I had a dream
Three nights back I had a dream that I have not forgotten. I typically don't have dreams that I remember... or are worth remembering... but this one I don't think I will ever forget.
I was with several people in an observation booth overlooking the Grand Canyon. I remember looking out the window at the canyon filled with excitement to be there seeing and experiencing it.
Alongside a cliff face not but 20 feet from the window was a rock climber. I noticed him, but I was too busy enjoying myself to really notice anything more than that.
I remember in my dream mingling and talking with the people with me and occasionally glancing out at the canyon and the climber. Then I literally felt myself move from a position of self concern to a concern for the climber. It was weird. I actually felt it... my heart and mind turn from a me orientation to an others orientation.
I looked again at the climber. He was still there. Unmoved. Looking up for a handhold. Looking down for a foothold. Apparently he was finding none, because he hadn't moved an inch since the first time I saw him.
This time, I noticed a horrid look of desperation on his face. I can still see it as I type this. Fear and desperation. I noticed another look on his face too... it looked like hopelessness. Like he had grown too tired to hold on.
I knew right then that he was in trouble. He needed help. He was stuck on that cliff face and needed help now! But I noticed him too late.
I watched him slip and fall. I saw the horror on his face as he fell the immense distance to the bottom of the canyon.
I saw him hit the bottom. He landed in a small pool of water that had collected near the Colorado River. I saw a guy at the bottom rush over to where he hit, but there was no helping him now.
Then I woke up and the dream has been on my mind ever since.
Comments
Oh freaky dream! It really makes me think about how many people I may be missing at times of self-focus... OH LORD! Help me to be other's focused!
Posted by: Holly at October 18, 2007 03:39 PMIf you need a Daniel to help you interpret that, I know a guy...
I'm sure you're good though. I'm pretty sure I'd still be thinking about that dream too...powerful.
Posted by: Dan J at October 18, 2007 03:39 PMWow, Thanks for sharing the dream! What a vivid reminder of the responsibility that we have. So many around us are but a moment away from all of eternity and we must not let anything prevent us from doing anything we possibly can to rescue them. I have been thinking alot about Proverbs 24:11 “Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.” I have been brought to tears a number of times in the last couple of weeks as I have pondered the fate of the thousands around me.
Posted by: Ben L at October 19, 2007 11:41 AM