when i was really really little, like preschool i think, i always had this reoccurring nightmare where i was on a frozen lake surrounded by a forest of thorns (bushes to the height of tall trees). i would always slide uncontrollably across the ice and into the thorns where i would get stuck and get terrified then wake up.

last week Jesus gave me a vision and a sweet revelation of the power of intimacy with Him. i was standing in front of a forest on a road. it was very dark and filled with thorns and vines. it was so thick that you couldn't see through it. but i saw Jesus thru it. i couldn't see Him when i focused on the darkness and the horror of the road but if i looked past all that i saw Him clearly on the other side. He told me to keep focused on Him and not focus on the thorns that poke at me and slow me down. to constantly look at Him. otherwise i get focused on my thorn and lose site of Him and lose hope in my abilities to free myself. but if i keep looking at Him i keep getting closer. somehow He gets me thru it all as if it was never even there.

my post titled "Delight in me", a few posts down, are my direct thoughts from that vision immediately after it happened.