In The Right Location, But Out of Step.

This thought, came from a strange dream, that I had.

In the dream, me and my wife, were at a new location to us. We were both interested in what was going on around us. Unfortunately, we didn’t remain in step with each other, as such, a certain distance just slowly came between us. At one point, my wife started to walk were the ground was unstable. My concern for my wife was very real, as I tried to get back to her. (Part of my wife’s disability is being unsteady on her feet.) But I was too late, as she fell over, and hit the floor hard. Then I woke up.

I was not as troubled, as I think that I should have been, by such a strange dream. But it’s not the way that I would like to have woken up. I was troubled slightly, but also had a strange peace, of some sort, around me.

When I’ve had weird dreams like this before, I’ve placed them before my Lord God.

So I asked, something like, “Lord, if this is from the enemy, and not of you, then let me quickly forget it. If there is something from You in this, then please explain or reveal it to me?”

In a round about way, the thought, “You can be in the right location, but out of step”, then came to me.

If me and my wife, remain in step with each other, then we can both support each other. I can provide an extra support, if it is needed, as she can lean into me. There are also times when, she can boost my confidence, by just being with me. There is a strength in being in step, with each other.

How much more strength can we call upon, if we remain in step, with Our Lord God?

John 15:1-17

15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. ² He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. ³ You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ⁴ Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

⁵ “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶ If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. ⁷ If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ⁸ This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

⁹ “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. ¹⁰ If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. ¹¹ I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. ¹² My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. ¹³ Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. ¹⁴ You are my friends if you do what I command. ¹⁵ I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. ¹⁶ You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. ¹⁷ This is my command: Love each other.