Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15.

And the title of today's post is, The Mavericks Are Coming, Part 2.

This past Friday night, I ministered with my friend Clay Nash in Independence, Missouri.

This was the final stop of a ministry tour Clay and several others

conducted based on a dream given to him in March of 22. While there, I became even more convinced

of the dream's significance.

I want to share it again today.

The dream is about gathering mavericks.

A maverick is an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, or a lone dissenter,

such as an intellectual and artist or politician, who takes an independent stand apart from their peers, a person pursuing rebellious, even potentially disruptive

policies or ideas. Here is an abbreviated version of the dream. The dream began, Clay says,

with you Dutch, creating a thread on Signal titled Gathering the Mavericks. You requested those

on the thread to meet you in Oregon City, Oregon, at the end of the Oregon Trail.

Upon arrival, you informed us, we were there to help gather and drive Maverick Steers back to Independence, Missouri, the beginning of the Oregon Trail.

You instructed us that the Mavericks must be brought to independence in order to achieve independence.

You stated that as we found the watering holes where they were gathered, you would assign

individuals to stay there. They would keep other mavericks in the future from muddying up

the watering holes. You informed those who joined you in Oregon City. They were assigned

certain horses for which to make the journey.

The horse you assigned me, that is Clay speaking, was one I had actually owned, a full

Appaloosa named Judge. He had my king brand saddle on him. Dutch, you were to ride the prettiest buckskin I ever

remember seeing. When I remarked on the strength and beauty of this horse, you informed us that it was

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