My Dream

As I awaken into this new world, this new part of life I am amazed at what I see, at what I sense.  I see a world filled with a peaceful white light, a shadowless light that comes from all directions at once.  I hear music that is exceedingly pleasant to my ears, the kind that is beyond calming, beyond sedate.  There is singing in the far distance, a thousand thousand voices all in unison giving rise to music as gentle as a breeze blowing through the treetop leaves, as gentle as the breath of a sleeping child.   I feel a light wind blowing from I know not where, going to I know not where.  This new world is filled with a warm, caressing love beyond human experience.

For years I have been sleeping.  Through school and career, through travel and entertainment I have slept and dreamed.  I have dreamed of childhood adventures, of writing, of drawing.  I have slept through marriage and retirement and illness.  I was dreaming all along that I was living a reality.

I awakened in the arms of Jesus.  My past dream is a fading reality; I remember only the best of bits and pieces.  The bad and ugly are gone, I remember them no more.

I have awakened into eternity, the nightmare is over.  From this day forward I am in the holy presence of God.