Lol! Well The Cat Is Out Of The Bag Now...

Hahaha! I just read my sister's post about her visions, dreams, the Lord speaking to us, etc. and thought, "Oh well, now they all know." Yes, we are a family with "many experiences." Or maybe, I should say "encounters." Lol! A spiritual gifting given to us from heaven above which happens to be very prominent on my daddy's side of the family.

I usually see something happening waaaaaay before it does. Sometimes it is stressful because no one believes you. I spent most of my life thinking I was nuts because the things God would reveal to me were so far fetched that I had a hard time believing them myself... then they would come true exactly as He showed them to me. But I'm much better with accepting how God uses me. Now, I don't care what others think. I know what I see and I know what I hear!

I remember right after my dad had the heart attack, the first question those close to me asked was, "June, did God already show this was going to happen to your dad!?!" And my first question was, "Did Daddy see this coming and didn't want to frighten us?!?" My dad and I would always talk about our dreams, visions, etc. while I would cut his hair. He called it, "gettin' his ears lowered." It was sort of our bonding time together. But he would only share with me things he saw or heard that he was excited about like business, other countries to visit or move to, and answers God gave him to questions he had. It was very rare that he would share with me anything that really bothered him that he knew was about to happen. Unless it was in regards to our safety or a decision we were about to make. Those types of warnings he would always make known. He would tell us what he saw and the outcome of our decisions. Well, all I can say is, it would happen just like he said. He would just shrug his shoulders and say, "Now didn't I tell ya that was gonna happen?! I tried to warn ya, but you didn't want ta hear me. Now ya just have to deal with the consequences of being hard-headed." I will just say it was very humbling whether we admitted or not. Exactly, what he said would happen, happened!

I think I learned early to find out from my daddy first! Hahaha!

Well, I will say, I did have a few dreams a couple of years ago about an earthquake hitting our home. There were a lot of firemen and family members around yelling that we can do it and encouraging us. I will have to try to find those dreams in my journal to remember all the details. But I guess I would say this experience with my dad would be a good interpretation of some of those dreams. :-| Wouldn't you think?

Okay, now for real updates:

The day before yesterday, Marna and I wanted to make sure daddy knew why he was in the hospital. That bothered me tremendously! I didn't think he knew. We found out that he did not. After I got him to STOP ignoring us (yes, he is pretty ticked off that he is in the hospital), Marna was able to share with him what happened and why he was there. It was pretty sobering. He did not know. I wanted to make sure he didn't think that we just threw him in the hospital to leave him there. Hopefully, this will help him cooperate with the nurses and doctors now that he knows how serious all of this is. He is very frustrated that he is there. He can't talk. They have his arms restrained. He his not able to do things on his own. He is NOT a happy camper right now. He shakes his head to almost everything we tell him as if to say, "No...none of this is okay" or "I don't believe this is happening to me." It is very frustrating for me to see him in this state because I know how frustrating this is for him. But after we told him, I saw his demeanor changed for the rest of our visit. Don't get me wrong, he is still very upset that he is there. But he was more responsive to us. Well at least he stopped ignoring us and pretending we were not there. Sigh.

Yesterday, when we visited, he was more alert and interacted with us more. I could tell he was happy to see us, but how much it hurts to see us as well. Not sure if he was fighting back tears or not. I would just rub his head and continue to say,"Daddy, this is only temporary. I would not lie to you." He would close his eyes, bite his bottom lip and shake his head "no-no." I would continue to tell him, "Yes, it is daddy. You have to believe what we told you God said regarding this situation. Just because you don't want to believe it, doesn't mean it's not so. It doesn't matter what it looks like. God said so, Daddy, so it will be....just like you always tell me."

Marna told him she would bring a fat marker and paper for the next visit. We want to see if he can write. It is a way of exercising his hands, giving him something to do, and challenging him to work at something (what he is accustomed to doing).

Continue to pray that he stays encouraged. My mom is concerned about depression setting in. But we speak against that in the name of JESUS! No depression will come. Amen!

I better get up and ready for work. I didn't realize how late it was. Have a blessed day!

--June