My Tree Dream/Vision ?

I have had this dream/visions a number of times... It is nothing bad, but I think it is pretty awesome...

The first time I had this it was when I was in ICU at the hospital... Not sure how many believe in these kinds of things... But to keep it simple... There was like this really cool tree... Really it was more than a tree... There was something about it... I haven't really had this dream again until lately(a few weeks)... But like I said, there is this tree that is just sitting in the middle of what would be something like a canyon that has a huge drop off.. But there is a bridge that goes to this tree... What I remember about this tree is that there is these pretty little pink and white blooms that would almost seem like they glow... There is a man standing under the tree that I am thinking is either Jesus or an angel... It would be cool if it was Jesus...There was this heavy staff or rob that was leaning next to the tree... Not sure what that was all about...

What I found that was interesting about this dream was the sounds... I could hear the sounds of water and how far down the water was in the deep canyon... I know that sounds odd... Then you have the smell... There isn't a smell like this at all... Its a clean fresh smell... I could hear the echo of the water hitting the sides... Then you could hear this soft sound that was like a humming sound that came from beyond the tree's... This wasn't a bad humming, more of a sweet humming... If that makes any sense to anyone... It's hard to explain what is in a dream...

What stood out the most to me is that it was a place that was very peaceful and a place where I wanted to just hang out at... I didn't see any other people there, but I was awfully curious about the path that was beyond that tree lol... I never did get to where that was though... It was basically like I was there at the tree and hanging out and resting... I had this dream last night again and asked what the guys name was... Or would it be a guy or girl if they are there... Wonder if angels have different sexes or what... Hmmm maybe that is another topic... But I did get that "I will get to rest soon"... Now for me that can mean a few different things... It could mean that there will be some peace in my house... It could mean that Christ is going to come soon and that everything is going to be just peachy... It could mean that I would be dead and gone and partying with Christ... Hmmm any of those options sounds good to me right now...

I seem to have alot of these kinds of dreams... Most nights my prayer is for God to give me what I need to understand and know... I don't pay much attention and am way to stubborn for my own good... When I can tell that it is a dream that God is trying to get my attention on, I am pretty much OK with that... How can I argue with God, which I am great at arguing... But that is one argument that I would loose I have a feeling...

But this is one of those dreams that I like and it seems like I always feel better when I have this and I always get something out of it... Even if that something may be peace for  little while and knowing that God is there and giving me a place to rest... Although I have to say, there was no pillows or blankets in these dreams/visions... It seems I have alot of these kind of dreams or the kind that is telling me I need to do something about something... I don't like those kind... I prefer to just rest... But I guess it isn't up to me...

There was one weird thing in the dream and it was back to the word "Trust"... Now this is the strangest of all things... It told me to trust the person who went to church on Whispering Ridge Lane... It didn't say what church, the city, the state or the country... Just the name of the street... Kinda weird if you ask me... Now if that isn't strange, I have no idea... Like yeah... There may be a name of a street somewhere in this world... But likely hood is there someone on a street named that in my circle of friends... But who knows... I don't think there is a name like that around where I live at... Hmmm, maybe it isn't important, who knows... Or maybe God threw it in there just confuse me when there is no place with this name and see if I would remember it... Like I said, who knows? Certainly not me... Or maybe he wants to see if I ponder on things too much and then I find it is just nothing at all... But either way, it is just one of those little details that was in a dream... It may even be that it has nothing to do with me at all and that it is just a figment of my imagination and dreams... There are many times I dream about people I have no idea who they are... They are there and that is about it... Those are what I call dreams that  mean nothing, lol... That is unless I see someone from my dream walking down the road and it's like "WAIT A SEC" But more than likely it may not have been important to even mention... Besides even if there was someone that knew that name, out of the billions of people in the world, it would be like finding a needle in a haystack world wide, lol...

I have tried to find a tree like what was in my dream... Not one tree lives up to the WOW factor of this tree... I don't think a human can really make a tree like that come to life in a picture...

What Happens Right When We Die???

Even though I am a Christian, I have mixed thoughts on this topic. I have had wonderful dreams about what I call "My Meadow". Well my friend Nancybratt and Donna are there too and we are hanging out by this tree and there are all kinds of animals and you can hear the sound of the brook. I am sure that Heaven is gonna be a a wonderful place that is beyond imagination.

Yesterday I was talking to a friend on the phone about what happens immediately after we die. In the Bible we are led to believe a couple things. One is that we are going to be in a state of sleep. And the other is that we immediatly go to heaven to be with Jesus. I am hoping that we immediatly go to heaven. If we are in a state of sleep, won't it seem like we are going to heaven right away. It won't seem like there is a time lapse at all. We go to sleep and there we are...

Many conservative Christians believe that when a person dies, they enter into complete oblivion - a state of non-existence. They remain unconscious; they have no self-awareness. Their body decays. At the time of the second coming of Jesus, the dead are called from their graves; they will be resurrected and judged.

Some of the other thoughts on life after death are these... I don't really buy into them, because of my faith in Jesus Christ. But I will post them here.

Heaven: Eternity is spent in Heaven or Paradise with God, in a state that is beautiful beyond our ability to conceive.
Hell: Eternity is spent in Hell with Satan and his demons. All are tormented and tortured, in isolation from God, without any hope of mercy or relief.
Annihilation: The body rots. One's soul, spirit, memory, personality, awareness, body, and mind disappear and are no more.
Transmigration of the soul: Our soul and spirit are reborn into a human fetus or newborn child.
Reincarnation: Our soul and spirit are reborn into another living entity - not necessarily human.

What the Bible Says about death is;

All people who are alive on earth at the time of the second coming will be assembled together (Matthew 25:31-32). "Those who have rejected the Lord in this life, who have sinned mortally, who have no remorse for sin and do not seek forgiveness, will have condemned themselves to hell for all eternity."

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live - John 11:25

"The LORD brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the
grave and raises up. 1SA 2:6

Luke 43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in
paradise."

Revelations 20:12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The
dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.

My Personal Thought- Whatever they put in my obituary some day, I hope those words will accurately describe where I will be the moment after I die - safe in Jesus' arms.

Let me add this too.. I don't even want to think of the possibility of reincaration... I just can't imagine coming back as a chicken or goat, lol