I had
a dream sometime during this past year. I don't remember if I
recorded it, and if I did record it, I don't remember where I
recorded it. During this past week, the dream keeps coming to mind,
so I am taking the opportunity to record the dream to the best of my
remembrance.
I was
in a small speed boat with a few others. We were seat belted in the
seats next to and behind the driver of the boat. Behind the seats
was a deck. A clear vinyl covering was securely snapped to the
windshield and sides of the boat. The seats were covered but the deck
was not under the vinyl covering.
My
baby was on the deck sleeping peacefully in her carrier. The baby
carrier was sitting on the deck but was not strapped to the boat. My
sleeping baby was not under the vinyl covering with me and was
unaware of her surroundings.
It was
a clear day with blue skies. The canal leading from the dock to the
ocean was a beautiful aqua blue.
We
hadn't even reached the ocean when a huge tsunami wave caught us by
surprise. It came up over the boat, and we were in the middle of an
ocean storm. My heart sank when I looked back and realized my
helpless, sleeping baby was lost at sea. In such a storm, it wasn't
even possible for me to find her. I awoke from the dream in a state
a alarm.
I've
pondered over the meaning of the dream. The sleeping baby are people
I love. They are asleep and unaware of any impending danger. They
are helpless against the imminent storm . The storm will hit with
such suddenness that it will be impossible to help them.
I am
reminded of these concluding words in the Book of Mormon:
And
again I would exhort you that ye would come unto Christ, and lay hold
upon every good gift, and touch not the evil gift, nor the unclean
thing. And awake, and arise from the dust, O Jerusalem; yea, and put
on thy beautiful garments, O daughter of Zion; and strengthen thy
stakes and enlarge thy borders forever, that thou mayest no more be
confounded, that the covenants of the Eternal Father which he hath
made unto thee, O house of Israel, may be fulfilled.
Yea,
come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all
ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and
love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace
sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ;
and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise
deny the power of God. And again, if ye by the grace of God are
perfect in Christ, and deny not his power, then are ye sanctified in
Christ by the grace of God, through the shedding of the blood of
Christ, which is in the covenant of the Father unto the remission of
your sins, that ye become holy, without spot. Moroni 10:30-33
Come
unto Christ while it is called today! And again:
Hearken,
O ye people of my church, saith the Lord your God, and hear the word
of the Lord concerning you— The Lord who shall suddenly come to his
temple; the Lord who shall come down upon the world with a curse to
judgment; yea, upon all the nations that forget God, and upon all the
ungodly among you. For he shall make bare his holy arm in the eyes of
all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the
salvation of their God.
Wherefore,
prepare ye, prepare ye, O my people; sanctify yourselves; gather ye
together, O ye people of my church, upon the land of Zion, all you
that have not been commanded to tarry. Go ye out from Babylon. Be ye
clean that bear the vessels of the Lord. Call your solemn assemblies,
and speak often one to another. And let every man call upon the name
of the Lord
Yea,
verily I say unto you again, the time has come when the voice of the
Lord is unto you: Go ye out of Babylon;gather ye out from among the
nations, from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Send forth the elders of my church unto the nations which are afar
off; unto the islands of the sea; send forth unto foreign lands; call
upon all nations, first upon the Gentiles, and then upon the Jews.
And
behold, and lo, this shall be their cry, and the voice of the Lord
unto all people: Go ye forth unto the land of Zion, that the borders
of my people may be enlarged, and that her stakes may be
strengthened, and that Zion may go forth unto the regions round
about. Yea, let the cry go forth among all people: Awake and arise
and go forth to meet the Bridegroom; behold and lo, the Bridegroom
cometh; go ye out to meet him. Prepare yourselves for the great day
of the Lord.
Watch,
therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour. Let them,
therefore, who are among the Gentiles flee unto Zion. And let them
who be of Judah flee unto Jerusalem, unto the mountains of the Lord’s
house. Go ye out from among the nations, even from Babylon, from the
midst of wickedness, which is spiritual Babylon.
But
verily, thus saith the Lord, let not your flight be in haste, but let
all things be prepared before you; and he that goeth, let him not
look back lest sudden destruction shall come upon him. Hearken and
hear, O ye inhabitants of the earth. Listen, ye elders of my church
together, and hear the voice of the Lord; for he calleth upon all
men, and he commandeth all men everywhere to repent.
For
behold, the Lord God hath sent forth the angel crying through the
midst of heaven, saying: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, and make his
paths straight, for the hour of his coming is nigh—When the Lamb
shall stand upon Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four
thousand, having his Father’s name written on their foreheads.
Wherefore, prepare ye for the coming of the Bridegroom; go ye, go ye
out to meet him. . . D&C 133:1-19
