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5/12/22
Dreaming I was turkey hunting with dad. A snake came out and went right to daddy. I was afraid he was gonna be bitten. He stepped on its head and shot it twice. Chunks of the dead snake flue over and hit me in the face. He saw a turkey but I was turned the wrong way. I was trying to get turned around without spooking the bird and he said, "I got him". I saw the bird flooping but never heard a shot. Then I heard other people talking and told dad we were messing up someone else's hunt. He said it's ok, they have a house out there. Something about a car in the woods.

PastorJKG,

I love this dream. Your dad seems like a super man and nothing can get past him. I think that is the main message of your dream, which is that your daddy in heaven Father God, has it covered and nothing escapes His notice and He is protecting you.

in Christ,

My Dad passed away 5/20/24. 2 years and a few days from this dream. He was my hunting and fishing buddy. He was 80 and was getting feeble. He had been dealing with congestive heart failure for several years. We would go fishing and hunting and I was always worried about him because he would not slow up. I was afraid he would fall trying to get in the deer stand or trying to stand up in the boat to fish. He literally had to crawl in the boat because he couldn't lift his leg high enough to step in. It is Tuesday the week after we found him deceased 8 days ago. I feel like the Lord is saying through the symbology of this dream. "It's Ok" "I got him". I don't have to worry about him anymore and I rejoice that even though he had significant health issues he was never bed ridden and was able to kill a nice buck this past season and we went fishing and had a good day just 3 or 4 weeks ago. I was blessed to be his son and Pastor. I know he was ready to go and all is well with him. Now that I am looking at this dream I remember something I didn't write down. There was an old building in the dream. It was odd because it was like a store front but it was narrow and very long. Like just a hallway width inside. Long home Eccl. 12;5, Trailers with the front door on the end instead of the side have been in several dreams to speak of people passing into eternity. I guess I didn't want to see it at the time. The face can speak of the heart. Prov. 27;19. It has surely been a blow to my heart, But the snake did not win.

Hello Pastor.

I just wanted to say that my heart goes out to you. I also lost my father and went through that grieving process. I also worried about him and his safety, and would minister to him about leaning on God to prepare his heart for the day our heavenly father would call him home.

One day we were sitting in his PCP's office for a follow-up visit and I told her that at times I didn't know if I was doing him more harm that good. You see, as his condition progressed, the symptoms became more challenging to manage. Don't remember where my thoughts were at the time, but maybe I was hoping for better solution than what I was currently doing to help him in that department. She told me that his condition was such that adjustments would need to be made and at times there would be stability, but then what worked before may not work now and another adjustment would need to be made by trial and error.

She then said something very simple, but profound to me. She said, "The only way you can cause your father any harm is if you stop caring for him." And I cared for him deeply, so there was no threat with losing that. She then went on to tell me the story of her sister. Her sister took care of their mother and it had been six years that their mother had passed. To this day, she said, my sister still questions whether she should have done this or that for their mother, or gone this way instead of that way, and maybe mom would have still been with them.

I think it was her way of letting me know when my father passes, it is human nature to question if there was something you could have done to prevent it, but know that your caring about him was enough.

We are human and do the best we can and whether we could have extended another's life for a period of time, or, at the least, make the process more comfortable for them, is irrelevant in the sight of what loving and caring for them meant to them. God used his physician's words to help see me through because, yes, I did go down that road and had to hold onto to knowing that I loved him greatly, and cared for him and I am sure that helped carry him through.

Last night I watching a movie that took place in the wilderness. It was about a father teaching his son to hunt and fish. I was watching half-heartedly as I was working on something simultaneously. I dropped what I was doing and really started to pay attention when things went south and this son carried his injured father on his back. I know it was just a movie, but I was reminded of my own challenges and heartache, outward and in, as I took care of my father.

At the end of the movie they did make it to a safe place where a doc was called, but the father passed on.

I have to admit, I was pretty mad at the movie, calling it stupid and why did I watch it, there was no point to it except this poor kid going through all this, to have his father pass in the end. Wasn't fair of me as I really wasn't paying full attention from the beginning, and I knew it.

Of course, although just a movie, I found myself reliving my pain and challenges with caring for my father. Maybe it was just a reminder that loving and caring is enough; that it helps carry them through their challenges more than medication and knowing exactly what to do.

My heart goes out to you and yours and will send up prayers on behalf.

God does know what we need to help get us through, and time does help with the pain from the loss.