Running to ONE DAY...

One day I am going to change my Facebook profile info to say: PUBLISHED AUTHOR.

It's coming. Yes, the day is coming, and has been coming for a long time.

And though, the culmination and pinnacle of my personal and professional accomplishments can't really be adequately summed up in a small update on Facebook, for a moment it felt like a mark, a goal,  a wonderful day to look forward to.

It made me start to dream. What other things would be fun, to include on my Facebook profile? Things that are not yet true, have not yet happened. Maybe they are things that I have not yet been brave enough to utter to myself... but NOT YET DOES NOT MEAN NEVER.

I have silly, fun dreams of being a soccer mom, with the mini-van (I am totally going to have a mini-van one day!) I have dreams of owning a cabin near my favorite family vacation spot. And I totally want to go to Hawaii some day, and Alaska, too!

I have dreams of adopting precious orphans and welcoming them as my own babies in our family. I dream of holding my published book in my own hands. I have dreams of hugging a woman or child who has been freed from sex trafficking as a result of that book. I want to look into their eyes and speak life and treasured value into them. Oh for that day!

Facebook probably doesn't have a data entry field for me to enter these kind of goals in my profile, but they are there. Totally there. Waiting with baited breath.

I can't help but ask myself. What am I doing today that draws me closer to those dreams?

What am I doing with the spare minutes in the day? With the spare dollars in my budget?

Am I running with stubborn fervor? With determined tunnel vision? With power, boldness, and courage that can only come from the Holy Spirit?

One thing is for sure... all this is so much easier when someone is running beside me.

So, what are you dreaming of? Saving for? Reaching for? Praying for? What are you doing today to get you there?

RUN WITH ME!

Living the Dream

I am a dreamer. I always have been. I have had vivid recurring dreams my whole life. I have had happy dreams, and nightmares that left me in tears. I have caught myself daydreaming on many many occasions. And I have looked to the Heavens and whispered dreams of hope to my Savior so much so that I have come to the conclusion... I am a dreamer. Even the storyline and subject matter for my upcoming book was inspired in the connected scenes of a very dramatic and life-like dream.

I am usually the person who dreams that big things can happen, even when everyone else is doubtful. I am usually the person who sees a great potential of life and healing in other people, maybe even before they see it in themselves. I am also the person who never stops believing that my God, my "Daddy" in Heaven is more than capable of accomplishing any and all of the outlandish, far-fetched, whimsical, and bold dreams that I can come up with.

I cling to scriptures like Ephesians 3:20-21:
"Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen."
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>My journey as a dreamer has taught me not to simply seek my own ambitions, but also align my heart with the greatest dreamer in all of creation. I trust that the only one who knows my greatest potential, or sees how much I can grow is my Savior, Jesus. I want dreams like HIS.
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"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord. As the Heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8-9
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I am also learning that sometimes God's most couragous dreams for my life are not that glamorous or glitzy. Sometimes He dreams a break-through that requires a new level of humility, compassion, or self-sacrifice. I am quite certain, though, that all of His dreams are for my good. (And they are for your good as well!)

Today, I am choosing to be the woman I dream to to be. I will be the wife and mom I dream to be. I will be the writer, and worshipper I dream to be. I will be the friend I dream to be. Instead of letting life come at me, I will go after my own life. No more excuses. No more "if only" or "maybe when" apologies.

Yep. Today I am living the dream.

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Are you a dreamer? What are your dreams? What is the dream God has placed in your heart? I would love to hear!