“In My Father’s house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you” John 14:2
I woke up this morning from a very interesting dream. I was sitting in a cafe talking to an American fellow, explaining why I love Europe. I said that Europeans don’t fret about hoarding possessions and money. Instead they read books and go to concerts and sip wine with friends.
Then I told him a fantastic tale. I said that my father lives in a palace facing the castle of Hans Christian Andersen, and it is just across the fjord. I told him that my father and I visit him often at his castle for tea, and that Andersen wears a tall black hat like Abraham Lincoln.
Of course in my dream it was all true, so I was a bit disappointed to wake up. But then my mind began to ramble on this idea, that if this life is a dream, I might awaken someday in that world.
Perhaps in Heaven I shall live in My Father’s palace across from Hans Christian Andersen. Maybe we will have tea together- in a field of flowers under the moon. Then I might climb into my little golden boat with silken sails and glide across that crystal sea to visit Søren Kierkegaard and Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Corrie Ten Boom and Mother Teresa and Black Elk…and Abraham Lincoln!
Why not? Anything wonderful could happen in a world governed by King Jesus!
Sounds like you’re a dreamer, me too. Thats why I write myself a different life to suit my dreams.
Thank you for stopping by and sending me a note. I can relate to your words. I think our dreams could be glimpses of what is beyond this world, and that it’s all part of being eternal souls locked for a season inside mortal bodies.
I’m always delighted to encounter other dreamers along the path.
Peace be with you,
Sister Olive