Religion or Relationship

In this dream a big car was rolling up to me, the car itself was what would’ve been considered a luxury car back in the 70’s and 80’s. V8 engine, extended hood and trunk, wide seats in front and back, a gas guzzler for sure.

As this car rolled up my friend was leaning far out of the car arms extended to me. When the car stopped, I looked in to see the driver, it was his mother and then quickly she was old. She was almost attached to the car, and had a hard time seeing much past the car.

*end of dream

I asked the Lord about it as it was so vivid and seemed to mean something.

The fella in the dream came into the café’ I used to work at and I mentioned that I had a quick dream he was in and I had a question. His curiosity was peeked and he said to ask away.

I asked if his grandmother, his mother’s mother was religious. He gave me a vexed look and said yes, she was a staunch Catholic.

I smiled and said I understood why the car was so big, then I explained the dream to him.

I also explained that some people don’t know how to express their relationship with Christ apart from their denomination, the vehicle of their faith if you will.

Having spent time in my youth in several foster homes and in their various houses of faith, I was, even as a child vexed at how much division these houses had even though we all seemed to believe in the same amazing gift.

Christ, bridged the great divide, giving us access to our Great Father in Heaven and showing us the way to walk in Love and Forgiveness and Peace and Joy.

Yet the denominational walls were thick with judgement and rejection. Yes, I thought of these things as child because I knew Him and talked with Him, He was the most stable thing in my little life and Held onto Him tighter than any other thing and I had dreams, visions and conversations that had very little to going to a building. I did enjoy going to different churches and really being with people that worshipped and prayed was a nice thing for me, I did not understand all the differences, what made one better? 

This dream though, begs the question, do we have religion or relationship?
Can we share about our experience with God without the dogma of a particular strain of Christianity.
Do we have a vehicle or a walk?
Can we still express our faith without the building if that time should come?
Should we be in the driver’s seat or following in His footsteps?
Have we made commitments to a denomination or to our Creator? 

Keep in mind some of these vehicles have done a LOT of damage, and the damage was done in Christ’s name. What I find amazing in that is people know what was done wasn’t Christ’s character. What a powerful thing to know.

I just thought I would share this simple dream and share some of the questions it stirred to reflect upon.