When you are a little kid you always think about what you want to be when you grow up. You picture your life going perfectly the way you want it to. Sometimes you think about yourself being a doctor, a lawyer a teacher, or anything that people tend to think are the “perfect” career choices.
Now, being partially grown up, I feel like I haven’t taken the time to dream about my life in years. I have been too busy focusing on what I thought I needed to do to get by. Work, make money, pay bills.. yata yata yata. It wasn’t until coming on the race that I realized my life really could be extraordinary. Only with the help of God.
Last week, we were asked by a teammate to share our dreams for team time, and what would be our picture perfect fantasy when we think about our life. For some reason, it just really stirred me up. I began to really really think about what I actually wanted out of my life. I realized that God has completely changed me from the beginning of the race.In The beginning, if you had asked me if I thought I would be called to live overseas I would have said HECK NO. Now if you ask me if I am going to stay in the states my response will be HECK NO.
My dreams are quite simple actually. I want to be happy. With anything that God chooses to use me for. I just want to be used. My fantasy on the other hand, is a typical girly scenario. I want to find a man to marry. Not just any man. I want to find a so focused on loving Christ that I always come second to Him. I want to find a man who will follow the Lord’s will for our lives, and live it out faithfully. I want to move overseas and work with little children, teaching them and giving them the loving they deserve. I want to know that I put the smile on there faces, because God has given me the strength to do it. I want to have kids of my own and teach them how amazing the Father is, and hopefully bring them up in such a way that they can change the generations that have transformed into something pitiful.
All this being said, I will be content with whatever path God sends me down. If I never find that man, God will fulfill me in other ways. If I don’t get to work with kids overseas, God will provide me with a job I love at home. If I don’t ever have kids of my own, God will put little blessings in my life in some way that I can love on and provide for. God does not intend for you not to get what you want, He just wants you to want what He wants for your life. When you pray and constantly seek what the Lord has for you, that is when those things actually become the things that you dream of.
The bottom line? It is never a bad thing to dream. Dream big. Dream in prayer. Be satisfied in knowing that God wants to help you accomplish those dreams. Finally, never stop thanking The Lord for His faithfulness.
