“The Orphan and the Wrong Door”
Right before waking one time I had a dream the I was standing outside my childhood church.
I was standing among some children playing. Somehow I knew they were orphans or needy children. One little boy (about 5 years old and small) came up to me and asked me to hold him. He said he had a stomach ache. He seemed so tired and sad so I lifted him up.
I walked into the church with him (this church I grew up in as a kid). And I saw a bunch of my friends and family there sitting down in the congregation chairs facing me.
Then, I saw a friend of mine (his family is friends with my family). He, J., and his dad were standing in the back of the sanctuary and they began walking into the foyer area. At that moment, I felt like there was something I wanted to tell them. So, carrying the boy, I walked past the people sitting to go catch them in the foyer.
I saw J. and his dad were about to head into the women’s restroom. (In this church the women’s room is on the right side of the foyer and the men’s is on the left. But I figured since they didn’t know the church that they didn’t know where it was). I told them that wasn’t the men’s room but they didn’t believe me until I pointed to the door sign. But I saw that on top of the normal women’s sign was a sign that said “men”. It was covering the original sign but when I touched it, it swung down and revealed the original “womens” sign. That’s why they had thought they were going in the right room. Someone had put the sign over the door so I removed it. I laughed and said they should look more closely next time.
J. then saw the boy I was holding. I somehow knew the story of this boy so I began to tell him. This boy has been abused and hurt, I said. I began to tell of the terrible things this boy had gone through. J. and the others around, including myself, were filled with compassion for the little boy in my arms. Around that time, I saw that he was holding a clipboard and attached to the clipboard was a single check written out. Then, he said that he was while he was originally planning on serving with the girls (I assumed during the dream that we were all at some outreach or ministry happening that day and that he must have been planning to serve with the young women but I wasn’t sure) that he was now going to go work with the little boys. In the dream I felt impacted that this little boy had influenced Josh’s decision.
J is a friend of my family. I have simply pondered this dream and prayed about it. I want to know how to ponder these dreams and to put them in the right perspective.
Good Day Isabel, I am just practicing but I think your dream is saying that the Lord has given you a grace and sensitivity towards those ( perhaps children) who have been hurt, abused and are in need. The dream also seems to say that you have been gifted with the ability to communicate and advocate in a way that both connects with peoples’ hearts and is influential in inspiring those with resources to action.
Blessings to you!
Thank you, Yvette, for offering an interpretation for my dream! I am also practicing in this myself which is the reason I joined this forum. Thank you so much for being willing to practice on my dream - I am very grateful! I'm still processing through my own thoughts about the dream and if the symbols of doors, orphans, checks, or my friend have any further meaning in them. I will bring some of the things you shared in prayer and continue to pray for God's full interpretation in His timing. My friend's name is Josh actually and I also wondered what his name might represent. Again, thank you!
Sorry for my delay. I have been out of the country extensively. Thanks again Yvette. Your insight is once again on point.
Here is my take on the dream: The name Josh can mean the Lord is salvation or an alternate understanding is the Lord is generous.
This dream indicates that since childhood you have been a person driven by compassion and a zeal to serve (help carry the burden) of those in need around you. Through this compassion, the Lord has also taught and positioned you to recoginze when the “misperceptions” of others are going to lead them into an uncomfortable or even harmful place. Though these insights and the wisdom you have to help point people in the right direction, God is going to open up doors for you to share your heart of compassion and draw others into a place where they can see the needs around them in a similar way to what you understand. Though you may feel you can’t do much on your own, the Lord is going to move through those you influence in a way that seems far more generous than you think yourself capable of.