Is YOUR Church Serving Cheap Red Wine?

Well I went to bed last night but I didn’t sleep that is certain; at least not the kind of sleep where you get any kind of rest.

I spent the better part of the night on the living room sofa so as not to keep my husband awake; I was tossing and turning so much! Between the vivid dreams and night time awake visions and impromptu Holy Spirit prayer sessions…yep…I do believe I have been wide awake all night long!

I would love to share just about everything here with you that the Lord has shared with me and in due time I am sure I will. For starters however, I would like to share with you the very vivid night dream/visions I had (half while I was awake and some while I was asleep.)

 I will title this first one simply;

 Cheap Red Wine

I was walking through a huge market place filled with people; all shapes and sizes; colors and beliefs. I knew they were of different beliefs because it said so, on a sign that floated above their head. An invisible sign somehow only I could see.

This market place looked like one of those new Hyper Market Grocery Stores where you can buy just about everything you need all in one stop. 

You know the kind I mean. The mesmerizing kinda store that sucks the money right outta your wallet when you pop inside to pick up a  quick ½ gallon of milk on the way home from a busy day at work....instead you  get lost half way back to the dairy section and end up walking out of the store sipping a cup of gourmet coffee. Having spent $50 on everything else BUT the  milk you came in for! Yeah, we've all done it, at least once…right?

Well, back on subject..... :) .......There I was (in my night dream/vision)....walking through this beautiful market place.  I had my guardians with me. We were just walking along from isle to isle. Then after about the second or third isle  I noticed  the Wine Bottles. They were every where. I mean every isle had wine bottles along with a few other food items. And the Wine to food ratio was  five bottles of wine to one  food item. Everyone who was shopping was looking at the Wine Bottles. There were small bottle and medium sized bottles and large bottle of wine. Just as if you had gone to your friendly neighborhood grocery or liquor store. All the wine bottles had price tags on them and names as well. They were very clearly priced and named; though I don’t recall the names now or the exact prices I do recall the prices of the wines being extravagantly expensive.

THEN there were these other bottles of RED WINE. They were clearly marked as well.

They were dated 1084, all of them and they had price tags marked hanging from them $3.99 for the small bottle and $5.99 for the large bottle.

(let the reader note that the number 1084, represents the cheerful priest covenanted with Nehemiah in the rebuilding of Jerusalem. 

Also, the number 399 In biblical meaning means to carry or bring up. The number 599 means to die off or perish.

This cheap wine may temporarily bring cheerfulness but drinking too much may cause death)

I watched as people talked among each other and asked the store keeper some questions.

They wanted to know if the wine was deep red wine like the expensive wines.

The Store keeper answered them, “No it is more of a light red color.”

Then they asked the Store keeper why it was so much cheaper than the other more expensive wines.

The Store keeper answered them, “It is water down so I get twice as much out of my yield.”

One of the customers who had been silent got a bit angry and spoke up and said,

“So you are cheating us?”

At this the Store keeper answered them, “No. I am not cheating you. It is still very much wine in the bottle. I have just added a little water to dilute it a bit. To make it go further. Make it more affordable for you in these rough times.”

At this point I got upset and realized the Store keeper was cheating them and worse yet was deceiving them. They all just stood there staring at their bottles (plural) of wine. Cheap Red Wine.

I could see there heads spinning, their minds, their thoughts,

“I could really use the extra money for other things.”

“It’s ONLY wine.”

“It’s sooo much cheaper.”

The Store keeper piped up again,

“You have asked me your questions and I have answered you. You are the one who makes the choice to buy and drink from my cellars. The price you pay to drink MY WINE is much less than that of He who owns the Master’s Vineyards. Just think of all the things you could do and places you could go just by drinking my wine. The choice is yours.”