“to declare forth Your lovingkindness in the morning and Your faithfulness in the night,” (Ps.92:2 MEV).
I am embarking on a very difficult journey, in which I am trying to understand the empirical evidence because I have neither theory nor pure logic.
I want to use the metaphor of the contiguity of a nation to try to understand the mystery of the awakening process. I wonder if sleeping and waking are linked by Divine contiguity.
It seems that while my conscious mind sleeps, it is open to a heavenly dimension where there is clear understanding. My question is, how can the clear understanding of my sleeping mind be taken away in a fraction of a second, when my alarm wakes me up?
I exercise my mind, I keep a journal since 1965. My whole life is written, I read the Word of God daily and as part of my daily routine, I do crossword puzzles. All this sharpens my mind, I have no problem remembering.
Dreams have three different sources, God, Satan and our own flesh. And the Sacred Scripture endorses it:
““For God speaks, the first time in one way, the second time in another, though a person does not perceive it. In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.” (Job 33:14-15 NET),
Satan’s dream is what is called terror:
“You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day;” (Ps.91:5,MEV).
I have a clear distinction about dreams. God has spoken to me many times in dreams and they are embodied in my mind. I remember dreams. The first significant one I had, was in 1961 and I have it clear in my mind.
But, my inquiry is the process of awakening from sleep. I imagine there is a fine line between sleeping and waking. The separation is so sudden! It’s like quickly removing the dividing line and the mind collapses into the physical world. Wowed! I just understood something: Will it be that when one dies in Christ the memory that causes pain is totally erased? Not just the memory, but the physical pain one may be experiencing. It’s all gone in a split second! A wonderful world opens up! According to Romans 8:18, my insight is not far from the truth:
“For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the glory that will be revealed to us.” (Romans 8:18 NET).
At this time I understand that the Lord is answering my long-awaited query. I have asked him to show me what life is like in heaven. And on Monday 9/12/22, I woke up with that awe of understanding, why not remember what I just saw a second ago before the alarm went off?
The promise that God gives us is that He will make everything new, therefore, we will not remember the heartbreaking earthly moments!
“Do not remember the former things nor consider the things of old. See, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not be aware of it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.” (Isaiah 43:18-19 MEV).
Although I don’t have a vast knowledge of heaven, at least for the time being, I think I understand the mystery of waking up from sleep.
Once again, I reap the fruit of writing. Typing my search, I received the answer of knowing about heaven. God commanded Habakkuk to write the vision. When you write you can receive important insights. The Word of God is true!
““But true wisdom and power are found in God; counsel and understanding are his.” (Job 12:13 NLT).
This is my Story! What is yours?