Dreaming, because they do come true. Truly.
Do you know that feeling you get when you're excited? Extremely so. The one that swells up in your throat, making it hard to speak for half a moment? The one that gives you a big smile? The one that would make you want to shout(after you've gained back your voice of course). I don't know what I'd shout, I'm not even a shouting type, not a whole lot, anyway. Shouting has nothing to do with this. The one feeling that you sometimes get when you believe you really could do it, that anything's possible.
Dreams. Dreams are amazing. They can come true. They DO come true! Each and everyone of us has been given dreams. I pray that they're God given. Why do we believe the lies that we can't achieve them? Are there guidelines for what dreams are too big, and what are doable? I think not. Just a few weeks ago I was saddened. I thought that for some reason I didn't have dreams. That I was one of the few that for some reason just didn't have them, maybe because I didn't have a specific thing to check off; or that everybody else had these great aspirations, that for some reason I just couldn't come up with.
Now, all that has changed. I have dreams. Boy do I ever! I don't know where they stop. And that's okay! I know, I've known for some time- that I have a desire, a longing to help hurting women and children.
How? How exactly things go down are obviously going to be different for everybody. And! We can't just ask how once, but many times. I may start taking a Christian counseling course. How? ...well...I don't know yet. after I get there...How am I going to use it? How/where can I be of help to these people longing for love?
That's just one dream. I have many others. When I started looking at what I love, who God has given me a love for, what I'd like to do with my life, what I am living for. Oh, and when I started looking away from what would be the "smart" thing to do, when I was no longer looking at what the world would say is a good paying job, when I started looking away from the things that I would like to have, that were selfish, and would not have impact in others' lives; oh, and when I started looking at my dreams and BELIEVING that they could come true. Everything changed. What if I knew my dreams could come true, even though some of them may be crazy, what if I know my dreams can come true, then what is there to stop me? I know that in my life there will have to be much more risk, and a little more faith, but I hope that I will be one step closer to Truly living, because I'm Truly dreaming.
Dreams. Dreams are amazing. They can come true. They DO come true! Each and everyone of us has been given dreams. I pray that they're God given. Why do we believe the lies that we can't achieve them? Are there guidelines for what dreams are too big, and what are doable? I think not. Just a few weeks ago I was saddened. I thought that for some reason I didn't have dreams. That I was one of the few that for some reason just didn't have them, maybe because I didn't have a specific thing to check off; or that everybody else had these great aspirations, that for some reason I just couldn't come up with.
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. -Romans 8:28
How? How exactly things go down are obviously going to be different for everybody. And! We can't just ask how once, but many times. I may start taking a Christian counseling course. How? ...well...I don't know yet. after I get there...How am I going to use it? How/where can I be of help to these people longing for love?
That's just one dream. I have many others. When I started looking at what I love, who God has given me a love for, what I'd like to do with my life, what I am living for. Oh, and when I started looking away from what would be the "smart" thing to do, when I was no longer looking at what the world would say is a good paying job, when I started looking away from the things that I would like to have, that were selfish, and would not have impact in others' lives; oh, and when I started looking at my dreams and BELIEVING that they could come true. Everything changed. What if I knew my dreams could come true, even though some of them may be crazy, what if I know my dreams can come true, then what is there to stop me? I know that in my life there will have to be much more risk, and a little more faith, but I hope that I will be one step closer to Truly living, because I'm Truly dreaming.
“Unless there is an element of risk in our exploits for God, there is no need for faith.” (Hudson Taylor)
Truly Yours, hannaH
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