Dreaming...

Sure, I have dreams and goals...lots of them!  I may be middle-aged now but that doesn't mean life is over.  A few goals have been realized but I am certainly not done yet. I would rather have many dreams and goals and succeed in a few...than to have none and accomplish nothing.

Yet...I have had dreams to shatter...life changing, heartbreaking, unexplainable, it-doesn't-make-sense-at-all dreams to end right before my eyes.  I have missed many goals, as well.  So what do I do with broken dreams, missed goals and unanswered questions?

I keep dreaming.  I recently heard someone say that if we are in a waiting season for a dream or goal to be reached...then pursue other dreams and goals while we wait!  I love that!  It is realistic to accept that not everything will happen in my timing, or my way, or even my choice. That's why I find it better to allow Him to lead me...use me...and help me in whatever I pursue.  Of course, there have been times when I felt, without a shadow of a doubt, that He led me to an opportunity or passion...only to watch it die.  Yet knowing His ways are not my ways..helps me focus more on the journey with Him than any goals set.

For now, I continue dreaming.  If I must wait, I wait with Him...and I seek His guidance as I pursue other dreams.  For my greatest dream is not about a goal or accomplishment.  It is about becoming more like Him as I journey Home.  And that's a dream I never want to lose.<3~thl

"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart."  Psalm 37: 4