Loneliness and Volleyball?

[MJ]

Had a dream which I am hoping someone has an interpretation for...I believe I understand some parts of it, but need an outside voice to help me with this revelation.

IRL: I don't have a db car garage, our son does not live with my hub and me (he did in the past for awhile several years ago) and is married a few years now---but is having a rough time in his marriage. This son is what I would say is the closest spiritually to me as compared to his three siblings.

Also, IRL, I have a good marriage, close ties to all my family, and a good PT job---a pretty average life overall. Just very sensitive in the spirit, which makes daily life a little less carefree than my life in the past(I spend a lot of time with the Lord now, which is wonderful).

The dream: it was in segments...not in color...and it was like I was thinking and interpreting my dream while I was in my dream, which is not the usual for me to do while dreaming.

I had intense feelings and emotions within this dream...the emotions were more real than the events. It was like flipping pages through a book and seeing some words stand out but not clearly understanding the plot of the book.

I was feeling lonely in my dream and I think I was thinking of what to do for the day. Then I was walking out into the garage, which was a huge garage, nothing special, but, two full-sized volleyball nets set up. I noticed the posts had bottoms made of tires (that was like the vb nets in my high school for gym classes). I remember thinking, "Boy, someone sure did a neat job of setting those up." Then my son walks up from the basement---like he is living with us---and doesn't say anything but instantly I know he is living in the basement, unmarried, and I can feel this very intense loneliness from him---it is exactly the same emotion I am feeling in this dream. It's like my son and I are sharing the same emotion and are both very quiet about it and not sharing it with anyone---I just know in my dream that it is a hidden emotion from others.

Then I ask my son if people are coming over because if they are, I will need to get food made for them (my nurturing, "Kool-aid Mom" side kicks in) and I feel instantly happy for the moment knowing I have people to take care of----then my son says, "No, but I got tired of no one wanting to do anything and I just wanted to get ready."

I tossed that around in my head, kinda like, "Oh, he's so lonely (I'm wondering how long he's been this lonely) he wants to prepare for people to come over for a fun time...but....no one has been invited so how will they know he wants them to come over to play volleyball?" End of dream.

The part I do understand clearly is our shared emotion of loneliness and wanting to do something about it.

Why the volleyball? The double-car garage? Why is my son living with us?

I just cry when I think about this dream...it has affected me so much. It feels like the Lord is trying to speak to me about something that is important in my life right now.

Thanks for your help, brother or sister---it is very appreciated.

[Bella]

Hi MJ,

I don't have an interp, but just wanted to share the thoughts I had when I read your dream.

Everything seems to be in 2s. You and your son with the same emotion, double car garage, volleyball which requires 2 sides back and forth.

I know there are a lot of people in the body of Christ who are feeling lonely and feeling as though they're doing all the work in relationships and that others aren't, so they're withdrawing, out of rejection or feeling tired.

I'm not sure if I'm off track here, so I hope I haven't taken your dream off it's purpose!!!

Regards Bella

[ditte3]

Hi
Peace be with you.
Maybe these are just my thoughts.

Perhaps the valleyball maybe means that you and your son are waiting for others to "come and play",perhaps you are waiting fo a "team work".Which is really necessary in the Body of Christ.

Please toss these if the Lord tells you something else.
Blessings.
Edith

[Newbie]

"No, but I got tired of no one wanting to do anything and I just wanted to get ready."

I tossed that around in my head, kinda like, "Oh, he's so lonely (I'm wondering how long he's been this lonely) he wants to prepare for people to come over for a fun time...but....no one has been invited so how will they know he wants them to come over to play volleyball?" End of dream.

Hello MJ,these are just some thoughts. In my dreams sports means warfare or getting ready to soldier for the Lord. The above quote stuck out to me. It appears that both you and your son are preparing for battle and you are awaiting for others to show up to "play" in the game. It looks like you are ready to serve the "Word" and fellowship with others. The garages speak to me as a place of outreach. It is like you want to reach out and help others but no one is showing up perse. However, in the dream it is like the people don't know because they were not "invited". The sense of lonliness is two-fold: you probaly feel that you are alone and do not have someone that is understanding of what you are going through in your walk and it could be that you maybe travailing, feeling the Lord's heaviness and those that are feeling this. I bring up travailing because I am seeing a lot of this transpiring with others and they are unaware. Here is a link, that explains more and you may have recent experiences that may fall under this: http://www.bible.com/bibleanswers_result.php?id=307.
I pray that He gives you clarity over this dream. God Bless!!!

[MJ]

Bella: Thanks for your reply...I see the importance of two after you pointed it out. The Bible says two praying together can send 10,000 to flight. My son is the only one of my children interested in Bible prophecy so I can see the connection of the two now. Thanks again!

Ditte3: Thank you also for your insight...I do believe you are right in that we are waiting for others to join in our interests. The dream may be telling us that Bible prophecy for us is "fun" whereas many others do not see researching and seeking this topic of much interest.

Newbie: You are right about the spiritual warfare---thanks for helping to open my eyes to the garage as a passageway. Thank you for your help in interpreting this dream and also for the link...I will surely check it out.

All of you have been wonderful to post something significant and insightful...the fact that three of you responded sets well with my spirit---and you all had a different spin on things which convinces me that you all heard from the Lord on this dream.

I do admit to going through some lonely days, especially the past year to year and a half. It seems my interests are so opposite than those of most people...for the first time in life I feel like an outsider just observing others. But, I do pray a lot and it seems the more I pray the more distance I feel to this physical realm. Maybe that's what Paul talks about in his writings about how he felt trying to live his life for God but still feeling the pull to his heavenly home.

God bless you so much! Sometimes it's hard for one "to see the forest through the trees" while trying to interpret a dream---we are the Body, praise His Name.

Blessings,

[Newbie]

I do admit to going through some lonely days, especially the past year to year and a half. It seems my interests are so opposite than those of most people...for the first time in life I feel like an outsider just observing others. But, I do pray a lot and it seems the more I pray the more distance I feel to this physical realm. Maybe that's what Paul talks about in his writings about how he felt trying to live his life for God but still feeling the pull to his heavenly home.

This statement and the text that I put in bold speaks volumes to me. A few months ago, I had a "strange" situation in church in which it felt as though I was invisible. Later on during reflection and giving someone a word of advice, this came to mind. Sometimes the Lord just wants us to observe and not participate, so we see what is going on around us. That day when I got home, I felt that something was amiss and told my husband that something didn't feel right. I couldn't place my finger on it at that moment but knew something was going on in the spiritual. The person I gave a word of advice to, had a similiar experience. The more you get closer to Him the more you will feel unfullfilled by things in the natural. Unfortunately, alot of people especially during this time cannnot relate because they are caught up in the natural.
I have had many days in which I felt this feeling you have but each timeI will learn something new. To me I found that this is necessary and it prepares me for even bigger obstacles down the road. The best thing I can equate this with is that maybe He is removing things and people in your life that should not be there. I prayed this once and you would not believe how many so called friends and family dispersed from my family and my life. I am not sure if this is the case but it is something to thik about. God Bless!!!