"THE HUNGER"

Rene Phillips Qualls

Last night I had a dream.  I dreamed that I was in a big house, with my family, when something drew our attention outside.  A sound, a feeling perhaps; I don't recall.  I ran out of the house and looked up at the sky.  It was either early morning, or dusk, as it was not fully light outside.  The sky was very cloudy, and as I was looking up, I saw a fiery glow appearing in the clouds, over the rooftop of the house.

Realizing what the glow was, I raised my arms to the sky and began to rise through the air towards the glow.  I knew that Jesus was returning.  I knew that Eddie was returning.  I rose into the clouds, and looked for Eddie.  I saw him, and ran to him.  When he saw me, he started crying, and we embraced each other.  Our reunion was a myriad of emotions, but the joy was indescribable!

When I woke up this morning, I was still feeling that joy.  Sitting at the edge of my bed, I thought to myself, "I live for that day."  For forty years, I have been living this Way.  My parents were ever diligent to teach me, to show me what the future holds, what the plan of God is.  I have known that, one day, Christ will return; that time known only to the Father.  Did I view the moment of His return, as being only that?  An ordinary moment?  Was I truly living for that day?  Did I feel the hunger?

Death is quite an attention-getter.  I am not concerned about Eddie's future; he was not snatched out of the hand of God.  But the Lord has taken my longing for my husband and has used it for my good.  It occurred to me that God uses anything He can to stir us.  With a dream, He has drawn attention to my "spiritual satiety."  I have not been feeling that gnawing hunger for Christ, for His return.  With a dream, He has given me a taste of how it feels to have that hunger satisfied.  The feeling is magnificent! With a dream, my Savior has stirred me, and has given me a gift.  The gift is "The Hunger."
 
 

Copyright © 1999  René Phillips Qualls  (Used by permission.)