Lynn's Santa Dream
I've had many dreams throughout my lifetime and they seem to be divided into 5 categories: Symbolic; Prophetic; Out of Body Experience; Dimensional … during which beings come to me; and Dream dreams. And after 50 years, I still have a hard time understanding what the Symbolic Dreams are supposed to mean.
The Prophetic Dreams are the most serious in nature, and I usually know that without a doubt, something is going to happen. But over time I have learned that whatever I think it will be, usually ends up being something very different. Some of the events that I knew would happen were: John Lennon's death; Johnny Cash's death; My sister Suzie's death; The Space Challenger disaster; 911; David Letterman's heart problem, AND the fact that I would actually end up meeting him in person; That the storm Isabel would hit Virginia Beach, and effect me as well; and there are many more.
All these dreams were very symbolic, and as hard as I tried I couldn't determine with certainty what they meant. However there was one exception … my dream about hurricane Isabel. I actually figured out what the symbols meant, and as the events unfolded, I was very close to being right on target. Maybe all this is a learning process for me, and one day I will come to fully understand my dreams.
There is one particular dream that I feel I must share with the Simply Unexplainable readers. It happened shortly after Christmas last year, and it was very intense, and I KNOW that the message was from God.
The dream began in the interior of a HUGE Gothic-looking church. I was standing in the back of the church, and there were rows after rows of thousands of empty pews. About 400 yards away I saw what appeared to be a library of some sort right near the altar. Someone was with me, but I did not look to see who it was. We decided to go to the library, and with that thought we found ourselves at the back of the church. However, what we thought was a library wasn't … it was a run-down "Rummage" Sale. While standing there I decided to look down at the old floorboards beneath my feet, and I haven't got the slightest idea why. The boards had big cracks in them and I could see right through them to the basement below. A woman was laying new "RED" (the color of "red" is ALWAYS a warning sign in my dreams) fabric down on the cement floor, and I instantly got upset. Water was running down into the basement through the floorboards, right onto the nice new fabric, and I could see that the material was being ruined.
Just then I looked up and saw what looked like shelving in a stockroom that was filled with old discarded Christmas items.
There was a Kiddie Train on the first shelf that was from days long gone by, and it was big enough for a child to ride in. It was so dusty and dirty that it looked as though no one has touched it in 50 yrs. After studying the train for a couple of minutes I walked over to the next shelving unit that had upper and a lower shelves. There was an old dirty cardboard box on the upper shelf that was lying on its side, and resting inside was a Santa Claus outfit, which included a beard, hat, and etc. On the lower shelf was an old pine coffin that still had bark covering the wood. The front of the coffin had a faded patch on the bark that was in the shape of a "cross". After a bit I decided that it was probably from a little wooden cross that had been nailed there, and taken off at some later date.
Then I began to focus my attention on the "Santa Claus Suit", and something else happened … a woman appeared. She was standing at a cash register said to me, "You don't want that Santa Suit, it's the "Jealoused" Santa Suit. Anyone that wears that Suit will be cursed. As a matter of fact, the last man who wore that Suit went crazy."
As the dream ended, I said, "Oh my!!! God is REALLY mad!!!!" And then I heard God say, "I am not mad, ONLY hurt. Santa has become an idol, and who ever wears that suit will be cursed."
Well that's my dream and I KNOW in my heart that it was God that had talked to me. Please understand that I'm not saying that anyone who dresses like Santa will be cursed, but I think that there may be an underlying message in my dream.
The Santa Suit dream is the one I am still trying to understand. Does anyone out there know what this symbolic dream could mean??? Hopefully an interpreter of dreams will read this article and help me understand what I saw. If such a person does, please, by all means ... contact me at once (What email address do you want to use?). This dream has been gnawing at me for a year now.
In closing … I know that many people are totally wrapped up by the commercialism surrounding the Christmas Holidays. But those of "us" that truly love God MUST keep the "true" meaning of the Holiday Season ALIVE. Let's give Jesus a REAL HAPPY BIRTHDAY this coming new year. Let's endeavor to set the commercialism aside and enjoy our many blessings.
Peace
Monarca Lynn Merrifield
