“A lady who was a great believer in dreams, came to me once, and wanted me to give the interpretation to one of them. She dreamed some very peculiar things. ‘And, Brother Penrose,’ she said, ‘just give me the interpretation.’ I did not want to offend her. I saw there was nothing in them of any particular moment so I said, ‘Sister, what did you have for supper last night?’ You know in England (it was in England), they often have very late suppers. ‘Well, brother Penrose,’ she said, ‘I had some fried pork and onions.’ ‘Well,’ I said, ‘that is the interpretation.’”
– Charles W. Penrose, 1922
Well, I’m glad he didn’t say anything to offend her…
Reminds me of Scrooge’s “there’s more of gravy than of grave about you!”
Ardis, I wonder how often “fried pork and onions” could be applied today.
This reminds me of reading Levi Hancock’s journal. Those who have read it know that he took dreams seriously. He would record them in his journal. He had many dreams that I am certain were inspired. But he also recorded many that were . . . well, just weird dreams.
I know some people have dreams that truly are revelation. I, however, have dreams about looking for where I parked my 93 Volvo in my home town in Utah that I haven’t lived in for over thirty years. Still haven’t found it, but I suspect that is because I sold it to a junk dealer in Washington state about 10 years ago. There are other ways the Lord uses to get my attention that are a lot less convoluted than trying to use my dreams.