Note: PLEASE do not take this to mean that I think all people who are living the “American life” and may even have the white picket fence are not at the place in life that God has called them to be. He calls each of us to different places in life and I admire each individual who is living the life God has called them to – here in America or abroad. This is just my opinion on what God has changed in my thought process over the past few months.
Dreams Change …
I wanted the fairytale …
… the marriage, the kids, the white picket fence …
I also wanted to be a princess…
… to be the belle at the ball …
I just wanted to feel cherished and loved.
But dreams change …
The fairytale ends in storybooks…
… I am not ready for marriage, kids, or the fence …
I can’t be a princess…
… and there is no ball to attend …
However, I am cherished and loved by God, which is all I need.
Now, I have new dreams …
To live a life free of distractions …
… a life where reality is the dream …
The reality that there is more to my life than some childhood fantasy …
… more than the expected American dream …
More than the spouse, the 2.8 children, the two car garage, and the stable income …
The reality that around the world men, women, and families are living in poverty …
… destitute and hopeless …
The reality that children are being sold into slavery …
… their innocence stolen …
The reality that babies are being orphaned and dying of AIDS …
… every minute …
::That reality shouldn’t exist::
::That reality breaks my heart::
::That reality is why my dreams changed – now and forever::
But there’s more than just dreams being changed, life as I know it has to change. I am going on The World Race in August of 2011 to inspire a change within myself so that that my dreams (the dreams I have been given by God) don’t stay inside a white picket fence, so that my dreams reach out to the dying babies of the world. Would you consider investing hope in the life of those who are destitute, the prostitutes who sell all they have to make ends meet or because they are too young to escape, and the babies who haven’t had a chance and who may never have a chance if things don’t change? That is what each of your donations goes towards, so please, if God has blessed you with any amount large or small please consider giving to those God has chosen for me to have the chance to reach while I am gone. Please just click the “Support Me” tab under my picture if you feel led to give to those who can’t ask for themselves, to those who don’t know anything different than the lives they were born into, lives of nothing but heartache and hopelessness.
To be continued …
