, but one day, out of desperation for him to leave me alone, I agreed.  I didn't think much of the agreement because I honestly thought he would never know if I didn't do it.  I was wrong.  

He immediately called the Whole Foods and set it up over the phone for his music to be the next weeks talent show.  He informed them that I would bring the music.  Then, he promptly sent me his music electronically.  Before the next weeks time slot I found time to listen to his music and I was HORRIFIED.  It was shocking and satanic heavy metal.  Nothing that I would play or that Whole Foods would allow.  

I attempted to call him to cancel, but the dream jumped ahead to the time of the talent slot.  I arrived at the Whole Foods and began to tell the talent slot leaders (there were 4 of them, also Christians) that there was no way I could play this music because it was not appropriate.  They began to agree with me and started to set up some easy listening music instead, but then Brad called the Whole Foods and began to threaten them (how he knew we were not playing the music, I do not know.  It was as if he could see and hear what we were doing.)  The threats were big, scary and real, so as we all argued and we finally decided that playing just one song would appease him and we could get it over with and stopped after that.  

I opened my iPad where the music was stored and it was missing.  Actually, I was relieved.  It was as if God had deleted the music for me.  I tried to tell my cousin that the music was gone.  He was yelling and threatening very irrationally.  We looked and looked for the music while this other easy listening music was playing and half the time slot had already passed.  What happened next would change our lives and teach us a lesson.  

We (in unison...5 of us, me and the 4 Christian whole foods employees) agreed to get his music and play it next week to make it right.  At that very moment of agreeing with the 'world' we were sucked into my iPad and placed into an alternate reality (just like Alice In Wonderlands dream).  -Creepy and Bizarre.  Gives me the heby jeebies just thinking about it.-  

We are now in this place that is also called Whole Foods, but there was nothing whole about it, and there was no food to be seen anywhere.  It was HUGE.  It was full of large, wide hallways and there were single and double doors everywhere.  We didn't know which way to turn or go.  It was like a huge maze.  There were people everywhere, and no one looked happy.  Some were alone, and others were in groups, but everyone looked lonely and lost.  

It was dark, there just wasn't enough light.  There were neon signs everywhere, and as we began to walk down the main corridor it began to smell bad and get really loud.  It was 'music'.  Actually, it was my cousin's music.  

The music was almost tangible, like it could reach out and touch us.  The 5 of us began to frantically search for an exit, a way out, a way home.  As we approached one door to look through the tiny window we saw Alice In Wonderland.  She was looking through the window too.  She turned to us and looked so innocent and lost.  She said to me, "I'm lost.  I can't find my way home.  Please help me."  Knowing that I didn't know where she lived and didn't know where my home was either, I began to step away from her (the other 4 with me walked more quickly as she began to try to engage in conversation with me).  I told her that I couldn't help her because I didn't know how to get home, and that we were trying to find our way home too.  

I turned and began walking quickly to catch up with the other 4 people I was with.  At that moment Alice changed.  She let out this evil cackle, laugh, scream noise and lurched at me with her claws and tried to grab me.  While lurching toward me she said, I will never let you leave.  You are stuck here with me.  

We began to RUN.  Really run.  And Alice chased after us.  The lights, smells, sounds and running were terrifying.  We didn't know how to get out and were afraid we would be stuck here, but then we heard a faint calling.  It was the Holy Spirit.  He told us which way to run and how to get out.  So we ran and ran the direction the Spirit was calling us.  

We spotted the one set of large glass double doors that lead outside.  We knew that if we could simply get through those doors we would be safe, home.  

Alice got closer and barely missed us by inches and others joined in trying to catch us.  When we got close enough to the 'exit' doors we literally jumped and flew through the doors (our feet never touching the floor).  We reached the fountain outside and looked back, huffing and puffing, and saw that the doors would not open for anyone else.  Alice and the others chasing us were left behind.  

We were free and home.  We were immediately flooded with peace and comfort, and also repentance.  We would never again, not one of us, make such a seemingly small yet negatively impactive promise again; no matter how much we were pestered. We would stand up tall and courageous for what is right.  

Also, I must say that we felt like 'time' was running out and that we would not get out in time.  When we did get out we felt like we 'barely' made it by the last millisecond.  

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Fire Tornado - Dream - 4/2017

Dream: April 2017

Setting:

Fire Tornado storms

Dream:

This was a very short yet intense dream.  In the dream we got a tornado alert and when my family and I looked outside we could see this huge tornado off in the distance.  But this was no ordinary tornado.  It was a fire tornado, a tornado created of both fire and fierce wind and destruction; and it was huge!  I've never seen anything like it in person or on television/movie before.  The width was breathtaking, and the height was overwhelming.  The spinning vortex of fire reached from ground to well above the clouds.   It was orange, red and yellow, and more powerful than the most powerful tornado to date.  Then, the tornado gave birth and spawned off a new fire tornado and sent it somewhere.  Then both of those gave birth and each spawned off new fire tornadoes and sent them off to a destination.  This birth cycle repeated every few hours until there were hundreds of them ravaging the lands.

My family and I were seeing this and were somehow safe, yet it was scary.  As dreams are not exactly like reality I knew what we were all thinking without any of us saying anything.  We were wondering where we could move or go to get away from this tornado phenomenon. 

After hearing our thoughts we were suddenly zoomed out and away from our current location until we were hovering over the United States and looking at it from outer space like a map.  We could see that these huge fire tornadoes were all over the US and hourly birthing new destructive forces.  I knew that there was nowhere to move or go to get away, but rather to press into the Lord.  Again, it was scary, but I was not 'afraid'.

Interpertation:

Church, we MUST press into the Lord.  Fire, storms, trials and tribulations will come.  The earth is crying out for the return of her creator. 

Obviously there is much more to the interpretation, but I feel led to simply put it out there and have each of us pray what this would mean in our own lives.

Black Snake Dream - September 2012

Black Snake  9/2012

I had this very short dream once this past week of September 23 – 29 and have been thinking on it ever since.

Feeling in the vision:

Lack of alarm, possibly a bit ignorant, deceptively calm and accepting.

Setting of the vision:

Gathering of all the prayer team members and leaders of the church.  Everyone from all areas was there, prayer altar, healing, and prophecy…  In the dream I could only see our legs and feet below the knee and the floor.

Dream:

I saw the lower legs and feet of the entire prayer team(s) gathered together in a meeting in the sanctuary.  Everyone was standing and walking around talking to each other with great joy.  God was at work in this meeting and everything was good.  Then I noticed a snake slithering around our feet on the floor and even entering in on the light conversation as its front end was risen off the floor and standing like a man face-to-face with us.  At first the snake startled me and I yelled, “Snake” but when no one responded or even reacted at all I let my guard down.  This snake did not say much or do much, but mostly just listened to our chatter and would ever so lightly enter in with just one softly spoken word.  I was still un-trusting of this snake and decided to get a better look at him.  As I did I realized that this was no ordinary snake, but rather he was HUGE.  He was as long and fat as the largest anaconda snake, but he was entirely a shiny deep black in color.  He could stand up to almost full human height, yet most of his body was still on the floor…he had to be 20+ feet long.  He was woven in between all of our legs and feet, but he was not touching any of us.  He seemed to be around and between most of us.  And, he was as poisonous as a viper.

Interpretation:

I really think this has a simple interpretation.  I think we must be mindful of our heart and our thoughts as we step forward and pray in ministry and alone.  We must not allow the enemy to slander or stop or interfere with what God is doing.  I also believe that we must enter into our ministry roles completely EXPECTANT for God to arrive in His full power and glory, and to not put God in a box.  I also felt that the ‘snake’ was whispering things to us that would cause us to be ‘shy’ or ‘hesitant’ or ‘worried’ about what other would think about us trying to inhibit us from our reckless abandon that we are called to.  Also whispering things like, "what if God doesn't heal?"  "what if He doesn't come through?"  and other twisting, doubtful, slanderous thoughts that came softly and subtly.  He was trying to subtly steal the power from the church body.

Snake: Demon, threat, slander, critical spirit

Black: Sin, ignorance

Our Feet: Heart, thoughts