Dream Concern - Unforgiven Sin

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My friend told me she had a dream when she was younger (teen years) that could have potentially been God’s voice. The voice told her that she was meant to be together (birth rights) with this guy she went to school with. A little background – she did genuinely love him before when they were in school, and noticed him out of the blue one day. He played games with her heart during that initial time, but after a while (before this dream had happened), she didn’t want to play games with him, even though she did have a very strong love for him. She felt like he was just being rude to her. The funny thing is, he grew to liking her more and more, and started to love her the same she did with him. Getting back to the dream, the voice said to her that within 3 years if she did not tell the guy about the dream, it would be unforgiven, and told her this will be revealed to the guy too.

There were many signs that she encountered throughout those 3 years to entice her to tell him, including after the first year that the ring she lost a while ago (crown of thorns) appeared on her finger when she woke up one day. But she decided to go against what the voice told her, what she thought, and what was in her heart

She never told the guy, but the guy revealed to her one day that he had a dream and that she was going to hell because she never told him and the 3 years were up, which is extremely scary.

She’s concerned that the Holy Spirit was leading her to the guy to tell him about the dream, and that she didn’t listen to God. She’s comparing this to the extent of what if Jesus decided not to endure his passion, or Mary decided not to conceive Jesus – isn’t that truly blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?

She has confessed the sin, but the priests all continually tell her that it’s just a dream.

I’ve never heard of a revelation like this before. I’m wondering if anyone has some insight and research into dreams like this, if it’s truly divine, and if there’s cause for concern?
 
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Aanon123 said:
She’s comparing this to the extent of what if Jesus decided not to endure his passion, or Mary decided not to conceive Jesus – isn’t that truly blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?
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Oh please. Somebody has really got an exalted opinion of herself.

If she and this guy were meant to be together, then the two of them would just get together and stop all this nonsense about unforgiven dreams like a bad anime.
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She has confessed the sin, but the priests all continually tell her that it’s just a dream.
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The priests have common sense. And probably experience in dealing with young women with grossly overactive imaginations who are all hung up on a dream.
 
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Getting back to the dream, the voice said to her that within 3 years if she did not tell the guy about the dream, it would be unforgiven
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This is a sign that something is not from God.
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he guy revealed to her one day that he had a dream and that she was going to hell because she never told him and the 3 years were up, which is extremely scary.
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Another sign that it is not from God.
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She’s concerned that the Holy Spirit was leading her to the guy to tell him about the dream, and that she didn’t listen to God.
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Even f this is true, God is much less concerned about our earthly life than He is about the eternal.

Romans 8:28 “We know that in everything God works for good[a] with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.”

Even if a person discerns wrongly, or does not follow the leading, God can still work it to the good.
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She has confessed the sin
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There is no objective evidence that a sin was committed. Which of the 10 commandments were broken?
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She’s comparing this to the extent of what if Jesus decided not to endure his passion, or Mary decided not to conceive Jesus – isn’t that truly blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?
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No, No, and No. This is an inflation of the ego.
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but the priests all continually tell her that it’s just a dream
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This is good advice that should be heeded. Any dream that contradicts the Word of God is in dire question.
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I’ve never heard of a revelation like this before. I’m wondering if anyone has some insight and research into dreams like this, if it’s truly divine, and if there’s cause for concern?
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There are several ways to determine if it is divine. One is whether it contradicts the divine revelation that has already been given by God, which it clearly does. Another is that all private revelation must be submitted to the Church, so what the priests are telling her is more important.
 
It’s not a sin to be mistrustful of dreams. In fact, taking them with a grain of salt is how we should react to them, and we should not assume they are of divine origin especially when elements in the dream clearly contradict Church teaching. A major sign your friend’s dream was not from God is the voice saying the “sin” would be unforgiven. There is no sin that cannot be forgiven. Furthermore God doesn’t go around binding people under pain of sin to do extra works for Him. Mary was not bound under pain of sin to be the mother of Jesus, as your friend seems to think. Mary chose it freely and could have said no. In fact, none of the saints who received visions were bound under pain of sin by God to do the things He asked of them, as far as I know.

Your friend should listen to the advice of the priests she has been to and not continue to confess this “sin” and seek validation from further priests. This will only fuel her ego and be very detrimental to her. Also, did you yourself ever talk to this guy and hear from him what your friend said he told her? If not, you should probably consider the possibility that she never really experienced that but just made it up in order to gain attention.
 
God doesn’t “matchmake” in that fashion.
What we seem to have here is an over-emotional teenager making her life more exciting than it actually is.
 
But what about the signs she encountered throughout those 3 years to entice her to tell him, including after the first year that the ring she lost a while ago (crown of thorns) appeared on her finger when she woke up one day? I mean those things just don’t happen…
 
Though this girl was totally unaware of it, the idea of not being able to receive forgiveness from a priest in confession while still alive is heresy. My Priest told me this. It sounds like this situation was concocted by the enemy, to drive her into the sin despair of God’s mercy.

Someone should point this out to her. She should pray the divine mercy novena, maybe the 'Our Lady Undoer of Knots non-stop until this feeling goes away completely. Just a suggestion she could do or run by her priest.
 
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It sounds like this situation was concocted by the enemy, to drive her into the sin despair of God’s mercy.
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Not to mention the sin of pride by thinking she was receiving divine revelations about something utterly trivial such as telling some boy she liked him.
I realize this may be the biggest thing on the mind of this girl, but it doesn’t elevate it to Holy Spirit status. This whole thing sounds like an overdramatic 15-year-old with time on her hands.
As for a ring appearing and disappearing, if a ring that you lost shows up on your hand in the night, it generally means the ring was lost in the bed or near it, you woke up just enough to locate it and put it on your hand, but you didn’t wake up enough to remember doing it. I wear several rings and this has happened to me in the past. It has nothing to do with divine revelation.
 
Well said!!!
Sometimes people hear the stories in the Bible about dreams. These were extraordinary events, and your right, we average Joe’s [and Janes] should dismiss them. In this case, if the account is true about the boy coming to her AFTER [a clear setup!] the three year period, well that is the hallmark of something from the adversary.
 
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But what about the signs she encountered throughout those 3 years to entice her to tell him, including after the first year that the ring she lost a while ago (crown of thorns) appeared on her finger when she woke up one day? I mean those things just don’t happen…
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Synchronicities happen. God does not punish us for missing signs, or for making choices that miss His perfect will.
 
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