The Premonition
I was a heavy smoker for about forty years. Family and friends had told me for years that I needed to stop. My mother told me. My brothers told me. My children told me. As most smoker’s do, I passed it off as “that won’t happen to me.” I enjoyed smoking. It was my relief when I felt stressed. I never really gave a lot of serious thought to actually quitting.
In April of 2017, I had the most intense dream I ever had in my life. I was sitting in my doctor’s office, and he was giving me a terrible diagnosis of cancer. The doctor was showing me chest x-rays on an old fashioned reader. There was no chance of survival. Total devastation had set in. The details were crystal clear. I could only think about my family. I kept seeing my five year old’s face. I knew I would not be around to support them.
This dream stayed with me throughout the next day, and seemed as real as any dream I have ever experienced. I could not get it out of the forefront of my mind. It devastated me. I made my decision at that time to stop smoking. I feel now this dream was a warning by God in order to increase my chances of survival later. The dream occurred six months before I received the actual diagnosis of cancer.
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