A Firm Foundation

I woke up this morning remembering a dream I'd had last night. I don't always remember my dreams, and when I do, they're often non-sensical. But this dream was different.

In the dream, Matt told me he felt like we needed to move.... and when I asked where, he said a specific city that's about 20 minutes from our current home. This city has a lot of homes built on the side of a gravely hill/mountain, and I told him I was concerned about the stability of what the homes were built on. Suddenly we were there, looking at the homes... and because dreams are crazy and don't follow the laws of real life, I could view under the homes for hundreds of feet and see clearly what they were built upon.

I turned to my right and saw one section of homes. They were built on an enormous slab of some type of solid rock (in my dream there were some parts that had reddish tints and others with greenish tints. When I did a google search of pictures for this post, at first I thought it was granite... but that didn't look right. Finally I searched "what is the hardest rock?" The answer: Quartzite. And guess what... the pictures fit the visuals in my dream. Amazing...).

After seeing this solid rock clearly, I turned to my left and saw another section of homes. The ground underneath them looked like somebody had tried to make the ground look like solid rock, but it was a counterfeit... there was an artificial encasing that held smaller rocks, sand, and gravel. It had fractures in it, and I could see that it was prone to shifting.

The choice was obvious to me. It knew it was time to move, there was some sort of urgency, and we needed to move to a place with a solid foundation.

And then I woke up.

It was vivid. I can still see the details in my mind.

I started reflecting on what exactly the dream could mean. I knew it wasn't really about moving to a different home. We are exactly where we're supposed to be. And then the meaning started to come to me.

The world is changing. It's time to "move" some things in our lives and make sure our home is built upon a sure foundation. Our kids need to have an education, temporal and spiritual, that is based on true principles. We all need to work to have strong testimonies of God. Testimonies that are based on a rock solid foundation.

Matthew 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

Okay... so that sounds good and all... but what does that look like in real, every day life? In homeschool? In a home where nobody is perfect... the laundry always needs to be done, the kitchen always needs to be clean, and the kids always seem to be up past their bedtime...

...is that just in my house? Ha!

It looks like praying to know what changes OUR home needs. Maybe it's more consistent scripture reading. Maybe it's some habits that need to be created (or stopped). Maybe it's more eye-contact-time together without media or screens. Maybe it's working hard to be loving in all interactions with other people, even those with whom we disagree... especially with those people- staying far away from contention, keeping charity in our hearts, and teaching my children to do the same.

I'm praying about it. I'm making my list and intentionally moving my home to more solid ground. If you feel like this is something you need to do, then ask God! You'll get an answer.

Want to join me? I'd love to hear what you get inspired to do!

Let's do it mama!

~Angie