Dreaming...And Then Some

Lately, I have been working on making some of my God-given dreams a reality.  The first step in the process was to compile a list of dreams.....100 to be more precise.  Well, after a few days of thinking it through, I purchased a journal to use through this process and began to write down my dreams.  Big, little, and everything in-between that I could imagine.  Things I would love to do if money, time, talent etc were not an issue.  For someone who is more of a realist than a dreamer, this has been a much harder task than anticipated and has taken some significant time.  In total obsessive/compulsive fashion, I have made a commitment to myself to make sure that I jot down at least 100 dreams before beginning to work on them.  I did not put them in alphabetical order or categories, but believe me....I was tempted to do so!  Because I know myself and I know that once I reach 100 I will put a limit on what I think God can do with these dreams He has placed in me.......so I have also committed to adding to it as the Lord directs.  No limits!

Once the list reaches 100, I will continue to add to it as He directs, but I will also take the next steps in making a few of these dreams come to fruition.  This is what I am super excited about!

Having grown up with "less than" most people, I have never really been a dreamer.  My life approach has been to take each day as it comes.  So, the first dream that I have began to work on is to things about Heaven at least once a day.  Seems simple, even logical.  But to me, honestly, it always seemed so frivolous.  The Bible teaches that if you believe in Jesus and that He died on the cross for the sins of all humankind, and proclaim His name as the King of King and Lord of Lords in your heart and live, then you will go to Heaven when you die.  So, my thoughts have always been, "Why think about something that is already promised to happen?  What's the point in thinking about Heaven?"   Is it a coincident that He would have, "Think about Heaven at least once a day" as one of the first dreams that I wrote down in my dream journal?  I don't believe it was a coincident but rather a divinely inspired, long-forgotten dream placed in my heart one evening long ago when I was about 7 years old as I was laying down on the grass in my friend's backyard out under the stars one night wondering where I came from and why I am here.  It has been a blessing to think about Heaven each day for the past few weeks!  One thing I have discovered as I have been dreaming about Heaven is that my thoughts are not big enough to imagine its vastness!  To think that the Lord would have me first work on a dream to think about something each day that is so fast and endless and so unrestricted....yes, pretty sure He is giving me a glimpse of how He wants me to view these dreams as I begin to bring them into fruition in my life.  To dream so big that only He could make it come to pass. Amazing feeling!

Looking forward to working through this list of dreams, adding to it as I go and as He leads and so super stoked to see where it is He is leading me through this journey.  Whoot!

"If your dream isn't big enough to scare you.....it isn't big enough!"