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Eyes of God

 September 13

A dream where the Catholic church was involved. A lady was trying to earn her wings but got tricked by another into doing her dirty work. Many spirits served this undead woman in her existential purgatory. The church condemned her to hell for her crimes against humanity and a gate appeared and swallowed her up, but then, a hand reached through the gate, grabbed her out. The hand was the hand of God. The nun was condemned, the woman who served her was saved despite her sins. The women sprouted wings and was freed from her purgatory.


This dream was very interesting, and hard to write about. The lesson that I most clearly see is this idea of God looking at the heart and making judgements. I as a Christians might judge somebody as worthy of divine punishment, and then God turns around and rescues those that I condemn. We both place judgements, but, only one of us is justified in doing so. Those I condemn could be the next Paul or Samson. 


Example: 

  • Cain kills Abel and God responds by marking Cain with a promise. Live without the fear of death because when people see this mark, they will know not to mess with you. Mercy.
  • Biblical Law states that the sin of Adultery is to be punished with death. King David did this very act, God did not strike him down. Grace.
  • Judas betrayed Jesus, just as Jesus said He would. Judas was still one of the twelve and hung out with Jesus consistently.
  • Many Christians died because of Paul who openly persecuted them. A majority of the New Testament consists of letters from Paul.

My judgements and plans are not like Gods. If I only treated people well because I thought they would make good Christians, I could only wonder how many thousands I would miss.
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