Stumblin' into a dream

There is a moment in every ones life; I think multiple moments, actually.

Where we step outside of reality and dream of giant things we hope that we get to conquer someday.

 

For instance, a few days ago I had lunch with an old friend from beauty school, and we were just sharing what had been going on for the past two years and she was talking about how she wanted to adopt or foster teenagers. Which is impossible for her to do right now (without favor from God, and favor with some people at the top of the food chain, so to speak.)

She said things like, “Ronna, I know I’m supposed to be an activist. I’ve always been one. I have always been the one fighting for people who can’t stand up for themselves” with tears swelling up in her eyes.

These are not dreams we pull from someone else who has given a motivational speech one day in high school.

These are dreams that hook us so deep when we talk about them we feel like they are touchable, the moment the mouth is opened to express it, it becomes envisioned in the room around us.

Its like the movie Cinderella, when everyone is making her dress for the ball—mice and all—the mice get on lamps to hold the thread while the others slide down the thread like firemen with pearls to do strands for jewelry and the birds are flying in diagonals around them to make bows.

When I share my dreams, I feel like that’s almost happening around the room.

It no longer feels like it’s just mine, but now it’s as if the world around me caught hold, and embraces every angle, the sun stays out longer, the stars shine brighter, the wind blows stronger.

And I talk as fast as I can, because for some reason when I share my dreams, I can’t get it out fast enough.

One thing God has been showing me lately about my dreams is that sometimes when we start out going after them, we sometimes forget to ask Him what to do next, and end up doing what someone else does because it’s what we have seen.

But, that is not satisfying at all. The most satisfying thing in life is to say yes to whatever God asks. And not think about the consequences that follow.

Obviously if He hasn’t given direction, before you move forward you count the cost of whatever it is you are doing and always make sure to follow peace, or as some call it, your conscience. If you feel uneasy, step back, and say no.

But if He speaks first, always say Yes.

Without a second thought.

 Because, with Him, you can’t fail.

He likes when we ask impossible prayers, like the one my friend has to pray to be able to adopt. 

Those are His favorite kind of prayers.

Because only He can get the glory.

He rightfully desires all of it, any ways.