I had this dream one night which was still pretty clear to me when I awoke. It didn't seem to have any meaning to it, until I prayed that morning. God revealed to me what the dream meant. This is what I saw... (Remember, scripture says not all dreams are from God)
I was walking into a store holding a little fish in my hand. I could feel the love i had for this little fish and i felt happy that i had him with me wherever i went. The first thing I noticed in the store when I walked in was a fish tank will all these fishes in it. A thought came to my head that this would be a good place to put my fish while i look around the store. I then noticed that all of the fish in the tank looked like mine and so before I put him in, i took a marker and marked him on his side. It was a very clear mark and I could tell which one he was from the others. I went on my way into the store to look around. When I came back, i looked at the tank and saw my marked fish with all these other fish grouped closely together following mine. It was strange i thought, but i knew my fish was special. As i watched them something happened that freaked me out. My fish got too close to the filter and it sucked him into it! Then all the other fish were sucked into it as well! I unplugged the filter as fast as I could and turned it upside down so all the fish could fall out back into the tank.
When all the fish fell back into the tank they all looked fine except that now, I couldn't tell which one was mine anymore. The filter washed my mark away. A great sadness came over me and then I woke up.
The interpretation from God was this:
God loves us so much. He is always carrying us around in the palm of His hand. Even though in rough times when we don't seem to have any water it is He who gives us life. Although God wants to guard us from all things, He still needs us to go back into the world to share His love. So He places us back in the aquarium to swim with others. But He marks us before we go back into the world. When He comes back and looks into the tank, He see's us shining His light on others and leading others to the Truth. He feels good and knows we are faithful and that by abiding in Him others will follow. He knows we are special to Him.
But then the trials of persecution comes. The world sucks us back in and all the others with us. The rough friction of the world spins us around like crazy. God steps in and pulls us out and puts us back into the tank to find us. But the trials and persecutions of the world caused the mark to disappear. We now look like the world and everybody in it. A great sadness comes over God and He knows that we have been lost again.
We know that our salvation is secure in Christ. But let us remember not to be of the world but of God. For the times will come when we are persecuted and when we are down and out. And people will be watching to see how this God of yours makes you strong. So let us keep abiding in Him, so that His work will shine and people we see us as different.
Please remember that God is still watching and loves us especially through the rough. And He wants us to share the same love with others so that they to will be special and marked by Him, just as you were.
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Microsoft Outlook Conduits
Hello everyone! It's been a while since I have updated the blog, and I am sorry. The good news is that i've been keeping tabs on things that God has been showing me so i'm going to post them now. This one might be a little confusing at first because it was shown to me while I was installing Palm Pilot software on our COO's (Craig) notebook, so here goes.
I was called to hook up Craig's Palm Pilot to his computer so that he can transfer his contacts from his Palm to his Outlook on the computer. He also wanted to transfer the meetings from his computer to the Palm. So I went along my way with the software and sat down to work on it. After the software was installed, I plugged in the Palm, and waited for it to sync up with Outlook, but it did not. I noticed it was syncing to it's own little Palm application that was installed on the computer from the software I used.
Craig was watching and told me that he really needed it to work with Outlook not another application. The only way he can work is from Outlook. It made sense though because our company and most companies are so dependent on Outlook it's crazy! Without it, they would be lost!
Anyway, I knew the problem was with something called "conduits". The conduits is what allows the application to communicate properly with the Palm Pilot. There are different types of conduits from different applications. Well, when I installed the software, it defaulted to us it's own Palm software conduits instead of the Outlook conduits. To try and shorten the story, I finally found how to replace the Palm conduits with Outlook and right away the Palm was ready to be synced with Outlook.
Before we could run the sync we had to make sure we transferred the Palm contacts into Outlook and then the Outlook meetings into the Palm. So we selected the appropriate settings and all the contacts appeared in Outlook. Then we set the other setting to transfer the meetings and it prompted us "Are you sure you want to overwrite old meetings on the Palm?" We said "yes". After that completed, we were able to test out the syncing process which was successful.
The Outlook application, since so widely used and people feel like they're lost without it, symbolizes God the Father. The Palm Pilot is a human and the Outlook conduit is Jesus. We all feel lost at times especially when we don't know God and what He originally created us to do. When an unbeliever searches for that fulfillment he tries different things, or conduits. But only one will work properly which will enable him to communicate and develop a "syncing" relationship with God. That one is Jesus. Once we know Jesus, we can "sync" up with God for He is our mediator. Now before we start our relationship with Him, there are things we must give up. One of the big things to give up to God is who you are hanging it out with and the places you go. Or the "contacts". Once that is lifted up to God, He then gives you his original plan for you life, or the new "meetings" and schedules. But it will overwrite your plans or "meetings".
Now at this point you have a choice to be totally synced up with God in your walk every time you come to Him every day. All we have to is click "yes" and until then, our walk with God will never "sync" up correctly.
May the peace of God be with you always and may His grace pour upon you. And may you have the strength to overwrite your plans for His.
I was called to hook up Craig's Palm Pilot to his computer so that he can transfer his contacts from his Palm to his Outlook on the computer. He also wanted to transfer the meetings from his computer to the Palm. So I went along my way with the software and sat down to work on it. After the software was installed, I plugged in the Palm, and waited for it to sync up with Outlook, but it did not. I noticed it was syncing to it's own little Palm application that was installed on the computer from the software I used.
Craig was watching and told me that he really needed it to work with Outlook not another application. The only way he can work is from Outlook. It made sense though because our company and most companies are so dependent on Outlook it's crazy! Without it, they would be lost!
Anyway, I knew the problem was with something called "conduits". The conduits is what allows the application to communicate properly with the Palm Pilot. There are different types of conduits from different applications. Well, when I installed the software, it defaulted to us it's own Palm software conduits instead of the Outlook conduits. To try and shorten the story, I finally found how to replace the Palm conduits with Outlook and right away the Palm was ready to be synced with Outlook.
Before we could run the sync we had to make sure we transferred the Palm contacts into Outlook and then the Outlook meetings into the Palm. So we selected the appropriate settings and all the contacts appeared in Outlook. Then we set the other setting to transfer the meetings and it prompted us "Are you sure you want to overwrite old meetings on the Palm?" We said "yes". After that completed, we were able to test out the syncing process which was successful.
The Outlook application, since so widely used and people feel like they're lost without it, symbolizes God the Father. The Palm Pilot is a human and the Outlook conduit is Jesus. We all feel lost at times especially when we don't know God and what He originally created us to do. When an unbeliever searches for that fulfillment he tries different things, or conduits. But only one will work properly which will enable him to communicate and develop a "syncing" relationship with God. That one is Jesus. Once we know Jesus, we can "sync" up with God for He is our mediator. Now before we start our relationship with Him, there are things we must give up. One of the big things to give up to God is who you are hanging it out with and the places you go. Or the "contacts". Once that is lifted up to God, He then gives you his original plan for you life, or the new "meetings" and schedules. But it will overwrite your plans or "meetings".
Now at this point you have a choice to be totally synced up with God in your walk every time you come to Him every day. All we have to is click "yes" and until then, our walk with God will never "sync" up correctly.
May the peace of God be with you always and may His grace pour upon you. And may you have the strength to overwrite your plans for His.
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