Especially when the topic is our dreams.

For if all we do is talk about those secret wishes that we hold in our hearts, then a lifetime might pass and at the end of the road we’ll realize that this leg of our journey is done with nothing to show for it except a pocketful of stardust.

And wishing on a star is not the stuff of which dreams are made.  At least not in real life.

While we must pray, talk, plan and visualize about our dreams, there comes a time for us to move out into the unknown.

Don’t just sit there anymore…do something!

And this step requires faith in our great God who provides the substance of things hoped for, although at present, the evidence is unseen.

Without faith, though, we cannot please him.  Without faith, our dreams may be stillborn.

And the enemy of the faith-fueled-dreams-in-the-making process, the thing that can most gunk up the works, is a mother lode of WORRY.

Jesus said, “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear. For life is more than food, and your body more than clothing. Look at the ravens. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for God feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than any birds! Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? And if worry can’t accomplish a little thing like that, what’s the use of worrying over bigger things? Luke 12:22-26

In faith, we trust God.  If He has put this desire on our hearts and encouraged it by the particular gifting He has provided and even confirmed our plans by the affirming words of others over a period of time, then God will open doors, clear roadblocks and take good care of us along the way to turning dreams into reality.

But God’s not going to do it all for us.  We the dreamers have to do more than talk.  We must act.  We must go.  We must change.

And that can require risk.

Scary!

Recently, Dearest Husband commented to me – his sometimes Jesuschickenlittle – that my home office contained multiple plaques about pursuing one’s dream.  He wondered if too many words without significant action would ever accomplish the intended purpose.

And he is right.  His words prompted more praying on my part and then this post.  A plan of action steps for this new year has been devised so that each month we move closer to realizing our dreams and living the life we have always imagined.  Thank you, my Michael.

Whether we take giant steps or baby steps, we must start walking now.  So keep to the path, one day at a time, and don’t stop till you get there!

For we all, made in Father’s image, are creators at heart, infused with the desire to imagine the possibilities if only we will believe…

Won’t you hold His hand and take a leap of faith?

Hey, we can hold each other’s hand as we journey into our Jeremiah 29:11 futures and who knows where we will be a year from now!

Let’s make 2012 the year when our longings end as our dreams come true, breathing life into a future He planned for us so very long ago…
~sheila