I rarely remember my dreams and since this dream was so vivid I need to write it down before I forget. I dreamt this yesterday morning.

In my dream, we were looking at houses to buy and settle in California. The area that we were looking at had many famous people and celebrities. I remember in one scene, we looked down from the top of the hill and we even saw a music video being filmed. There was the famous Hollywood sign faraway that I saw from my high vantage point too. There was a crowd of people watching the music video being produced and we also paused from our house hunting to watch ourselves. It was very amusing and fun to watch.

In the next scene of this dream, my husband and I finished with our house hunting for the day and we were with other people who we knew socially (mainly they were our Jewish friends from our children’s religious school and community. I also saw my Jewish family members.) We were all relaxing and hanging out together in a very big house or hotel. Then suddenly and unexpectedly I was with a non-Jewish friend who I haven’t seen since college. We were not close friends and never romantically involved. In college he was a great partier, always throwing parties at his house and loved to be around people. I heard from another college friend that he is still single, no children and can’t seem to settle down. We concluded that he is a “forever bachelor” type.

What shocked me next in my dream was that I was caught by my husband with me being sexually involved with this person from college!! I was so shocked. I tried to go back to reconcile with my husband but he had no interest in reconciliation. In addition, all my Jewish friends and family members closed themselves up to me. I was so sad and heartbroken to see that all the hard work I had done to get into their lives hoping to inform them about Jesus Christ has been destroyed by my one moment of carelessness. This is when I woke up.

Perhaps I had this dream to warn me about my weakness and what great losses are at stake for the Kingdom of God if I get careless. Perhaps I had this dream to pray ahead for myself that I will not fall into sexual temptation. If someone like King David from the Bible fell into sexual temptation then no one is exempt from this temptation.

Key takeaways that I have learned about King David’s mistake is that he did not join the military battle against God’s enemies when kings and his armies go out to fight in springtime. Instead King David stayed behind in his palace that spring and one night from his palace, he saw beautiful Bathsheeba bathing in the moonlight of her rooftop. Hmm…I now wonder why she was bathing in the rooftop in the first place. This should have been done in a local religious bathhouse for women which was the custom of their time due to the laws written in the book of Leviticus; or if she really was that dirty then in the privacy of her own room in her house. I just don’t understand why she would bathe on her rooftop.

Before I throw more speculative stones at Bathsheeba and King David, I have to recall my dream. I will receive this warning dream so that I can pray ahead and also consider the great damage to all the work in advancing God’s kingdom by a single careless action. I’m sure David would never have thought he was capable of adultery and murder while he was being chased by King Saul, hiding in caves and roaming in the desert without a home. However once King David had his power, position and was at ease; then his guard went down.

There’s a purpose to the challenges, pressures and even prisons of life. These protect us from ourselves – our wayward eyes and minds, pride and self-righteousness by keeping us nearby God in humility and dependency. Instead when life is good and easy then that is when we are probably in the greatest danger spiritually. After King David’s adulterous sin, he still has his throne and crown but his reign and family will never be the same. You can read more about his legacy after his sexual sin in the Bible.

My husband has been dreaming about moving and retiring in California for a long while now. He loves the weather in Southern California. He seems to think he’ll find happiness in having perfect weather all year round. I have no desire to move out west since both of our families are in the Northeast. However, over the past few years the Lord has been changing my mind and heart. I think there’s an important ministry work in that region for me. Who knows perhaps, my husband will find Jesus Christ in California? He is still hostile and guarded about Jesus Christ – maybe this is a better sign than apathy. My husband is really hoping to retire in about five years or so. Let’s see if that’s possible since Southern California sounds super expensive! We have a good financial planner so he can bring my husband to reality about finances.

Currently, I am far from living a life of ease and freedom. God also keeps me very busy with ministry work at my church and my son’s high school. I am always praying and working hard to build bridges between hostile groups of individuals and people in the school community. The work and the strongholds of the enemy (aka devil and demons) are everywhere in the schools. The enemy works overtime to steal, kill and destroy the youth. And so the enemy likes to make roots in the schools.

This is my last year as the PTO co-president at my son’s high school. It’s my fourth year as a parent leader. I look forward to stepping down per our PTO bylaws since I have maxed out my term limit. I am already daydreaming about what I am going to do with all my extra leisurely time. Lol. Maybe I can finally sign up for a fun hobby class? Go to my gym classes more often? However my kids will be juniors in high school and college so perhaps I’ll be more busy with supporting them? Maybe our aging parents will need our help more? All these thoughts are running through my mind.

Anyway, I am looking forward to stepping down since this ministry work at the high school has been A LOT of work, stress and much prayer work! I continue to support our amazing Christian principal like Jonathan did for David in a hostile place before David became the official king. Principal recently shared with me privately before others joined the school meeting that he feels called by God for this position. And that this job is very hard and needs a lot of stamina and strength.

It was very encouraging to hear this from him since our moms-in-prayer group prays for him regularly. When believers comes into the school district, there has to be a group of prayer warriors who must be committed to praying regularly from the behind the scenes or else these believers will not survive. The enemy’s strongholds, attacks and traps are all over in the secular schools. I wonder what the Christian schools are like? It must be super nice!

Going back to my California dream…yes I will take this warning seriously about my weakness. Although right now I can not imagine how I would be so careless, BUT if King David fell into sexual sin once his life became easy, then we all are capable of doing this too. As for moving out west, I feel more comfortable going to California one day because it is Almighty God who will be responsible for our move and settlement. To be continued…