Polluted Waters

Around 6 a.m. this morning, I was awaken by an unusual dream last night that I did not understand. The dream intrigued me so much that I could not go back to sleep. As I laid there in bed, I tried focusing on other things, but this dream dominated my thoughts this morning. I finally wrote what I could remember from the dream on my phone and text it to my ministry partner. This is what I texted.

I had this dream last night that I can barely remember all the details. I was hanging out at this facility that was like a Boys and Girls Club. We were in the gym where a lot of people were playing basketball. (There were three rows of full-size courts next to one another and people were playing on each court. I was hanging out on the court that was furthest to the right near this water fountain.)

During the dream, for some odd reason, I kept looking toward this water fountain. I noticed that it was hot and many of the people looked dehydrated, but no one was drinking any water from this fountain that was accessible to everyone. Even I was beginning to get a little thirsty, but I hesitated to drink the water from the fountain because I noticed no one else was drinking the water. It was like everyone had chosen to endure the heat without quenching their thirst by drinking the water. So, as I continued to play, I kept looking back to see if anyone would drink from this fountain at some point.

Finally, I could not stand it any longer. I was hot and need something to drink. So, I grabbed a white Styrofoam cup and walked up to the water fountain, and filled it up with water. I noticed as I filled my cup up with water, several people stopped what they were doing and watched me in dismay. (They all had this worry look on their faces). But, no one said anything. No one warned me not to drink the water. No one stopped me. As I walked away from the water fountain, before I drink it, I decided to look inside my cup. I noticed that the water was clear looking, but it looked funny. It appeared that something was in it, and it was moving around in the water, but I could not make it out. My initial thought was not to drink the water, but then I thought maybe I was being paranoid because so many people were watching me as I was walking away from this fountain with its water in my cup.

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I finally decided to drink it as I headed back to the court where I was playing. And as I took a sip, the water was horrible. I immediately gag from the polluted taste of the water. As I stood there, bent over, spitting water and saliva, trying to remove the filthy taste from my mouth, I slightly looked up to see who was still looking. By this time, it was completely silence in this full-size gym, and everyone was watching. But, once I finally stood upright, everyone started back playing ball like nothing never happened.

At 7:09 a.m., my cell phone rang. It was my ministry partner, Felicia Crawford. She said she had read the dream I texted her, and it touched her. She had received 2 impressions. Here’s her interpretation as I listened.

1^st Interpretation: The water looked clear, but looked funny to you and when you tasted it, it was horrible represents the water source was polluted. This signifies pollution of our water source.

After I heard this interpretation, my spirit did receive it. I did feel this could be a possibility. Maybe I dreamed about something to come in the future. But, then she gave the second interpretation she was sensing. And I felt my spirit leaped.

2^nd Interpretation: She said, “this goes deeper. This signifies the importance of knowing the teachers and their teaching, that we take in. Certain fountains are polluted.”

She goes much deeper with me with what she was sensing in her spirit. And by the time she gave the second interpretation, what she said, woke me completely out of my sleep causing me to sit upright in my bed. The conversation continued another 10 minutes or so.