Woke up again from horrible dreams. The devil is really trying hard to intimidate me through my dreams. Last night it was one of those rare layered dreams with three levels where I kept trying to wake up from one bad situation only to realize I was entering an even worse one. It was devastating.

In one part I realized I was actually in bed sleeping so I tried to shout for my husband to help wake me up but I could not make a sound. All the plots in the dream were so intrusive that I immediately recognized it as an attack. Because of this recognition the moment I woke up I was not scared like I used to be.

The first thing I did was pray and seek the Lord’s protection and He answered. With that I felt safe enough to fall asleep again without any bad dreams.

The line “When something good is about to happen, something bad will try to stop it” has been repeating in our days recently. I have experienced this both personally, as I grow closer to Him, and together with my husband, as we grow closer to Him as a team. It feels like the closer we get to Him, the more the devil tries to interfere.

It reminds me of Jesus in the garden, warning His disciples to keep watch, but the flesh is weak. Oh Lord, I am weak and we are weak. Please strengthen us so that we can truly keep watch.