Category: Sister

Brother before a Judge

Dear Marsha,

About ten years ago I received the following dream and it has stuck out in my mind all this time. Do you know what it is about?

My brother was standing before a judge.  I was in the courtroom sitting where the “mother usually sits” because his mother was not there.

The judge turned towards me and I said, “Sister,” when the judge looked at me.

The judge says: “You must be ashamed of him for carrying a concealed weapon.”

I’m surprised. I didn’t realize my brother had been carrying a gun.

C.S.

 

Dear C.S.

Marsha here.  Analyzing the symbols:

Brother: natural brother, brother-in-Christ (2 Samuel 20:9), or one who is “like a brother” (2 Samuel 1:26)

Judge: God (Genesis 15:14, John 5:27-30)

Sister: natural sister, sister-in-Christ (Matthew 12:50)

Concealed weapon: a tool to hurt or threaten others that is not obvious

Gun: exert power over

 

Interpretation:

Your brother is exerting powerful control (gun) and you are not realizing it.

 

Amplification:

In this dream, I believe the Lord (perfect judge) is saying someone the dreamer (sister) considers a “brother” (either her actual brother or a brother-in-Christ) is controlling the dreamer (sister) in a way the dreamer doesn’t realize. This control is not healthy or good as the Lord (judge) says it is shameful.

 

Side note from Marsha:

Look at men in your life (those in a brotherly role towards you). Are you being influenced in an oppressive or controlling way?  The Lord may be pointing this out to you so you are aware of it (as the dream states you have not been aware of the bad influence).  Possibly the Lord wants you to stop allowing others to influence you improperly.

 

 

Buying a Wedding Veil

 

Marsha, Here is a dream I had on October 13th, 2015.  What do you think it means?  Jill

 

 

 

I was going to renew my wedding vows and wanted something for my head. For my original wedding I had worn flowers that my father had grown, but that wasn’t an option now. My sister and I went to a shop that sold all kinds of things.  I wore my wedding dress to get the full effect. (It had been my mother’s…40’s style with a sweetheart neckline and drop waist.) While my sister was getting a massage, I looked around in the next room. Because of the style of the dress, I tried on a couple of hats, but they didn’t seem right.

 

A sales lady suggested a veil and I latched on to that idea.  She showed me several bolts of lace, but the colors were off.  I wanted the veil to match the dress.  She ignored that request and immediately started making a veil from one of the darker shades of ivory lace and was trimming it with brown flowers.

 

When I realized what she was doing, I tried to stop her. “NO”, I said, “I didn’t have a veil before, I should get what I want. It should match the dress….and the flowers shouldn’t be brown!!!”

 

I call my sister into the room for reinforcement.  In the end, I don’t know if I got that veil or not.  I did apologize for yelling at the sales lady, though.

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Jill.  Marsha here! 

 

 

 

Lots of people get wedding dreams.  They are often about “covenantal relationships” involved between the two people in the dream.  Remember it’s all symbolic.  Who is the bridegroom in the Bible?  Jesus!  Who is the bride?  The church…us!  So let’s look at this dream and see where it takes us.  

 

 

 

Symbols: 

 

 

 

Wedding vows: covenantal relationship

 

Head: authority (who has authority/or covering over you)

 

Flowers: blessings

 

That my father had grown:  God’s provision

 

Sister: sister in Christ, real sister, other family member

 

Massage: her flesh catered to

 

Couple of hats: authority over or covering over

 

Sales lady: someone trying to “sell” you on something

 

Veil: filtered; possibly filtered with legalism

 

Colors were “off”:  off-color or not right

 

Darker shades: things not of God

 

Brown:  worldly humanity issues/ compassion issues

 

Dress = religious system are in

 

Veil should match the dress:  filter should be clean (white/pure)

 

Yelling at the sales lady:  responding too strongly to someone trying to “sell”    you on something

 

 

 

 

 

Okay.  Now inputting these symbol-meanings into the dream, might look like this:

 

 

 

I was going to renew mycovenantal relationship and wanted to get proper authority or covering over me.  Originally, I was adorned in blessings from God, but (that wasn’t an option now) I now need to be actively taking a hand in this myself. My sister in Christ and I went to (a shop) where we can choose to receive different coverings to be under.  I (wore my wedding dress) was prepared to receive only what I am already committed to (the original covenantal relationship). (It had been my mother’s…40’s style with a sweetheart neckline and drop waist.) It came to me from my “source” or background. While my sister in Christ was getting (a massage) catered to in the flesh, I looked around in (the next room) a different area. Because of the (style of the dress) religious system I am in I tried on a couple of (hats) coverings, but they didn’t seem right.

 

(A sales lady[MD1] suggested a veil) someone suggested looking at things filtered and I latched on to that idea.  She showed me (several bolts of lace) several beautiful earthly things tied up in knots and twists, but (the colors were off) it was not right and off-color.  I wanted the (veil to match the dress) twists and filtered way of looking at things to match the covenantal relationship I am in.  She ignored that request and immediately started making a (veil from one of the darker shades of ivory lace) filtered way of viewing things that are lovely but Not of God and was trimming it with (brown flowers)blessings from humanism and compassion.

 

When I realized what she was doing, I tried to stop her. “NO”, I said, (“I didn’t have a veil before, I should get what I want. It should match the dress….and the flowers shouldn’t be brown!!!”) I want a way of viewing things that matches my covenantal relationship I’m already in and that are not worldly and just out of compassion, but are of God.

 

I call my sister in Christ into the room for reinforcement.  In the end, I don’t know if I got that veil or not.  I didapologize for (yelling at the sales lady), reacting inappropriately too strongly though.

 

 

 

Okay, what’s this about? 

 

 

 

I’d say this dream might be showing that the dreamer is already a Christian (having gone through a wedding) but is trying to establish a strong spiritual covering over herself.  She is looking at things the church, or those claiming to be of the church, are offering her out there and their various bents on things.  Some of these teachings are being pushed on her but the dreamer realizes they are not of God, and in fact are just extending compassion and earthly actions.  She stops listening to it, probably a little too enthusiastically, and is a little repentant her strong objection may have been inappropriate.

 

 

 

 

 

This dream may be speaking of the dreamer’s good discernment in what the dreamer is hearing and responding to.  A little tweaking may need to be done in her responses though. 

 

God is ever faithful!

 

Marsha