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"Dreaming Dreams"

My husband, John Buren Compton, was a true native of Branson, Missouri. His family
had settled in the area known as Compton Ridge by his great grandfather John Compton. He was called Dr. John, horse and people doctor, married to a full blood Cherokee Squaw. Johnnie, like his predecessor, was a lover of horses and truly everything the Ozarks Mountains offered. He also had that nature of ‘Show Me’ and I will believe… if you put your hand in a lion’s cage and get bit, you don’t do it again, cause it could get bit off, so trust was hard for him. No, he wasn’t a trusting man. He was a straight shooter, though, and looked at life in a very real, black and white manner. This blunt nature of his was often taken wrong, people’s sensibilities were challenged when faced with a direct answer or his direct way.

Johnnie was the consummate storyteller, like many Branson, MO natives. He could spin a tale like few others and would laugh harder than most in the telling of them. This, to me, was because he relived every story, told it as if it were happening then. A true gift that will be missed so much by all that knew him.

Over my years of marriage to Johnnie, 25 in all, he struggled with Faith in God. That “Show me” nature would get in the way of depending on an unseen hand to guide him down life’s path. The Lord knew and understood this about my Johnnie and when he would grapple with certain topics, such as Faith, the Lord would often give him a dream. I have compiled these many dreams and hope to share them with all of you. Johnnie was a man that loved the Lord. His many encounters with God brought him even closer and revealed to Johnnie the Love and Everlasting Mercy that Jesus has for us all. It was his desire to have these shared at some time, so I am doing that now. I trust you will enjoy and learn from them as he did.

Joel 2:28

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I shall pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions… (Emphasis is mine)

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A Favorite story that Johnnie told I have archived somewhere but cannot find so I will retell it as best I can. Not a sports fan, it was surprising to me one day to come home and see Johnnie on the couch weeping. I asked what was wrong and he began to tell me of the vision he had been given. In this vision, he was the last up to bat. The crowd was very different. On one side, there were awful demonic beings shouting expletives and vile things at him, wishing him to fail and t

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Heaven's Touch

For those of you that have been wakened by a bump in the night or some unknown sound, this experience might make you view those disturbances a little differently going forward. I was sleeping and suddenly wakened by a noise… to this day I could not tell you what the noise was, but it was loud enough to wake me from a sound sleep. I felt the presence before I saw it. Sitting up in bed, a vapor-like mist, perhaps a cloud, was moving toward me from the sliding doors on the lake

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Bridal Bouquet

It was a beautiful Sunday Morning in April and as my wife was preparing for church, a group of young squirrels caught my attention. They were playing and scampering around the big Oak tree just across the parking lot from our home. I smiled inwardly as I watched them enjoy a game of hide and seek. Slowly, the very scene that had drawn my thoughts toward the tree began to change… right before my eyes was the most beautiful of flower gardens. Overwhelmed by its splendor, the va

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The Crossing

Getting from where one is to where they need to be is not always as easily said as done. In this dream I came to a field fully fenced round about. I felt compelled to climb over it and to cross the field to the other side. In my spirit, I knew that crossing the field represented my eternal destination; I had to get to the other side. Had it not been for the contents of that field, crossing would have been a simple task; however, there was a hesitation on my part. Fear might b

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Toothless

I was in the woods, it was dark and I was walking along a moon-lit path, when I heard something moving in my direction. Fear of an unnatural sort gripped me and I was frozen in my tracks. I could not move… for in front of me was a great lion, larger than any I had ever seen. Its roar was hideous and when he would roar, that unnatural fear would again seize upon my heart. The lion was coming closer, roaring as it drew near… each roar seizing me with such terror, I can’t even d

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Follow Me

Have you heard the old expression; they’re just spinning their wheels? Sometimes in our Christian walk we can feel like our efforts are just that, spinning wheels making no real progress. With this in mind, let me tell you of a dream I had recently. In my dream, I was sitting on a 5 gallon bucket at the side of an old dirt road. I was alone, except for a figure that kept coming closer to me. The stranger was wearing a hooded cloak, covering both his head and body. As he neare

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Light or Darkness

How many days will this rain continue to fall? It had rained for a full week and I was becoming restless. Outside work was out of the question, it was simply too wet. Consoling myself with my morning coffee, I saw the gray clouds moving slowly overhead. A ray of sunlight began to show through the rain filled clouds… then another till at last the Lake was turned from a dark, dingy green or gray, to a brilliant indigo blue; a mirror of the now blue sky that appeared over the wa

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Kneeling Before the Lord

Going up before the church and kneeling at an altar was a problem for me… at first. What would people think? What would they say? They might think I’m sinning again! And this was my attitude till the Lord gave me the following dream: An altar call had been given at a church and once again I hesitated to go to the front and bow before the congregation, when I felt a presence at my side. The presence leads me to the back porch of my home. Whether it was an angel or not, I could

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What Would it Profit?

There was a time in my life that having “things” was all I thought of or did anything about. Houses, cars, fine things but above all, “the favor and approval of man”. Getting ahead was my only goal; it was continually in my thoughts, I had something to prove. As I struggled with the need to have more and more, I was given a dream that helped put things back into their proper perspective. The dream began with a visit to a fine mansion in a very upscale neighborhood, not unlike

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