~ “I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.”- Martin Luther King Jr.
Ponder……if Martin Luther King Jr. would have never had the courage to dream would we be able to have the family we are today. When he prayed over his dream, do you think he dreamt himself being murder, not being a live to see his dream lived out. Probably not. As he started to pursue his dream he had to then surrender it and allow GOD to tweak it a little and even in the danger he still said “I HAVE A DREAM”……………not “I HAD A DREAM BUT THIS IS NOT IT.” See to dream…..is scary, only if you understand that your dream is the beginning, and not GOD’s final product.
I started to dream about this house I want. But then I started to stop myself from dreaming about it just in case we are unable to get. Then I thought that is stupid. I Googled “Dream” in Thesaurus.com and this is one of the result I got:
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noun
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Definition:
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goal
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I found it interesting that it has words like: desire, hope, aspiration all linked to part of its meaning. And what was CRAZY was that its definition was GOAL. God says to dream. So why am I so disappointed when what I dream does not happen or It does not happen the way I have dreamt it. Somewhere along the road I have watched the movie “field of dreams” where it they say “If you build it they will come”. God says to dream not that I will get everything I want. It is so that I grow and believe bigger things are possible, to strengthen my faith, so that he can show me how much he DOES love and care for me when he takes my little dream and shows me how much more he can do with it.
Flashback: I was 12 when I found out I was adopted and I had the opportunity to meet my
bio dad. I started to dream about what kind of a father he was going to be to me, he (in my dreams) will be everything I EVER wanted. After 3 months of dreaming I was finally going to meet him. I just remember the butterflies in my stomach, excitement, would I call him dad or his name. How should I introduce myself, what should I where, my hair. Well there I was outside his door (I almost threw up), I knocked and there he was……..he swept me in his arms held me we cried he said he thought about me every day…....That was the dream I had that gave me the courage to get here, but reality was he was shocked, he did not want me, he wanted me to leave before his boys came home. Basically, never to look for him again.
bio dad. I started to dream about what kind of a father he was going to be to me, he (in my dreams) will be everything I EVER wanted. After 3 months of dreaming I was finally going to meet him. I just remember the butterflies in my stomach, excitement, would I call him dad or his name. How should I introduce myself, what should I where, my hair. Well there I was outside his door (I almost threw up), I knocked and there he was……..he swept me in his arms held me we cried he said he thought about me every day…....That was the dream I had that gave me the courage to get here, but reality was he was shocked, he did not want me, he wanted me to leave before his boys came home. Basically, never to look for him again.
If God would have shown me that in my dream of course I would have never went. But then I would have always wondered and kept him in that place as “MY DAD”, my knight in shining armor. But God is good he took that spot in my broken heart and with my permission He’s my “DAD” and he took the rejection and replaced it with worthiness, and he wanted me. He set me apart and made me different and called me his own. He is a God of restoration.
So DREAM. Don’t fear it because you’re afraid to lose something. And if you have lost dreams from your past you let go of , pick it up, God will restore it into something beautiful.
Abba Father- Thank you for dreams and what you do with them. Thank you for “fearless dreamers” like Martin Luther King Jr. With him trusting you with his dream and willing to surrender the “WHOLE” picture I may not have the family l have today. I hope we never take it for granted or forget how Blessed we are. Help me not to surrender in fear to dream. I pray for all those who lost a dream I pray for a spark to ignite. My dream right now is a home for my family and I to be able to live and grow in and so that we always have room for more at the table. I am grateful for the place now you have provided for us for the last 3 years and pray that this home will be a blessing to the next people who move in.
Love you,
Your daughter of Zion! Zephaniah 3:14-20
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