God's Master Floor Plan

Last night I had a very interesting dream that had quite a bit of meaning. I dreamed that Dan and I moved into a house that had a room we hadn't used accept to store odds and ends for the two weeks we lived there. Our pastor, Todd, needed an office because it was super cold and the church didn't have a heater. I wanted to offer him our office but knew that it would be kinda awkward him being in the house with me there all day. So I went to the door to this unused part of the house and when I opened it there was this whole other part of the house I had forgotten was there. The room was big with two sets of french doors, hard wood floors, lots of windows and a fire place. One set of doors went to another room with the fire place and the other went into a small backyard with a garden, a putting (sp?) green and a coy pond loaded with large coy. There were neighbors who were super friendly too. Since those rooms were only assesable by one door to the house along with the backyard, I decided that this would make a great place for an office for our pastor until the one at church was more inhabitable. In the dream, the discovery and ability to help was super exciting and peaceful.

I recognized emmediately what this dream meant to me. Dan and I have lived here in this house for two years. Six months ago we found out we would need to move. Before that we were involved in church, spending time with friends, enjoying our marriage. When it came time to move, we became all about moving. We didn't envest in our friends or church as we could have been. Well recently we have decided to invest in where we are, bloom where we are planted. The last couple of weeks has really just been awesome. We spent some really great time with friends, are looking to get back involved in church activities and renewed our vows. We have also found in our marriage a whole new aspect that has been growing but seems to have bloomed recently and we are reaping that harvest. Working along side each other tiling the kitchen, raising Sarah and investing in our friendships and getting involved in church again (Dan is leading Sunday school temporarilly and I am leading the worship music part of next Sunday...I might even sing into the microphone this time...scary). I feel in my relationship with God as Dan and I renewed our vows, God has brought Dan and I to a turning point not only with each other but in our relationship with God as well. This makes sense since it is the three of us in this marriage. We are a team, the three of us. I sense a whole part of our selves that was not utilized before mostly because of immaturity on our parts is now open to us, open to others and it is really really amazing. Don't get me wrong, we are selfish people and will always struggle with that, but a particular aspect of that seems to have, by God's hands alone, been removed like a big chunk of a tumor, and it is super awesome as God reveals all this to us. If I can, I will draw a picture of this house and yard so you can see it too. I have always put a lot of weight in dreams, and am thankful I never lost that, because my day today has been trully blessed by this dream that has brought to realization God's master plan or shall we call it a floor plan.