Dream You Say?

"Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living."

-Anias Nin

Thank you God for the ability to dream, and to inspire others to do so. Thank you for placing people in our lives to inspire us to go and do amazing works through the Father. My prayer today being that our dreams, lived out, would be the highest testament to the glory of our God, thus giving us "the highest form of living", because we have blessed our eternal Father.

I know for most of you reading this there are certain things you wish to attain or accomplish in your lifetime. Some things might not happen, some may already have happened, but what have you thanked God for for coming to fruition? I have found that I have lacked this quality and need to remember to thank God for what He has blessed me with, for what dreams he has made into reality.

Thank you Father God for using me to impact other people. Even though my role was small, you used me to help heal a divided nation, which I know will go down in history, my name, maybe not, but my goal, along with thousands of others, helped change the coarse of history for that nation, ALL because of you.

Thank you Father God for love. For the ability to love, for the sacrifices that come with love, that reach far beyond my capacity to do so. Thank you for giving me the love I will need to share with others. Thank you for giving me someone who loves me, the way you intended. For making that man, a man of God, with your hand over him.

Thank you for your healing. Thank you that you bring all that is needed and then some to bring this family into your loving embrace. Thank you for the reminders of the bigger picture, and the healing that brings. Thank you for filling the emptiness that was left after her on a daily basis.

Thank you for forgiveness. Teach me everyday the grace that you give, unconditionally.

Maybe these things will spark what you are thankful for, but most of all, that it helps you to dream of even more of the things that God wants to bless us with. Even though I am so undeserving of all He has given, I am so excited to know He has even more for us.

So, prayer requests-

That I would not be anxious, but that patience would take it's place.

That Justin would gain some clarity on some big decisions he has coming up. And for clarity for Ben and Hannah

That God would open a door for the car situation

That's all for now folks ;) Send your prayers this way too!

So Long Soothsayer

"As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it"
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

How convenient it would be to have all the answers...and how uneventful life would be. Life can be bittersweet, and it throws you curve balls, it can be adventurous, and it can be mediocre, it can be survived, or it can be fulfilled. People are inconsistent and one thing remains. There is one constant, one thing in which we all all orbit. The Son of God has proved himself over and over to man, and yet we still flurry about in a wild chase around the only steady place in all creation.

In all my meandering I have found myself returning to the calm, centered, and understanding place before God. He must be my only comparison, my only judge, my only justice, He must be what I reflect, or I will reflect something else. In this quiet place I often find myself realizing the blueprint in which I wanted so badly to know would make me miserable. I also often realize God speaks to me in the way I would best hear it.

So, from here, I will pick up myself up from the bootstraps, and follow in the dust of my teacher. I will not know where it is I will go, but I will go. I will not let fear hinder where I go, or what I do. I will take in all He has given me to prepare me for this journey. I will let the prophets and soothsayers return to their crystal balls, I will leave the critical remarks to sit in the laps of those who make them, and focus my attention on God alone, instead of the water.

Thank you for placing the people in my life I will need most, and making this your story, instead of mine. Also, thank you for music, for giving me something to dance along to behind you :)