A non-profit that i've loved for many years, To Write Love on Her Arms (www.twloha.com) has a project right now where they are traveling all around the country asking people 2 simple questions:
What's your biggest fear?
What's your greatest dream?
2 little questions that reveal so much about a person. Through videos, photos and social media they share people's answers with the world. Knowing those things about someone you love is intimate, but knowing them about a complete stranger is even crazier. Knowing what scares them most and then what they hope to one day accomplish or become – that's deep.
Since being on the Race and living in constant, 24/7 community one of the things I have learned the most about is transparancy. Being real with who I am and what I am going through and never being ashamed of it. The Lord created us to know and be known; to love and be loved. Those things don't come through casual conversations or friends that you grab a latte with every few months.
In following TWLOHA's Fears vs Dreams project i've realized how few people in life i've ever truly known enough to trust with the things that are most precious to me. And in return how few people have trusted me with that part of their lives. That kind of trust comes from believing the best in a person and knowing that they will never use that information to hurt you or bring you down, but to encourage and support you. I think these are the kind of relationships that God wants us to have – deep, meaningful ones where the other person knows who you are and loves you becasue of it.
That being said, I think we should all take a little challenge:
1) get real with yourself. Ask yourself those questions and see what you discover. You're never too old or young to have a few fears and dreams inside of you.
2) get real with other people. Your friends, family, husband, girlfriend…. whoever. Desire to know the people in your life on a deeper level and find out what is at the core of who they are.
In the spirit of being real, I share with you this:
Biggest fear: "She decked herself with rings and jewelry and ran after her lovers, but me she forgot" Hosea 2:13 My fear is that I will allow myself to become consumed with things that don't really matter and wake up one day and realize i've completely forgotten about God.
Greatest dream: That I will never settle for what the world tells me i "should" be doing, but that I would continuously chase after whatever dreams God places in my heart.
