Dreaming of Proverbs

I just had a really weird experience last night.

I actually had specific Scriptures appear in my dreams last night. And that was the first time that ever happened. Even in my undergrad days, when my daily Scripture consumption would put many people to shame (including the current me), I didn’t get this.

So what are the specific passages, you may ask? The first is this:

Proverbs 20:6 (NKJV) - Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, but who can find a faithful man?

The second:

Proverbs 28:20 (NKJV) - A faithful man will abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.

The interesting thing is that in my dream I actually saw the exact page in my study bible, and there was a further explanation of the Hebrew word for ‘faithful’.

‘emunah (Strong’s #530) – Firmness, stability, faithfulness, fidelity, conscientiousness, steadiness, certainty; that which is permanent, enduring and steadfast. ‘emunah comes from the root ‘aman, “to be firm, sure, established and steady”. “Amen”, derived from the same root, means, “it is firmly, truly so!” (Spirit Filled Life Bible, New King James Version).

So you can guess that I’ll be giving this a lot of attention these couple of days, until I think I have squeezed out whatever I can from these couple of verses!

How about the rest of the dream? Errr…. Well, it involved being with a bunch of people from my church. We were involved with the logistics of a funeral, we had a hotel room especially for us to put all of our things (clothes and bags) and we spent a lot of the time wandering around the hotel, trying to find the right lift that would bring us to the correct hotel room where we had left our stuff.

Not sure if there was anything deeply significant or spiritually profound in that. Then again, I never claimed to be spiritually profound all the time!

A Fellow Blogger

One thing I do a lot: contemplate. I tend to think through stuff a little deeper, question myself a little more. And I even question my own questions, I mean, if I ask myself the wrong questions, do I have any hope of getting the right answer?

The Bible describes such a person as prudent, wise and upright. Check out the following verses.

Proverbs 14:8 (NIV) - The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception.

Proverbs 14:15 (NIV) - A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps.

Proverbs 21:29 (NIV) - A wicked man puts up a bold front, but an upright man gives thought to his ways.

Because I think through stuff a little deeper than usual, I can recognize when other people do so too. One such person is a friend of mine, Loren. She blogs at http://skyrobin.blogspot.sg, where she journals her ideas, thoughts and musings. Loren blogs about a wider range of topics than I do (yes, I am a boring old stooge, I know) and she is definitely no air-headed bimbo. Well-worth a read, if you want more in your mental diet than just my worship ministry thoughts.

Sometimes when we are struggling with an issue, reading someone else put it in words helps us get some clarity and insight over it. Even if we disagree with whatever that person says, thinking through our disagreement can sometimes bring us the answers we need at that point of time.

So, having interacted with Loren before, I know that she is a woman who gives thought to her ways. I suggest yourself 15 minutes, take a quick browse through her writings, and see if she speaks to you with her thoughts on work, trips down memory lane and musings on life in general.

Once again, her blog is at http://skyrobin.blogspot.sg. See you there!