I’ve often wished that I could interpret dreams as the prophets of the Old Testament did. Joseph became the favorite of pharaoh when he explained the meaning of a troubling dream of seven fat cows and seven skinny cows for him. The seven gaunt, ugly cows ate up the fat fine looking cows. All of pharaoh’s magicians, seers, fortune tellers, and medicine men could not interpret this dream.
Joseph, with assistance from the Lord, explained that the fat cows represented seven years of plenty whereby Egypt would harvest enormous amounts of grain and then that period would be followed by seven years of famine represented by the skinny cows in the dream. He told him to fill his granaries during the good times and there would be enough to last during the bad. He then told him that in addition to having the capacity to feed his own people, the rest of the world would flock to buy from Egypt too, which would make him far richer and more powerful than he could imagine. It worked like a charm and Joseph became pharaoh’s “right hand man”.
I had an awful dream the other night. I’ve had dreams whereby I could see and hear, but this was the first time I could actually experience my sense of smell. I dreamed that I took a whiff under my arm and it smelled so bad that I almost threw up. It was horrible. It smelled worse than any stinking, sweaty person, devoid of both bath and deodorant that I’d ever smelled. In fact it was much worse!
I woke up gagging.
Just to be sure that it was indeed a dream, I tentatively took a sniff under my arm to confirm. Everything was fine; and I confirmed in fact it was merely a dream! This dream had such an effect on me that I could not go back to sleep and it has been on my mind ever since. Why in the world would I dream such a dream? If I were called into the great pharaoh of Washington D.C. to explain this dream, what would I say?
I realize that interpretations of dreams come from God and I know that He would not waste His time on something this stupid, but just for fun I thought I would like to take a stab at it on my own. I pondered this for a day or so and then a likely elucidation came to me.
Here you go:
All of government stinks to high heaven and is in need of a thorough cleansing. A deep clean involves removal of foul smelling destructive politico microbes and assorted corrupt bureaucratic bacterium. After the elective bath, in order to prevent regression, we must apply a good dose of love and holiness; the kind that can only come from God and Godly people that will replace and repel future vermin.
The holiday that we just enjoyed celebrated this concept which envisioned a nation with honorable and just leadership in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence. I imagine they would be gagging too if they could see what is happening today. In fact it’s so bad that they might even smell it from the grave.
This body is so massive and huge and the stench is so great that it will require a scrubbing like none other. We all need to pitch in and help and now is not too early to begin; November will be here before we know it and we don’t need four more years of this stench. We cannot know peace with such a terrible smell emanating from Washington DC and particularly the Whitehouse which is currently the armpit of the world…
Okay I’m no Joseph, but my interpretation is…well…my interpretation!
Have a great weekend and go to church this Sunday!
Hebrews 12:14
Pursue peace with all people
and holiness, without which no one
will see the Lord…