And He showed them mercy

In my dream, I was chased by would-be arsonists, who were planning to burn my house. I got them to  follow me through some trees and into my home where I had a knife hidden. My mother was home early. She shamed me for planning to kill them and spanked me outside. She didn't take my knife away, but released me just before they arrived. I had but to stumble a few steps before they were upon me, but instead of doing me bodily harm, they began to eat the food she had set out. My would-be assailants were now no longer my attackers. Thinking it was from me, one of them placed a piece of chicken in a bowl for me, and it was only then I realized I had earned the trust of a loved one. This was emotional to me. Then I woke up.