Dreams

Now when they had departed an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.” Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they care no more.”
But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead.” And he rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene. Matthew 2:13-23

Dreams

I see you beauty grown
laughter spilling over
joy sparking from all around
you were once a twinkle a dream
and now more marvelous spell binding
more brilliant than any dream.


"Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping; that awake
we may watch with Christ and asleep we may rest in peace."

Cloudy reality familiar yet changed
hope slept in our dreams promising
more than we see today drawing
vague maps on complicated hearts
we heed the warnings and moved on
seeking refuge seeking home.


"Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping; that awake
we may watch with Christ and asleep we may rest in peace."

We are at home in our dreams
surrounded by known but fluid worlds
nothing concrete everything possible
nothing outside of night's realm
we wander empty hometown streets
understanding these are homes yet to come.

"Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping; that awake
we may watch with Christ and asleep we may rest in peace."

These dreams you put in our heads
at night become stamps on our hearts
maps of tomorrows promises the ache
to forgive yesterday foregoing the ghosts
clinging to the spirits of freedom
a new road home, a place to come from.


"Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping; that awake
we may watch with Christ and asleep we may rest in peace."