A dream and its interpretation

The Dream:
                Last night I had a dream.  A friend and I were out together, when I ran into someone familiar.  This person had many faces, so there was no real connection, except that I knew the person, and they were not a stranger to me.  This person became hostile towards me, and threatened to go to my home and create havoc.  My friend and I began running another way home to try and get there first.  When we arrived, this person was already inside, so we tried to hide from him.  He saw me, and that’s when things escalated.  I came inside, and he broke a glass bowl to have a weapon against me.  He tried to cut me with the broken glass, but I overpowered him.  I started hitting his head against the refrigerator to get him subdued.  Eventually he went and sat down on the couch.  It was then that I noticed that he wasn’t the only one in my house, he had brought friends.  When I saw that, I pulled out a gun and cocked it, and told everyone but the familiar person to leave my home, and they all did.  I then proceeded to speak to this person to find out why he was there.  He kept dodging the question, so I finally threw him out of the house.  Before he left, I asked how he’d gotten in.  He proceeded to explain that he used electricity to turn the lock into a motor to cause the deadbolt to spin open.  So to protect my home from this type of invasion I built a mesh of wires to lay on the inside of the door, and attached a battery to the wires, so the current running through the wire mesh would counteract the current in the lock.  This prevented him from being able to get back into my home.

The Interpretation:
                The familiar person who became hostile towards me is Satan.  The Bible says that when we cast Satan out of our lives, he will roam around a while and come back later.  If he finds the house is empty, then he will bring 7 of his friends and come back into the empty house to take up residence.  In the past, I had defeated Satan in my life, but had failed to fill my mind with spiritual truth and that allowed Satan to come back with company.  This time around, however, I was able to kick him in his teeth, and force him to leave my life once and for all.  The kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force.  The wire mesh on the lock represents my support structure, Celebrate Recovery, Church, other Christian friends, and family.  The battery current running through the wires is God and His power.  Together, these things help to keep Satan out of my life.   I HAVE WON!!!!

How we met

     I had discovered the Carpentar's Cellar downtown while it was still being run by Grace Church. During that time, Jay and Amanda took over the ministry, and eventually began recruiting Volunteers to help out at the coffee bar. Amanda asked if I wanted to help out, and I agreed. While working there, I met Natalia whom I became instant friends with. We just clicked that well.
     One night, when I was at the Cellar hanging out (not volunteering) I was introduced to 2 young ladies who were there for their first night training, Hope, and Aubri. That introduction was one of those "Hey, nice to meet you" kinda deals, and that was about it. Fast forward a couple of weeks, and I'm once again at the Cellar working. This particular night they had a cover charge, so I was taking money from people as they walked in the door.
     While at the door, I looked up at a group of people coming in, and there she was! The most beautiful woman I've ever met. God prodded my heart saying "There's your future wife". Now, at the time, I thought that was just my own desire at seeing such a beauty. Another first impression was that I thought she was with her husband and sons. She came down and I told her how much the cover was, and at that, they decided not to come in. The Beauty looked at me and asked if Natalia was there, and I said she was, so I let her in to chat with Natalia for a few. After she left, enraptured as I was, I went and asked Natalia who she was. Natalia responded, "That was Hope." "That was Hope?" I said, instantly recalling the girl I'd met a couple weeks prior while training. So, naturally, my next question, "Is she single?" "Yes," was Natalia's response. "You need to introduce us!" was my request.
     A while later, on St. Patrick's Day, Natalia, Zack Walters, and I all got together for lunch at Mcallister's Deli. While there, I mentioned Hope to Natalia again. With me sitting right there, she up and calls Hope on the phone and asks "Ron wants to know if he can have your number". I believe Hope said yes, because Natalia repeated, "No no, Ron wants your number" to which again her answer was yes. Natalia went on to make plans to have Hope and I meet up later that evening downtown, making it sound as though I'd be there with a group of friends.
     That evening we met downtown at, you guessed it, the Carpentar's Cellar. She was there with 2 of her sisters, and when they saw that I was by myself, they decided to disappear to give us some time together. I proceeded to tell her my relationship status (Separated, but not yet divorced from my first wife). I also revealed many things to her that I had previously held back on a "first date" because I had always feared it would scare the woman off. God was definitely involved. Had I hidden the details of my divorce from her, she never would have come to trust me based on other experiences she'd had.