Life Without...

So I had a nightmare a few nights ago that will just not leave me. I woke up from it absolutely terrified and it took me a good bit of time to get back to sleep.

To describe the dream, I first have to ask if you have seen "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?" If you have, then do you remember in the opening scene when the one man is being forced to enter the gauntlet/test thing?

Anyway, in my dream, I was that man. Now, this doesn't sound too horrifying, but let me describe what it was that frightened me so much. In my dream, I am being forced to enter this gauntlet that no one has survived, so I am probably going to die doing it. But if I don't do it, I will be shot by the men who are forcing me to do it. And there lies the dilemma, the fact that I am going to die.

Now, again, not to frightening as we all have dreams where we experience dreams with death, but in this one, I felt a deep sense of fear that in my mind could only come from one place, which is a lack of a relationship with Christ. In my dream I was experiencing a near death experience without Christ.

Sitting here now, and thinking about this dream, I still try to figure out exactly why I had it, and the thought that comes to mind is that it was for me to catch a glimpse of what life is like without the hope and assurance of having a savior. I believe this because as you may or may not know, I am planning on entering the missions field after college, and if anything this is just motivation for reaching out to those who don't know Christ.

I can also use this as further motivation to reach out to those on my campus who don't know Christ. I only have one more year of having complete access to those at UNC and I don't want to let the chances that I have here pass me by.