DREAMS

I didn’t expect the Lord to speak to me about him that night, but that is exactly what happened.
I believe the Lord was hearing our conversation in the Clinic that day as it says in the book of
Malachi…Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord listened and
heard them…. (Malachi 3:16)
In a dream, I saw the Pastor stand on the top of a ski slope, dressed up with full gear and ready
to ski down the slope. He looked cheerful and after taking a close look at the slope he jumps
and skis effortlessly.
This dream effectively portrayed that deliverance for the Pastor from his depression was just
round the corner and that he would be again working for the Lord with renewed vigor. I called
him up the next day and told him what the Lord had shown me. He was surprised that the Lord
should speak in such a manner. The next time he came to the Clinic, he was a changed man, full
of vigor and cheer. The Lord blessed him with many more years of fruitful ministry. Praise the
Lord.
How can I repay the Lord for all his goodness to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call
on the name of the Lord. (Psalm 116:12, 13)
65. NO POINT IN KISSING WHEN HE IS DEAD
It was a very hectic day. I had spent 8 hours seeing around 50 patients in the Clinic that I work
in Doha, Qatar; I had also traveled up and down the city 2 hours that day. By 9.30 pm, when I
reached home, I was very tired, had dinner and told my wife that I was going to bed after
praying and that is exactly what I did.
Very soon I was in deep sleep, but it must have been just a little while when I woke up with a
start hearing a voice which said, “What’s the point in kissing him when he is dead?”
I knew it was the Holy Spirit speaking to me of someone close and I immediately prayed that
whosoever’s life was in danger may be protected and saved by God. Soon a feeling of grief
overcame me as I thought of the death of a loved one.
At around 10.30 pm, I received a call from my mother who was in Kerala, India that my father
was having chest pain and was sweating profusely. Some of my relatives and a friend of mine
took him to the Hospital immediately where he was admitted and diagnosed to have suffered
from an acute myocardial infarct (heart attack). He was put on medications and I traveled to
India to be with him for a few days. He recovered and God gave him an extension of his life.
Later, I pondered about what the Holy Spirit had spoken that night…“What’s the point in
kissing him when he is dead?”
Having attended many funerals in Kerala, I have seen many people, usually relatives, kiss the
dead person before he is finally taken for the cremation. Some of them may have never
spoken a good or kind word to the person when he was alive. Better would be being kind and