Marsha, I had the following dream:
A German shepherd was peeing on a potted plant on my front porch.
It was definitely my front porch. Direct colors etc. were: daytime, probably afternoon because it was light but no direct sun. Only thing different was the plant he peed on was on the left side of my porch instead of the right where I always keep it. He was actually peeing on the plant itself not just the outside of the planter. I felt it was a male dog. I didn’t look to make sure. He had pretty standard shepherd markings and colors.
Anyway, in the dream, I opened my front door and he was just standing there tongue hanging out of his mouth with his leg raised over my plant. He wasn’t malevolent but not afraid of me either when I opened the door. He just looked up at me with his tongue hanging out of the side of his mouth and kept peeing.
Then I woke up before he finished. Why couldn’t the first dream I remember be of butterflies and rainbows?
Thanks for your help, R.A.
Dear R.A.,
I guess God gives us the dreams He wants us to have, not the “butterflies” we’d prefer. Anyway, let’s look at this one.
A German shepherd was peeing on a potted plant on my front porch.
The symbols are as follows:
German: foreign or not of God (Josh 24:23, Zeph 1:8) (note: this does NOT mean that Germans are not of God. However, for you…through the information you provided, you are NOT German, therefore, this is “foreign” to you. ANY culture not yours is “foreign” to you. And the biblical interpretation of “foreign” is “Not of God”.
Shepherd:
- protector, leader (2Sam 5:2, Is 40:00, Exe 34:1-10, Zec 10:2-3, John 10:12, 1 Kgs 22:17, 1Chro 11:2, Jer 3:14, 6:3, 50:6),
- priest (Jer 3:15, 23:1-4, Eze 34:1-10);
- one who takes care of the flock (Eze 34:1-19, John 10:12)
Peeing = is releasing / sending out toxins (Lev 8:16)
Pot =
- Holy (Zec 1, 14:21);
- vessel of offering (Jdg 6:19, 1Sam 2:13-14, 2Chron 34:13);
- man (Jer 22:28);
- power in simple overlooked weapons (Judg 7:15);
- used in service (Jer 52:18)
Plant =
- growth/ own home (2Sam 7:10);
- place (Jer 31:27);
- people’s roots (Ps 44:2, Jer24:6);
- begin (2Kgs 19:26, Is 40:24);
- people (2Kgs 19:26)
Front porch = revealed / open for viewing; public viewing
Substituting the metaphors, it says:
A (foreign-German) not of God protector, leader, priest, one who takes care of the flock (shepherd) is releasing toxins (peeing) onto your holy, vessel of offering, growth (plant) on your revealed, open for viewing, public viewing (porch).
To paraphrase:
A leader/ priest/ protector is infecting your spiritual growth with toxic things that are not of God. This is being done publicly.
Ouch! So why did the Lord give you this dream? Possibly it is to show you that a person you are dealing with is not spiritually good for you. God is looking out for you. He wants you to be aware of what is happening.
Marsha