“American Dream”
I got the privilege the other day to give a short speech at my church. The speech only lasted about five minutes and I’m not 100% sure what exactly I said. You must think I’m crazy that I don’t remember exactly how it went, well there are a couple reasons why.
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I haven’t spoken in front of people in two years and I was very nervous.
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I had been praying all day that God would give me the words…and he provided.
When writing what I wanted to say, I was focusing on how I got to this point in my life. Why on Earth did I decide to leave my comfort zone for a year?…The answer is shorter than the story.
Last year, summer of 2015 I decided to stop going to college. I had no idea what I wanted to do and thought taking time off would be good to help me pick. Fast forward to fall of 2015, and my long term relationship ended. My life was slowly falling apart and I realized all the steps I had made to acquire the “American Dream” were the wrong steps.
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“American Dream”- Graduate college, get married, buy a house with a white picket fence, and then live happily ever after.
So the beginning of 2016 I got the privilege to mourn the loss of this dream. Around this time is when I started to get a calling on my life for mission work and found out about the World Race mission trip. I felt a new excitement about life that I honestly hadn’t had in years.
I tell you this story of my struggle to tell you the answer of why I’m going. This is God’s calling on my life and this is a part of God’s dream for my life. I don’t want the “American Dream” when God’s dream for my life is so much bigger and more fulfilling. So no matter what stage you are at in your life, don’t live your life according to what society has called worthy. Dare to dream, and then dream bigger…God’s dream for your life will surpass anything you can imagine.
“For I know the plans I have for you’ declares the LORD, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
-Jeremiah 29:11
