VISION: September 12, 1998

During a time of prayer for restoration in God's people, I began to ask God about areas of my life that had flourished in the past, but now seemed to be dormant or dead. I could never understand the reason for these losses. I got a vision of a stump in a field with only a few inches of dry wood above ground but lots of life in the roots. I understood this to be a picture of my life. Then I saw a few green shoots spring up from the stump, and I knew that it would grow into a verdant tree.

The vision expanded, and I saw thousands and thousands of stumps in the field. These too had nothing above ground, but lots of life in their roots. I began to pray for restoration for the Christians these stumps represented. I began to feel deep pain, an identification with the wounds and terrible memories these stumps carried. I understood that none of these former trees had become stumps all at once, but gradually. Repeated blows by axes, saws and bulldozers had reduced them one branch, one section, at a time. Like me, these thousands of stumps also felt bereaved and didn't understand why all of this had happened.

Then as the vision expanded again, I saw the field of stumps at a later point in time. The stumps were now a lush forest with abundant fruit on the trees. All kinds of creatures dwelt in the shade provided by the forest. It was alive with bird songs, fragrant scents and beautiful colours. The forest floor was a carpet of grass and flowers. It was an absolutely wonderful place.

Again the vision expanded, and I saw that all around this lush forest was a total wasteland, all black and charred as if it had been through a forest fire. I understood that an intense fire had been through the area, and all of the lofty trees had been completely destroyed. However, the stumps in the field had been unharmed because they had nothing above ground to burn. After the fire, they sprang up from the roots and stood out as a place of refuge and beauty in the midst of utter desolation all around.

It was quite a revelation to me that all of the blows that have pruned me down to a stump were, in fact, God's great lovingkindness and tender care. He has been gently and lovingly preparing His people to survive the fires ahead and preparing us to be a place of refuge after the fires burn.

Isaiah 6: 11-13; Isaiah 10: 33 - 11: 5.

Barbara Miron

eaglewings98@yahoo.com

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