I Had A Dream!
James E. Whalen

Early Thursday Morning April 2nd, 2009, I had a dream which was very unusual.  I was somewhere on a piece of ground, I do not know where.  There were men, derelicts, bums, and unclean men all over this area where I stood.  Also, there was a great deal of trash of all sorts; cans, bottles, paper of various sorts, pieces of lumber and wood, tree prunings, you name it, it was there.

I at once began encouraging the men to clean up this area, stack the trash and debris in a broad crescent shaped fashion.  I didn't have a reason then known to me why this manner of stacking had any particular significance.

As the pile of debris grew, I had the men cover it with dirt.  As it continued ti grow because other people came to place their debris upon it, the men continued to cover it with soil.  I then had them place grass sod upon the soil and to plant rose bushes all over the growing crescent shaped mound.

I continued to draw people to this mound, to place their debris on it.  The men continued to cover the debris with dirt and to replant the grass sod and the rose bushes.  The people continued to come and the mound grew and grew.

There were some people who brought old farm tractors which have been crushed and flattened, I would have them placed in selected spots on the now huge mound.  They were likewise covered with Earth, sod and the new rose bushes were again planted. 

This activity continued until the mound rose like a large crescent shaped mountain.  The grass was green and the roses were blooming, the air was sweet and pure.

I then awoke and laid in bed thinking about that dream and how unusual it was.  It was not "my type" of Dream!  At lst, I again fell asleep. 

The dream continued, although it was disconnected and I did not realize the significance of this part until much later in the morning after being awake for a while.  My stepson, Andy Conner, who is "Full Gospel" believer, came to me where I was.  I don't know where this was but I was a filthy mess, clothes dirty, face, hands and body dirty and stinking with dirt and sweat.

He led me home to Jean.  I told her I had to empty out our storage shed, which we were renting in town for $25 a month.  We could not find the key for the padlock, so I used a bolt cutter to remove the lock and entered the shed.  As I opened the door, a very strong stinking smell hit me in the face.  When I looked inside, all I say was junk, useless, stinking trash.  I removed it and took it to the mountain and buried it there as I had encourages and admonished others to do.

I then died and was buried on the highest point on the mountain.  At this location, a large cross had been erected some time previous. 

After I awoke, I told my wife, Jean, this dream.  I told her it had to have some significance but I didn't know what it was.  As I was tending to my ablutions in the bathroom, the Holy Spirit began giving me the interpretation of the dream.

THE INTERPRETATION OF THE DREAM

The first men I met were unsaved and living amongst trash which represented sin and other things which separated them with any relationship with God.  I encouraged and admonished them to clean up these areas of their lives.  The crescent shaped pile represents a waning moon because the "things" are disappearing from their lives.

As the pile of debris grew, I had the men cover it with soil.  The soil represented the Holy Spirit, because our lives and spirits grow in him.  I then had them place grass sod, not seeds, and rose bushes in the soil.  The grass sod represents, the already growing spirit of man being nurtured by the Holy Spirit.  The rose bushes were representative of the sweet smell of the Holy Spirit wafting through the lives of person's who know Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.  The rose bushes were representative also of the Rose of Sharon. 

I continued to draw people to this mound and encouraged and admonished them to place their debris on it.  The men continued to cover the debris with soil and replace the now covered grass sod with soil and more grass sod and rose bushes were again planted.

The soil of the Holy Spirit was always spread over the sins and debris of men and women to cover it and seal it from ever being brought out again in the lives of those who placed their sins and debris on this mound.  The grass sod and the rose bushes were planted fresh and new in the lives of those who just discarded their sins and debris there.

There were some people who brought old farm tractors which had been crushed and flattened.  These represented the occupations, professions, and careers of man which were interfering with man's relationship with God.  I would have them placed in selected locations on the mound because of their direct relationship with certain other debris found at that location.  They were likewise covered with soil on this now huge crescent shaped mountain.  The soil, grass sod and rose bushes were also added to this mountain.

The activity continued until the mound arose as a large crescent shaped mountain.  The grass was green and the roses were blooming, the air was sweet and pure.

When Andy found me I was wandering as in a wilderness.  I, as most other people, had "issues" and/or debris in my life as seen when the storage shed was open.  Why the storage shed?  Many of us put things in the back of our minds or deep in our spirit.  We put our own padlock in place to hopefully keep them there.  But they will, and do become exposed when the Holy Spirit reveals them to us, and, maybe to others.

IN these final words of interpretation, I pray the reader will understand that the Holy Spirit of God gave the words to me, they could not be conjured up in my finite mind.

The mountain was built with the sins and debris of the lives of the men, women, and children whom I had led to the Lord during the ministry which I undertook in the anointing and power of the Holy Spirt.  When I died, I was buried on the mountain of the working out of that ministry.......  The foot of the cross of Jesus.