Do you ever find the Lord to be fun? Almighty, Judge, Creator, Omnipresent, Magnificent...yeah, all that stuff. But fun?

At times, it seems He just plays with us, speaks in puns, riddles and puzzles. He speaks in ways that "bounce off" natural circumstances to teach you spiritual principles.

If you follow the Lord, you might as well learn to like puzzles, because He's got a gazillion for each of us. 

Take, for instance, Matthew 16:6-12. Those scriptures tell a story about Jesus and the disciples crossing the Sea Of Galilee, and the guys had forgotten to bring bread. Sensing their thoughts, Jesus "bounced off" those thoughts and said, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

The disciples responded in their normal way (which we all do) and thought He was talking about yeast, because they had forgotten to bring bread. It likely didn't make a lot of sense to them at the time because He was always talking in puzzles.

He still uses this same "bouncing off" principle, using our natural daily thoughts and heart intentions to tell us a spiritual principle. 

He does this all the time, in dreams. 

For example, say you pass someone who reminds you of an old high-school friend, and then you have a dream of your old friend that night. We tend to think we're dreaming of our old friend because we saw someone who looked like them that day. Wrong answer; He didn't give you that dream because you forgot to bring bread, Disciple. He's telling you something spiritual and bouncing off your natural circumstances. That old friend is symbolic for something going on in your life now.

What about those times you watch a movie about someone drowning, go to bed and dream you're being swept away in a tidal wave? We tend to respond exactly like the disciples and think in natural terms, like I had that dream because I just saw a movie about drowning, but that's not the way it works. He's giving us a puzzle to solve, using our thoughts and circumstances.

The Lord's ways are puzzling, but understanding this way He works will give you a clue to a dream's correct interpretation.

If you haven't read previous posts, here are a few resources to help get you caught up:

What People in Your Dreams Mean
Symbols in Dreams
How to Interpret Your Dreams

And, as always, feel welcome to buy our book - it gives a step-by-step guide for how to break down your dream, interpret the symbols, and learn to quickly understand what the Lord is talking to you about in the night.

​Sweet dreams!

Category: How to Interpret Your Dreams, Recurring Dreams, People in Dreams

I'm in my grandmother's house - again- and the creepy door to the basement looms in front of me. Dare I walk down?  It's dark and scary, where ghosts and goblins used to live. But for some reason, I have to go down those stairs.

The old woodwork creaks, and I can't see past the next step. I feel the hair on my arms raise and my whole body shudders. But, I can't. stop. walking.

Whew, you're awake! Thank goodness, it was just a dream. But why do I keep having the same dream?!

Recurring dreams often address an issue with which you've dealt for a time but haven't effectively handled. You keep having the issue, so you keep having the dream. Recurring symbolic dreams are not foretelling; they are dealing with issues in your life and issues of your heart. (There are symbolic dreams that do indicate foretelling, but these are highly uncommon and occur within a short time, like two in the same night, for instance. We'll address those in another post.)


​Dream Breakdown
​Let's break down and analyze the dream above. Your grandmother is likely symbolic for issues you're dealing with in your own life that are similar to the issues your grandmother dealt with (see What People in Your Dreams Mean). 

Being in her house means you are doing something your grandmother did...you are "in her house". For example, if my neighbor bakes cookies all the time, and I spent a whole day baking so many cookies that I didn't go to work, I could easily dream of being in my neighbor's house that night.

A door symbolizes an entry, and a stairway to the basement can symbolize going down to a lower place (whether emotionally , mentally or spiritually). Meaning, you could be lowering yourself/your standards in some way.

In other words, let's say your grandmother had a problem with overeating, and that you too have battled weight most of your life. In fact, every night this week you've been binge-watching Friends with Oreo's and Breyers Vanilla Bean ice cream. You're stressed about overeating and the surely looming pounds, but just can't stop yourself.
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What the Dream Means
The door in your dream is the entry to the food addiction your grandmother had, and the stairway to the basement symbolizes your descent into the same addiction. You see yourself losing control and it shows up in your dreams.

That place of addiction is indeed scary; not a place filled with the peace of the Lord, but instead with fear and dread. Those are the ghosts and goblins. In the dream, you are continually compelled to go down those stairs. In reality, the addiction is beckoning you to come.

This reoccurring dream shows up time and again because the dreamer is struggling with the same addiction her grandmother did, and each time she gives in to it, she has a similar dream. 

What to do about these dreams? We explain dreams, the Lord's purpose for them and how to best handle the issues they address in Dream Interpretation Toolkit. 


​Do you have a dream topic you would like addressed? If so, please leave a comment.

Sweet Dreams!
Sylvia