I met my friend who hoped that he would make it, now he died!

 Bloggers not long ago back on December 16th, 2024, I wrote about a dream that I had that was very strange to me but very spiritually significant because of all the symbolism involved in the dream from start to finish. That Blog was titled "You hide your secrets well." And yes, I know that on earth everything in life does have a beginning and an end to it. Further, I understand that in life like in war, everything will be about love and hate and there will always be casualties of war. You know, collateral damage as a direct result of whatever we aspire or decide to do with our life which will be like being in crossfire. I speak for myself when I say that I hurt a lot of people up to this age of mine, whether intentional or not. Like... I remember that in combat we fired our weapons at our enemies that were hidden among local people or in the jungle, and some of those bullets or bombs killed innocent people and trees, plants, and wildlife, that happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. I don't know, maybe it wasn't the wrong place or time, and it was just fate, and it was meant to be. Anyway, I was at the Walmart at the beginning of this month. And as I was getting out of my car and heading inside, I hear a loud voice of a man teasing me in Spanish, so I stopped to look around the area that I was in, and I saw my friend who I had spoken about in that dream. This Mexican guy as far as can remember has always had a great spirit about him and was always the comedian teasing type. He always greeted me well since I was a lot younger and on my way to the Reform school. He was Chicano for sure. And as we greeted, I happily told him that he looked good for his age and that he always dressed as if he was going to Church. He laughed and then he begins to tell me about how good God has been to him and that he has done the best to live right in every which way that he could. Then, I told him that God has looked after him because he looked so healthy. I said to my friend that I was sure that he would live to be 100 years old the way he was going. He then shook my hand and said thanks for that Ruben because I sure don't think about dying but living. Then we parted as usual and laughed loud all the way inside the store. Well, he is the one that I saw in my dream of September 23rd, 2024. In that dream I saw him riding on a bike on one track of a railroad over a black bridge that crosses over our river which transformed into an arch and which threw him off the bridge into the clear clean water of the San Marcos, Texas river. And after watching him make a hard landing near the bank of the river, he then was propelled upward immediately upon hitting the water and flew rapidly into the sky without the bike. And as I watched him shoot upwards pulling water up high with him, he screamed these words in Spanish, "I hope I make it..., but if I don't..., it was because I owed on something!" Well, it was him that I met at the Walmart and now as of a couple days ago, he was buried in one our Cemetary's.  He was 79 years old. He lived a long life. And if he did owe for his sins, now that is between him and God. I don't know much about his personal life; all I know is that we respected each other. But I do know that he did hold on to those Catholic idols. But I know a whole bunch more Christians in Pentacostal Churches that do the same. No one is without fault of sin in our lives. All I know is that I have to fix me and obey as much as possible and that is it. However, I know that somewhere along the line I will hurt someone intentionally or unintentionally and I will be culpable for that sure thing we call collateral damage if some good person is standing by watching or listening. God knows and sees everything. He is not called "El Roi" for nothing! Anyway, what I saw in my dream came true this month. In four months from that dream, he died. I hope he made it!!! Life is here one day and gone the next. Enjoy what is left of yours and be True to God and serve Him only and be Real in your love for Him. So Let Us Sleep on that for now. Thanks again.                                                                                                                                   Respectfully,                                                                                                                                               Ruben N. Gutierrez