This was not a literal dream that I had…It’s a fictional story, but it’s one that God gave me the inspiration to write, and the lesson portrayed is far from fictional. I think that many of us can relate to this important lesson, and I hope that you all read it with an open-mind and let God speak to you through it if He needs to. Thanks. :)
I dreamed I was taken to a far-off place, a land not reached by man. I could feel the peace that resided there, it’s presence was unmistakable. I could hear the most beautiful sounds of chorus, sung by ones whose voices were pure and glorious. I could smell a sweet scent that was not one known to me, but I was certain it could not be matched by any other scent in this world. But I could not see. My eyes were closed. I tried to open my eyes, but to no avail. I desired more than anything else to see this wonderful place, this dreamland, this heaven. But I could not, my vision had failed me.
Then I heard a voice, and You told me that I would not see the beauty around me, but only the darkness I had without my sight. Confused and mournful, I asked why. And the answer came... You told me that I had closed my eyes to Your beauty on earth and now I would not see the beauty prepared in this place. I did not understand, so You explained further. You told me that I had been blind to those You had sent. You told me that whatever I had done to the least of my brethren I had done to You also.
But I still did not understand. I had sent money to missionaries and contributed food to feed the poor in my community. I had done well, at least better than a lot of people had done. But it had not been enough? You continued to speak, and I listened. You told me that I had refused to see the good in certain people, rejecting them and thus rejecting You. You told me that I had closed my eyes and pretended I had not seen the hurting and pained around me. You told me I had seen only what I wanted…only my own needs and cares.
You said that my eyes are very important and must be guarded carefully. And You told me to look for the beauty and not reject a person based on my sight. For God looks into the heart, beyond the surface appearance, and that is how I should see people too. And when you had finished the lesson, you said one last thing before I was sent back to my own land where I still lay fast asleep. Your last warning is the quote I live on, for one day I know I shall see the glory of that place far away. You told me to look with spiritual eyes and not in the physical realm. Sight will be revealed to the one who seeks it. And vision will be found to the one who desires it. Look not for appearance but for that which is found within and is displayed in the actions that are done.
And though I did not “see” the splendor of that far-away place, the vision I was given opened my eyes. My sight was restored, and now I see things much differently than I had before that night. If there’s one lesson that can be learned from this experience, it would be that sometimes we take for granted the things we can see, and forget that sight is a gift. Sometimes our eyes deceive us and tint the image we are looking at, and we see things differently than the way they really are. But true sight is not something you “see” through your eyes, it is something that God gives in the heart and mind. If you can recognize true beauty and see things the way God does, then and only then will you be able to appreciate fully the vision that you are blessed with.
-HK
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