So the other night I had this intense dream where I was running late for some huge event, but when I got there everyone was already gone. Woke up sweating at 3 AM wondering what the heck that meant, especially since I’d been reading Revelation earlier. Took me two days to finally sit down and dig into this.
Getting Started
First thing Monday morning, I grabbed my coffee and dusted off the giant Thompson Chain Reference Bible I inherited from grandpa. Started flipping through the concordance looking for “abandoned”, “left behind”, “forsaken” – anything that seemed close. Found about thirty references just for “forsaken” alone, which made me realize how common this theme is.
The Deep Dive
Spent three hours cross-referencing passages:
- Matthew 24 felt super relevant – Jesus talking about two in a field, one taken and one left
- Psalm 22 where David shouts “My God, why have you forsaken me?” – raw stuff
- Even looked at Genesis when Hagar and Ishmael get sent away
Kept a notebook where I jotted down my initial reactions next to each verse. Honestly got chills seeing how many biblical figures had this exact experience. At this point I’m thinking – is my dream trying to tell me I’ve been spiritually lazy?
Testing Theories
Over lunch, I tried some practical experiments:
- Reviewed my calendar to see if I’d actually been skipping church (turns out I’d missed three weeks straight)
- Wrote down all my unfinished projects (that list was embarrassingly long)
- Called Pastor Dave to see if he’d preached on spiritual neglect recently (he chuckled and said “next Sunday’s sermon”)
Started noticing real-life parallels – like how I’d been avoiding that difficult friend who needed help. Felt super convicted around 4pm when I realized I hadn’t cracked my Bible outside of this research all week.
Final Takeaways
After a week sitting with this, here’s what settled in my spirit:
- Feeling left behind in dreams isn’t necessarily prophecy, but often points to real neglect
- The biblical pattern shows immediate action always follows these wake-up calls
- My personal warning sign? Spotting avoidance patterns I was pretending not to see
Ended up texting that friend I’d been avoiding, scheduled all my unfinished projects, and set alarms for church days. Still working through it all, but that uneasy dream feeling? Totally gone since I started moving on what it showed me.
