In My Wildest Dreams

• Ok, so don't laugh at this one …… But I dream that I have a family that makes the Obamas look like the Simpsons.  I was journaling a few months ago, and this is what I wrote about my future family. 'I want us to be game changers and world leaders.  I want my husband to be attractive, successful, and even more in love with God than I am.  I want him to make me smile daily and to encourage me to grow by challenging me to seek the Lord even more.  I want us to be examples in the church and the community. A light in the darkness. A family that has national influence and that is known as satan's public enemy #1.  We will be strong and courageous. All of us. Unafraid and victorious in everything that we touch.' It sounds very ambitious, I know, but I did say these are my wildest dreams.

3. My Career

• Now here is the dream that I had recently that made me laugh.  I dreamed that after the World Race, I went back to work for the company that I just left.  This is something that I was pretty certain that I wouldn't do.  Except when I went back, I was no longer working as a consultant but I was serving as an advisor to the executives in the company.  I apparently had enough guts to go to the General Manager and tell him that if he wanted to see real success, then he needs to make me a trusted advisor regarding what accounts we should and should not pursue, decisions we need to make regarding better support for the employees, and non-profit organizations that we should align ourselves with.  I required that we tithe the first 10% of our profits and establish a new vision statement that made clear that we were a morally pure organization.  I was responsible for making very strategic, but ballsy, moves to make this company the most successful local-model consultant firm in the country.  Many people did not like the fact that I was serving in that position either because I was so young or because my recommendations came directly from God.  They were not logical and did not make sense, but they required everyone to trust me because I was hearing directly from The Man!  Some of the current upper level management employees left the company, but at the end of the day the CEOs and General Managers decided to trust me and were extremely happy that they did.

4. Healing

• I have a couple of injuries/physical ailments that I've been dealing with for years and praying for healing for quite some time as well.  One of them is an issue with veins and blood flow in one of my legs.  No one is sure what caused it, but one day about 8-9 years ago I had major swelling in one of my legs.  The doctor initially thought it was just fluid, but that turned out to be the case.  After many, many, many doctor's appointments, MRI's, X-Rays, & treatments I finally found out that the swelling is due to abnormal blood flow in one of my legs.  Over the years, the swelling has gone down and I no longer feel pain or numbness, but it still isn't all the way cured and it is still a problem for me.  A few months ago I found out about a procedure that the doctors are 85% sure will fix the issue, but it would cost almost $3000 and I can't afford that.  Especially now that I have no insurance.  So in my wildest dreams I will receive prayer for healing or I will be praying over it myself and watch as the swelling goes down right in front of my eyes, making me whole and everything back to normal.

• The second issue I have is with my shoulder.  I've dislocated it about 10 times over the past 12 years.  It's really a nuisance and as I get older it's becoming more of a financial burden than before.  With each dislocation, it becomes more difficult to put back into place, requiring me to visit the dreaded ER.  It's also becoming more and more unstable.  The most recent time that I dislocated it was over Thanksgiving, and I still haven't gotten over that entire ordeal.  After the Thanksgiving incident I decided to finally look into having a surgery to tighten part of my shoulder that allows flexibility while still holding the ball into place.  After visiting a surgeon and having x-rays & MRI's done, I decided that I was going to quit my job and go on the World Race!!  I'm still left with a couple of medical bills to pay for the doctor's visits, but I trust that it will all be taken care of.  I told my surgeon about the World Race and that I would not be able to go through with the recommended surgery and explained to him that I would be losing my insurance.   Now of course, I would love to be healed of this miraculously as well, but since it only dislocates once a year or so, I figure I have some time ..he he he.  So in THIS case, my dream was not that I was healed, but I dreamed that my doctor was so moved by my story about the World Race that he donated $10,000 towards my trip!!!  I was blown away by his donation and all I could do was thank God for what seemed to be an inconvenience and horrible Thanksgiving experience.  When I woke from that dream I meditated on the scripture that says "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them"

5. The One Uppers

• A few years ago I was on a large work project and we had a lot of analysts on the team who were all trying to get promoted that year.  Needless to say, although we were a pretty close bunch, there was more than a little bit of competition going on.  One of the guys on our team was such a do-gooder! Nothing was ever good enough, he was always going the extra mile, and always wanted to be seen, heard, and recognized.  We eventually labeled him as "The One Upper" (unbeknownst to him) because we felt that no matter what anyone else did, he would always try to 'one up' us.  He even got to the point where he was one upping himself, lol! Fast forward a few years and I begin realizing that there is nothing wrong with wanting to be the best and do the best. There is nothing wrong with having ambition that makes you want to achieve more and constantly grow.  Not to mention, The One Upper didn't have a malicious bone in his body and he really was not trying to "compete", rather he genuinely strived for perfection.  It's quite admirable actually.  One day I had a dream that me and a few friends started a group called The One Uppers.  Our purpose? Simply to strive for perfection in giving and serving.  We were kinda like super heroes who spent our days looking for opportunities to serve the community.  Each mission would surpass the prior one and the members would intentionally try to out serve one another. The group grew in number and began to gain publicity, but no one ever identified who the super heroes were.  Not that I want to be a super hero, but it would be pretty awesome to dedicate my life to public service.

So yeah, these are some of my wild dreams.  I don't know what they mean. I don't know that they are all literal, although I would love them to be! All I know is what Ephesians 3:20 says, and in my case God has some pretty wild dreams to exceed!