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Interpreting Angels in Dreams
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In part two of our series on angels, we explore how to recognize the presence of angels in dreams. As we see throughout Scripture, there are many times when angels appear overtly. However, there are also times when they appear in more veiled forms both in our dreams and in waking life. Most often, angels blend into your dreams, appearing as familiar figures like authority figures or even ordinary people. We can begin to discern their presence and purpose through their names and their actions, and tuning into how God speaks to us through patterns and details in our life.
Angels in dreams can appear in various symbolic forms, such as police officers, jailers, gas station attendants, birds—yes, birds!—and many other surprising shapes. By recognizing these symbols, we can begin to hone our discernment and understand their purpose. Identifying their presence invites us to ask God what they are doing and why they are there as it pertains to accomplishing the purposes of the Kingdom. Ultimately, we are reminded of the biblical idea of "entertaining angels unaware," and learning to perceive these heavenly beings is a journey of deeper spiritual awareness. Tune in to hear Margaux's story of learning to recognize angels, and join us as we grow in discerning them!
*Scripture References: Proverbs 18:21; Luke 1:13; Genesis 1; Hebrews 13:2
“We’re not over-spiritualizing anything. The spirit realm is more real than the natural, and the spirit was actually the very first realm. It existed before God created the physical realm.”
“It’s about opening your mind to the fact that you’re probably having angels in your dreams and you just didn’t know how to recognize them yet. So start to get curious!”
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Introduction to Divine Wisdom
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We were designed to hunger for the deep things of God, to thrive on faith and wonder, to seek out divine wisdom that defies human logic. We were designed to unlock the mysteries of God. This is breathing underwater.
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I love that intro. So good. It never gets old. Hello, everyone. My name is Margo. If you're new to the show, I'm so glad you're here.
Focus on Dreams, Symbolism, and Angels
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We are talking about dreams, night dreams, talking about symbolism, God's voice, discernment, gifts of the spirit, the prophetic. We go into all of the things on this podcast and you have found yourself at episode six of season three.
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And we're in the second of a series of three on angels. So last week we were just giving a foundation for who are angels.
Recognizing Angels in Dreams
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Let's even have an introduction to who they are and what they do and what their purpose is and how we can interact slash actually partner with them and are called to interact and partner with them.
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And today we're going to talk more about how do you recognize an angel in your dream because this is happening probably far more than you are aware. So I'm excited to talk about that today.
Symbolism of Numbers in Dreams
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Before I jump into it, I'm not going to leave you hanging. The number six, we are going to talk about the number six. Of course, the number five is the number of grace and favor. We love that. Yay. And then we come to number six and the number six means man or the flesh or the works of man. And it's this kind of contrast with a seven, which is God's divine order because God rested on the seventh day of thing was perfect. And six is the day he created man, which is actually not negative at all. It's very positive, but usually sixes.
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are used to be on the negative end, talking about the works of man or the works of the flesh in comparison to seven, which is the works of God and perfection. See where I'm going with that? However, I want you to really pay attention to the context of seeing the six.
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Because God has used sixes for me to actually give me a heads up that I'm about to to get find new work There was gonna be a new job coming for me. So see works of man doesn't have to be negative but of course we think of six and we pretty much automatically go to the 666 of the mark of the beast which is negative and is all about works of the flesh and but six in and of itself is not a bad number. God created it. He created man on the sixth day. Okay. Also, if you're seeing a six, it might have to do June. That is the sixth month. So just pay attention to the context and the tone and the other things that God is speaking to you about in your life before you go down the scary road with the number six.
Roles and Authority of Angels in Dreams
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Okay, Margot, what do you mean there are angels in my dreams? I do not remember saying an angel in my dream. Well, sometimes they're quite veiled. Kind of like in the natural, once you have eyes to see, you can see them in the natural, in the spirit. You can start to sense them when you know what you're paying attention to. So that's a little bit of what my intention is today, is to give you eyes to see them in your dreams. We just spent the last show building a foundation for who angels are, what they do, how we can actually interact and partner with them,
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And they have many roles. There are angels that are ministering angels. There are angels that are they're assigned to protect us and guard us. There are angels that are specifically assigned to bring a certain thing to pass in our lives. One of the ways that we interact with them is to actually release assignments, almost like military assignments, because their assignment is to bring about the Word of God.
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It might be speaking out scripture. It might be doing a prophetic act. It's really obedience to whatever God is telling you to do, but when the Lord gives you a promise or a prophetic promise or gives you a dream that's a prophetic word, something he's showing, some way he's showing you what he's going to do,
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That right there is the Word of God and you can take that and declare when he shows you what his intentions and purposes are for your life or situation, then you can agree with that by speaking that out. Proverbs says that the power of life and death is on the tongue.
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That's scary. But God entrusts us with this tongue so that we can, like him, create with our words, create life. But it's also a part of partnering with what he's already said and the angels respond to that. So we want to be paying attention to not just, you know, running our mouths or speaking negatively because that actually does.
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have an effect on our lives when we're speaking doubt and we're speaking out things the Lord isn't saying. We want to be speaking out His promises, His truth, His encouragements, what He has already spoken over our lives because the angels actually respond to that.
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So if they are this involved in our lives, which they are, they are a part of our everyday life, whether we can see them or sense them in the moment or not. They are a part of our everyday life. So of course they're going to show up in our dreams, especially because they're a big part of making sure that that promise or destiny or calling comes to pass in our life. They're a part of making sure that healing happens or that connection between people happens. They are in all of this.
Biblical References to Angels in Dreams
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So if we look at scripture, we have a lot of evidence of angels showing up, especially in dreams. And the angels in dreams in scripture are usually very obvious. It's the case ah type of angel.
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They're the types of angels where fear and trembling overcomes a person and they fall flat on their face like Daniel and they actually need to be empowered with strength to stand on their feet. Or like Zechariah who's in the temple ministering and the angel comes to speak to him and he's gripped with fear and he tells him, don't, don't be afraid. Your prayer is being heard. Your prayer is being answered.
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Or when the angel came to Mary, that wasn't a dream, but it was quite obvious that it was an angel and she had fear, right? There's a lot of this word fear around angels showing up plainly in dreams or in visions because I believe they carry such a whole, the holiness of God, the glory of God. They're, they're always before him. They're going before God and coming back down to our realm or coming back into our realm. And so they have a lot of power and glory.
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associated with them. They carry a lot of that. And and similarly, like when we meet the Lord and we're not prepared, we're going to be on our faces in fear of God because of this utter reverence and holiness. So I do think that that is a part of why, and and in an unveiled way, when we see angels in a dream, it can be quite obvious. And that evidence of fear can very much be there. And maybe you've had those kind of encounters with angels in your dreams.
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Absolutely, that happens. Or maybe you saw an angel in a dream and you just, it was obvious that it was an angel. It had wings, it had a robe on, it was very clear, it wasn't veiled at all. I love those moments and they happen, absolutely. However, I would say a more common way to have jane angels show up in your dreams is they look very common.
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they look like maybe someone you know or they maybe look like someone one of authority or maybe they're just in your dream and you're kind of like yeah, there was a plumber there and his name was Bob and she was doing this thing. So if you follow this podcast at all, you know that names and dreams are very important and we always want to look up what the names mean because that probably has to do with who that person is.
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It's no different with angels. The amount of angels that I have in my dreams, there are so many, but I would never know it by just taking it at face value. I have to recognize some of the characteristics or some of what they're wearing or what they're doing or what their name is.
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For instance, there was a dream where there were these three men from New England and they were wearing Bruins jerseys, which is a New England hockey team. And they were helping me repair a leak in my roof.
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and Okay, that probably seems very random and how would I know or think that they were angels? Well, I'm just becoming very good at discerning angels quickly because they show up in a lot of dreams. And I don't know anyone from New England. I don't know anyone who's a Bruins fan. I didn't even know the Bruins were a hockey team until I looked it up.
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But once I realized that there was a tie between New England and what that physically means to me, and hockey can oftentimes, like tennis, represent spiritual warfare. So I'm like, oh.
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These guys are doing the warfare for me. They're a part of the this warring angel assignment over this thing to bring about New England in my life, which of course seems super abstract, but it means something to me.
Angels in Daily Life and God's Messages
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And they were a part of repairing this leak in my roof. Okay. So something's being repaired, a change in covering, ah ah something being mended or healed. So then it became quite clear.
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I remember having another dream where I've had multiple of these, where there's a man named Daniel in my dreams, and he's picking me up and bringing me somewhere, or he's doing something to protect me, or he's walking with me and is through a situation. And I know, because the name Daniel means God is my judge, that God uses Daniels to represent justice. So in these moments, I know that that's God's justice, but it's also probably an angel of justice.
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Does that make sense? So you have to start getting familiar with what do these names mean? What are they doing in the dream? So now I know when Daniel shows up in my dream, that he is the angelic that is the presence of justice there with me in these situations. Cause God is bringing about some justice in my life right now.
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Maybe I have a friend who's had two dreams and a friend of hers named Gabe is in her dreams. And immediately I'm like, ah, Gabriel, this this is talking about an angel. Now, whether it is the angel Gabriel, because you know he is a very specific angel with very specific assignments, I don't necessarily know about that, but it's definitely pointing to the fact that this is an angelic This is an angelic interaction where the Lord has assigned an angel for this very thing.
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This also happens, and I would say to pay attention to this even in your natural life. So I live a very prophetic life, just meaning I see God working in my physical life all the time through signs that are physical, as well as in my dreams, as well as in visions. And I think this happens to most all of us. But once we really have eyes to see it, then we'll notice it's happening.
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Most people would have these circumstances that feel like a coincidence or these repeat things that feel like, oh, that couldn't have been anything and they'll put it to the side and think, nah, that couldn't be God.
Manifestation of Angels in Everyday Encounters
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Or I'm over-spiritualizing that. But I have found that we're not over-spiritualizing and anything. The spirit realm is more real even than the natural and the spirit was actually the very first realm. The spiritual realm existed before God created the physical realm. Let's go back to Genesis 1. I have a podcast on that in Season 1 as well.
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So I'm not over spiritualizing. I'm just discerning in these moments Oh once I see a pattern or I see something happen in the natural where I can just discern that there's something spiritual happening there God is speaking to me through those natural circumstances and what he does regularly and there was a season where this was kind of out of control how much it was happening. But he will have people come into my life who have a particular name or I'll keep running into people with that same name, kind of like the Daniel example, but in life, in then my waking life. And in this particular season, I was learning a lot about angels. I was reading books about them and um really discerning them in my dreams and having conversations with God about it.
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And in the season, it was happening a lot where I would randomly meet a person or someone would introduce me to a person enough that I was like, oh, wow. When some person comes unexpectedly into my life, God is probably trying to speak to me, especially when you're like, okay, I don't necessarily know if we're meant to be like close friends or if this is a dating relationship or anything that's going to continue, but I was definitely supposed to meet that person. I pay attention to their names.
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And in this particular time, when it was happening all over the place, there was a lot that God was showing me around um being protected and being guarded and by angels. And I end up being introduced to a friend of a friend whose name was Greg. And I meet Greg and he comes to my house and he's driving a an old cop car, like a car that a policeman would have driven that has been you know changed up. It didn't have the lights on the top and everything. But it still had like the screen inside and it was just very evidently a police car because they're really obvious. And I thought, oh, this is hilarious. This is something. So I end up looking up the name Greg and Greg means protector. Look at that. And here he is driving a cop car.
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Isn't that just uncanny? And here I had already been having these conversations with God about being protected and him having angels assigned to me. And this was just another confirmation. On that note, I'm going to give you another little tidbit about angels in your dreams. If you're seeing police officers, highway patrolmen, firemen, people in authority like that, most likely God is talking about spiritual authorities.
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jailers, marshals. There was a guy I interpreted a dream for the other day who actually works for um like ah parks and recreation, but like a ranger, a higher level ranger. I'm like, yep, definitely feels like the angelic that's assigned to land. So think spiritual authorities when authorities like that are showing up in your dreams. So here we are, Greg Protector, showing up in his spiritual authority car. It was very clear what God was saying to me.
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I have also had individuals in my dream that I did not know but that I saw really clearly and they were just especially memorable. Like there was one gentleman in particular in a dream I had a long time ago. I can't even tell you the rest of the dream but I remember what he looked like and felt like because he was absolutely gorgeous and had such a presence to him and he was not familiar at all. Like i it wasn't someone I knew, it wasn't a human.
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And I realized that in the dream. And when I woke up, I realized that. And it's still really stuck with me because of just what a presence he had in that dream. But then there's been other times where I've seen angels show up as birds.
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Angels show up as butterflies representing transformation, birds being a messenger like an owl or a hawk, so interesting. Or they could show up as other animals and it's really just a matter of honing your discernment because the, what is the animal doing?
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What color are they? What do they feel like to you? What does that animal actually represent to you? Is it God speaking something just through that metaphor or is that actually representing an angel who has a certain assignment or their or a certain job that has to do with what they look like or what their name means?
00:16:47
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I'm gonna give you just a couple real quick here that I can think of off the top of my head that have definitely been angels that have showed up in dreams. So there've been dreams with a ninja in it. Okay, you it really depends on the context, but that probably could be interpreted a bunch of different ways. I've seen a midwife be an angel or a pool attendant, a medic, a general, a tow truck driver,
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A gas station attendant. Someone working at a grocery store. All of these could be an eagle. A dragonfly. A diplomat. A counselor. A bodybuilder. Border control. Yep. A tailor. Someone measuring you for clothing. Thunder. The presence of thunder could be the voice of an angel. That could be something angelic.
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On that same note, lightning. Remember the angel who looked like lightning at Jesus' tomb? A trumpet player? Hello. That one's probably pretty obvious, right?
Reflecting on Potential Angelic Encounters
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A coach.
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a baseball player. This could go on and on and on. Really, it's about just opening your mind to the fact that you're probably having angels in your dreams and you just didn't know how to recognize them yet. So start to get curious. Yeah, go back to those dreams and start asking God, wait, or that have there been angels in my dreams that you want to show me?
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When you identify them, ask God what they're doing and why he wanted you to see that. Or maybe you were just kind of perceiving it in the spirit because they were present while you were dreaming. I don't really know how that works, but that totally happens and I believe makes sense too.
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And on this, I'm going to close with this, but we quoted the scripture last week from Hebrews where it talks about being hospitable to strangers because sometimes we are entertaining angels.
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without being aware. And I have absolutely experienced this in my life multiple times.
Personal Story of Angelic Encounter
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There are two or three that are really emblazoned in my memory, but I'm just going to give you the example of one here. And it wasn't obvious in the moment. It was more obvious after the fact. But while I was interacting with these people, because they were people seemingly,
00:19:11
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There was just something, there was just something different. And I couldn't even tell you that I was actively discerning that during it, but this is one of my favorites. This was during that crazy season where God was talking to me all about angels and protection and how to partner with angels, et cetera. I was with a friend. We ended up rolling up to a store that we wanted to go to that ended up being closed. And we're about to turn around in the parking lot to leave. And we see that there's this woman who's like banging on the windows to the people inside saying, Hey, can I come in? And they're trying to tell her, no, we're closed. And she's.
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trying to have a conversation with them, it's not really working. We see her walk away from the window and sees us. She walks up to us and she has this paper in her hand. And they're printed directions like that you used to do with MapQuest, you remember that? Where you would put the address in and then you would actually print out the directions.
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clearly she needed help getting to this address. Her English was very broken, but we understood enough. Can you lead me to this address? So I looked at my friend and we both felt like, yeah, let's do this. So she gets in her car and follows us and we plug in the address that was on her paper to my GPS so that we're leading her where this house is, where I live in the town that I live in.
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And so we're going, I'm following directions. We end up getting out to this part of town where there aren't a lot of lights and we get to the address and it's a small kind of one lane road. And I point my hand out the window to the left because I'm in the driver's seat so that they can see behind me and I point right there. It's right there.
00:20:48
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So I'm thinking that they're going to pull into that driveway or pull off there, but nothing happens. They just keep following me. So finally I pull off the road so that I could get out and go back to them and say it was back there. The address was right back there. The house you're looking for.
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I get out of my car, mind you, it is very dark out at this point and I go to to talk to this woman and I get within maybe three feet of her and I have fear. Go through my body like I'm not safe.
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And all of a sudden I just kind of take a step back as I look in her eyes and I say, Oh, the house is right there. And she nodded like she understood. And then I got back in the car thinking, okay, she's going to go now into that driveway. And she gets back into her car and drives away. Turns around drives away.
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And I sat there going, that was really weird. And my friend is going, that is really weird. and And I told her I had got out of the car and went to go tell her. And I just felt fear. And all of a sudden, as I was telling my friend that I realized, oh, I think that was an angel.
00:21:58
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Gosh, Lord, why? Why would you have me entertain an angel in that moment like that? Was it a part of just like testing the kindness of my heart to actually yield to the spirit in that moment where my friend and I had other things we wanted to do. It was late, but we felt like, yeah, no, let's help this person out. Maybe it was about that. Maybe it was kind of testing the heart.
00:22:20
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Or what I came to later, which which I feel is a little more accurate just because of the season that I was in as well, is what did I do with that that person slash angel? I gave them directions.
00:22:33
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I had the address and I basically led them, right? Now that might seem a little bit like, what? But if you listen to last week's episode, and I can't wait you for you to listen to next week's episode, we have an interview with my friend, Adam, who is a seer and he sees clearly, he sees clearly angels in the spirit and he has had all kinds of interactions with them and is gonna man shed so much light on things.
00:22:58
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But like we said in our last episode, we are meant to interact with them. A part of us actually releasing the word of the Lord gives them the direction of where to go, whether we're releasing it from scripture or from a promise that God has given us. And this was a way that I really felt like God was confirming. I just told that angel where to go. I just showed that angel where to go. I'm the one.
00:23:21
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that led them. Oh, that's so interesting. And there's probably even more to unpack from that. But in that moment, it was quite clear. And the other moments I've had where it's ended up being angels, there was a very similar feeling afterwards where you're just kind of a little bit perplexed of like, that was different, but I can't really tell you why. So maybe some of you are having a light bulb go on right now going, Oh,
00:23:43
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I just had that happen. But listen, scripture says, be hospitable because we never know when we're entertaining angels without being aware. So cool. Okay. I hope that that was helpful for you. I'm going to leave it there. Email me if you have questions about angels in your dreams, but I cannot wait for next week. Please tune in so that you can hear this conversation with my friend Adam and I. It is So faith infusing to listen to it and it just is yeah encouraging and built me up so much in my heart and gave me the courage to see into the spirit realm more for myself as well. Okay y'all, keep diving deeper and happy dreaming to you.