TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY IS TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD

To dream of a death as interpreted by our so called expert dream interpreters means just the opposite. 

It means there is a birth on the way.

Others sat that, "death" usually symbolizes a transformation, change or departure. This particular dream could represent the end of that family member's influence or control over the dreamer. Alternatively, the relative could be a symbol for part of the dreamer's own self that is undergoing a transition, such as graduation, job loss, relocation, etc.

The Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 5:8 does not say that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord

We must be critical about the text and examine it to see what it truly says. We see that the text in 2 Corinthians 5:8 does not say that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. One does not equal the other. Here is the entire passage in question so that we can understand the full context:

“For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:1–8).

Paul likens our existing mortal bodies with an “earthly tent,” and says we should not worry if it is destroyed because we have a “building from God” that awaits us. The context does not support the claim that we will be in God’s presence without a body; rather, Paul simply says we will not have THIS body. He likens our bodies to clothing that we must wear. In verse 4, Paul specifically says he does not want to be unclothed (without a body), but rather further clothed (different body). That’s quite a different picture than a disembodied spirit that lives on after death!

When we compare this language to 1 Corinthians 15:51–54, also written by Paul, it becomes even clearer. The passage reads:

“Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: ‘Death is swallowed up in victory.’ ”

A Message Through 2 Sparrows and A Dream-Watch Latest Video

My friend Christine had been very ill with cancer of the bones and had been transferred to Calvary Hospital which is the hospital patients with no further hope of life are taken for the peace and serenity it offers to make their final days more comfortable.

 

 

I had been praying for strength for her husband and their young son who look like zombies walking around doing what they had to do, all the while appearing dazed and almost soul-less.

 

I did not know she had been transferred until I returned home from work and was informed by one of my neighbors.  I thought back on my walk to work that morning when I had seen a small sparrow with a broken wing attempting to fly away from the path of us, the giant humans, rushing towards our designated skyscrapers after pouring out of the subways and up the steps emerging from the tunnels.  I remembered feeling so empathetic for it.

 

The following week I was on my way towards the subway when I noticed another small sparrow lying lifeless on the concrete ground just beside a medium sized tree.  How curious to have witnessed first a maimed bird and then one who had probably fallen from the tree and perhaps broken its little neck after the fall.

 

Once home, my sister called to break the news to me of our dear friend Christine's death early that morning.

 

I couldn't help but to believe that my sightings of the 2 sparrows were God's way of telling me of my friend's condition, preparing me for the news which would follow.  Something as simple as the above events may be messages from beyond which many do not recognize or accept.  I for one, like to believe that we all have communication from the spirit but that only those who believe and are open to receive those messages can recognize them.  I say this with conviction because, this was only the first time I have been alerted about the impending death of someone close to me.

 

During the month of my friend's death, I prayed that she had been delivered into the loving arms of God. There are many different religions and spiritual beliefs and mine is that of Catholicism since, as I have previously mentioned somewhere in some blog, some place, that I was raised a Catholic and educated by the Sisters of Charity.  It is ingrained in me that  faith, even as small as a mustard seed can move mountains.  It may have been within the first week after attending the funeral service that I dreamt about Christine, she was walking her dog Alfie as she did while in life but this time, she was wearing a lovely brilliantly blinding yellow colored dress; something way out of the norm, for Christine, as she was always in sneakers, jeans and her hair tied up in a pony tail.  I knew that morning when I awoke, that Christine was now in a good place.

2012 Sparrows Enter My Life Once Again. This Time I Took Pictures and Videos

 

 

 

 

2 sparrows built their nest in my plant

 They worked endlessly to construct their little space

 for mommy sparrow to nest.

 This is the perfectly constructed nest

Here is mommy sparrow nesting.

She nested for about 7 days until one day,

 I noticed she was no longer there but was delighted to see her little eggs in the nest.

They began to hatch. See their round dark eyes and reddish skin?

 

Here is a better shot of them.

 Once they grew a little bigger, they began to quietly beg for food.

Here they are with more of their down and nicely formed already.

They began to become aware of me snapping pictures of them

but they still were not strong enough to fly away.

They seemed to enjoy the attention.

 

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RECURRING NIGHTMARE

RECURRING NIGHTMARE

For almost a year I used to have a recurring nightmare.

I was lying face up on a hallway floor of what seemed to be an apartment building and it seemed to be getting darker and blurrier by the second.  I heard muffled voices and sounds of people running around me.  Why were they not stopping to assist me?  I attempt to raise my head up off of the ground but as dreams would have it, can not.  Suddenly, I begin to feel a warm surge beginning to stream from the back of my head and down the back of my neck; as it happens, I realize that I have been shot in the back of my head and am losing a lot of blood; Again, I try to lift but this time it is my arm,in order to cover the wound and apply pressure to hold back the bleeding but it is of no avail; I am too weakened.
Why doesn't anyone stop and do this action for me? Why isn't anyone helping?  I wonder as I listen to the sound of frantic feet runing in confusing around me and the muffled sounds of despair until I drift off and away.