Guest Article by Bob Luckin

A CHRISTMAS DREAM

I had a dream the other night that I met Jesus in acoffee shop. He wasn’t having one of those fancy lattés; he was quietly drinking the house brew. He didn’t have a name tag or special robes, nor was there a chariot parked out front. What I felt when I was near him was the outpouring of more love than I have experienced in my entire life. You could feel love in his entire being.

I asked him why he had come back. Smiling he answered, “I never left. I am here in physical form today to celebrate your birthday.” Before my mind could edit a single word I heard myself say, “But it is your birthday we are celebrating.”

Still smiling he replied, “I was not born on December 25th. That date was picked for reasons having very little to do with me. I came to celebrate the birth of the Christ consciousness in you. I was once reported to have said, “…he who believes in me will also do theworks that I do; and greater works than these will he do.”

I said something close to that so you would know that I was not an exception, but was instead an example of how God, through each of us, can do great things. It is God in you I have come to celebrate. I am honored that so many remember me. I am saddened by how few remember the God living in me is the same God living in every atom of creation. The God I celebrate is everywhere present. God is not reduced nor increased by height, weight, color, nationality, raceor religion. The only thing that can be reduced or increased is your awareness of God”.

Suddenly I became aware of a wet tongue licking my face. It was Max, my dog, telling me it was time to get out of bed and feed him. I know it was only a dream. I also know that truth often seems more like a dream than what we call our daily reality.

During this season of remembering, allow yourself todream. Allow your awareness of God to be as close as your dreams. Give yourself the gift of basking in the knowledge that God in you can do anything and is as close to you as your very own heart. And while you aredoing these things, remember to enjoy this holy seasonof love. As you show your love to others, you also express it to God.

By Bob Luckin 2006
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