Dinosaurs in a Hotel

Original Posting: August 2010

A cracked-out title for a B-movie? Maybe, if Samuel L. Jackson ever gets this on his screen.

No, this is my first revelation!

Several days ago, I started having bad dreams, night after night. First was the standard actor's nightmare: you go on stage having no idea what the play is or what your lines are. Second was more personal terror – attempted strangulation, and no one in the crowd surrounding you coming to help. Third, to be short, my parents were getting divorced; which is extreme nightmare territory for me. I woke up crying from that one...

Last week, I was fed up with having bad dreams. I asked God that, if I was to remember my dream at all for that night, to please give me a good dream.

What He did in response was spectacular.

Imagine: A hotel. Dinosaurs invading that hotel, FULL of people. The Teen Titans (yes, those Teen Titans we loved to watch on Cartoon Network) rushing in to rescue the tenants from the dinosaurs.

There was actually quite a bit more than that going on, but that's the shortest way to put it, cos I want to get to the AMAZING part.

I was a bit skeptical, about asking God to interpret this dream – what can you possibly get out of dinosaurs in a hotel, right? But I asked Him to help me out, anyway, because there was no way I was making sense of this on my own.

The people in the hotel represent, of course, THE PEOPLE. Of this planet.

The dinosaurs, collectively, are Satan and his sinful influence, in this place where the people are trapped and easy prey to him.

The Teen Titans, collectively, are Jesus and His holy influence. They get the people OUT of the hotel, defending them from the dinosaurs. Jesus saves the people from sin.

With me so far?

Then I thought, "Wait... I was one of the Teen Titans, in my dream. What does that mean?" (I was Raven, if anyone wants to know – she's always been my favorite. And I/she was wearing a shimmering white-pink dress that seemed to reflect light a lot more than any material should, if it didn't actually emit light, and I'm quite sure there was a reason for that) I didn't get anything, but I trusted that I would know eventually, so I left it there and continued on my way to an interview.

Cut to last night; graduated seniors are prayed for by the group, and that was the night for me and two others. My mind was blown away by what some people saw as they prayed (a box in a room, me breaking out of that box and out of that room, but always having a vase around me, divine protection; a deer needing to always drink water, the water of God, to keep up its strength), but then, afterwards, Joel came up and said he'd gotten an image, and something he'd wanted to say, but hadn't because it was running long.

"Now's your chance!" I invited.

Here we go:

Joel told me he'd gotten a vision of me becoming accepted into a group – called "the elite" for sake of simplicity. Basically, people who don't yet know Jesus, who think they're above it all. This group sees me as being like one of them, and they let me in and open their hearts up to me, and then Jesus enters their hearts through me.

...

WOOOOAH!

Mystery solved!

I can't get over how world-rocking it is! Yay, Jesus!

Oh, and the following has happened twice, including last night, so it can't be coincidence (no, I seriously doubt it is): I prayed with my whole being to the Lord that those I love who don't know Him, would feel His presence and His love, and then I felt myself buzzing.

WOAH! If that's not supernatural, I don't know what is!

Oh my goodness, life is just picking up and becoming more and more incredible these past few weeks!

Psalm 104:1 – Let all that I am praise the Lord!

♥Sarah