Dreams

The past few nights I have found myself having more and more dreams about Riley. They are dreams of her when she is older with long dark hair and she is helping other people. However, the one that has stuck with me the most is the one I had last night and she is a toddler and is walking into my arms. It is a beautiful dream to me that brings tears to my eyes even at this moment. Just the image in my mind of her walking in to my arms is more than I can handle, it is amazing. Although it is an amazing image it is just a dream right?....there is nothing to say that it will really happen right?.....well for me I always have to ask what does God say about dreams and what does the Bible have to say....

In Genesis Joseph has some crazy dreams about his family and brothers kneeling down to him.....Later on we find out that all of these things actually happen in Josephs life......Further down the road in Josephs life he has to interpret dreams for a baker, a cup bearer, and the Pharaoh.....All of these dreams that Joesph interpreted come to pass.....they were signs of things that would come in the future.

Then in Numbers 12:5-7 the Bible says this.......

5 Then the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud; he stood at the entrance to the Tent and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them stepped forward, 6 he said, "Listen to my words:
"When a prophet of the LORD is among you,
I reveal myself to him in visions,
I speak to him in dreams.

7 But this is not true of my servant Moses;
he is faithful in all my house.

Now I am no profit by any means and I am certainly not Moses, but what this passage does show is that God does communicate through dreams. God, is the one who gives us our dreams he is the one that places them in your heart and head. Far to many people don't hold on to their dreams that were given to them by God and it is sad when you see someone whose dream has died.

I believe with everything in me that God gives me my dreams about Riley. I believe God places them in my heart for encouragement, hope, and strength. I will hold on to these dreams during bad days and remember them on good days until God gives me more dreams about my daughter and her future.

Josh