Joyful Sound Ministries

"Write the vision, and make it plain."

Habakkek 2:2-b

Judith and I were in our backyard, standing knee deep in plush green grass. Our ranch-styled house
was behind us, built of the brown, uneven, imitation adobe look, similar to those often seen down in Arizona.
Our land consisted of approximately 5 acres, fully enclosed in chain link, with the house fenced in by itself on
approximately 1 acre. The other 4 acres contained the same deep, plush green grass as our backyard.

We were standing in the grass holding hands and looking out across the gentle rolling hills towards the
high mountains in a distance. The land just outside our grounds was totally dry stubble. The mountains had the
look of a bluish silhouette just after the sunset.

We were full of peace as we looked across the land of stubble towards the mountains; when suddenly,
we saw a cloud of dust coming our way. I said to Judith, "What is causing that dust cloud?" As I was speaking,
sheep came bounding over the hill, full speed towards us. They seemed to be immediately at our back fence,
and I noticed one trying to get through a hole in it.

I told Judith, "Go, open the gate and I will help that one through the fence." I no sooner started pulling
open the gap in the fence, then the little sheep leaped right into my lap, trembling and looking back towards
the mountains! Great peace flowed from me to comfort and encourage it. As I held it close to me, the
trembling ceased, the warm little body relaxed and its breathing became normal.

I put it down, noticing that the sheep were by that time filling our backyard. I looked, and cried out to
Judith, "Open the other gate; and let the sheep begin to go into the 4 acre side yard.

She called back to me, "They won't go in. They are just standing here. You will have to lead them."

With that, I made my way over through the gate with the sheep in my arms. Judith joined me, stating,
"We don't have any sheep. What are we going to do with them?"

"We can take care of them until their shepherd arrives, I replied. I continued picking up sheep and
ministering to them; and they would then begin to calm down and eat.

At that point, I sat up in bed, fully awake, saying, "Lord, that was too real. What did it mean?"
As I was praying and waiting upon the Lord, I fell back off to sleep and repeated the same dream. When
I awakened, I got up and went downstairs to pray.