This morning I woke up very sick and couldn't make it to work. Thanks be to God that I was able to get off all necessary communication.

I fell into a hard, deep sleep and had weird dreams. I dreamed that my brother had 3 million dollar lottery tickets in my name. The dream went on with him living in some other location and at some point I realized that he would need me to cash them for him and I would be due a percentage.

The dream went into a different story and at one point I was at the back of an ancient church. I saw smoke coming from a ravine on the back side of the building. I found a large old wooden wall covering a hole full of boulders where the smoke was coming from. I found a water hose and started to spray it.

An elderly priest appeared behind me and said that there was a demon in the hole that he had once excorsized that was awakening. I got the impression that the priest was nearing the end of his life and that his prayers were no longer effective enough to keep the demon at bay. He seemed to be telling me that something more than water would be needed to put out this fire.

I became very frightened but nevertheless I skeptically sprayed water until the smoke cleared. I hurried away very scared and hoped for the best but in a short time I heard the beast growl and break out of the hole. I looked back from the top of the ravine and I could see an invisible creature running along and past me below.

I was very afraid but somehow lept into action. I grabbed a pole and ran down and beat the animal on the back and somehow in my fear I started saying the sign of the cross over and over. I beat and beat it and I said the sign of the cross over and over. Nevertheless when the creature vaporized and I intuitively knew it was back in the hole I was surprised.

When I woke up today I thought of the sign of the cross his way. God teh Father is in the mind, God the son is in the heart, the Holy Spirit is in the arms.

I remembered something that I thought yesterday that a prophet is someone who sees the truth of God and interprets this for people to understand. I see this as m y calling.

Later today I thought of how God does and doesn't reveal himself. I wondered if there were some connection to prosperity and suffering. I wondered i the better off we are the more we must do the work to connect ourselves to Him and the worse off we are the greater the chances he is more apt to reveal Himself to us. Perhaps on a macro scale this applies across time periods and societies.