As a young Christian, I often thought it was weird to call the day that Jesus was crucified good. Then I learned the reason it is called Good Friday even though there seemed to be nothing good about the darkest day, is because it is darkest before the dawn of many who awakened to a new life. Jesus arose from his grave as he said he would. He lives and His teachings live because of what transpired over Easter weekend.
I think many of us have experienced dark days where we thought that it was the end. And many of us are experiencing some dark days now. Some of us have lost jobs, been downsized from our companies and we feel downsized in our souls. Some of us are going through divorce or the loss of loved one. Others may have debt piled so overwhelming high that it seems hopeless. Or maybe you have been betrayed by a friend or trusted confident and now the one you thought you could trust has just thrown it away? I certainly have experienced many dark days. And there were many, many times that I have been so down and felt so alone that I couldn’t see a possibility that things would ever be better. How many have you been there? And what brought you out of your darkest day? For me it was my faith in God.
My faith and trust in God and focusing on God’s goodness and love keeps me and has kept me going during times I felt that I am being crucified. When I turn my focus to God and shut out all the noise and seemingly endless negativity from the world by going into silence and prayer God is there, always God is there. In this time of silence, I surrender all my problems and hurts to God praying for His guidance and I am calmed. It is then that I hear and feel God telling me the way to keep going, how to reinvent myself, how to meet obligations and to be happy and successful in my life again.
In dreams, God can talk to us easily because our subconscious is open and receptive to receiving information our conscious mind would otherwise question or dismiss. In our dreams we reach the theta state of consciousness. Theta is the state where God and the realm of creation is and we can get there as well in prayer.
On this Good Friday, if you are experiencing a sort of personal crucifiction remind yourself that it is always darkest before the dawn. Go into silence and surrender to God with faith and trust that with God you will arise above it all to be new again. There is life after seeming death.
“Is it not known to all people that the dream is the most usual way that God reveals himself to man?” —- Tertullian
Many Blessings and Sweet Dreams.
Cheri