Chasing Your Dreams

For me, my last big dream required a lot of passion, and hard chasing, but my livelihood and that of my children’s depended on it, so it was an easy choice to pursue the goal. Now, I have put more of a want on my current dream. This once felt comfortable, no pressure, I am a good place as I age, and I gave my all to that career for 20 years, giving gratitude for all of the blessings that it served.

That was my statement, and there was no need to really question it. I am working part time from my heart, serving and hoping to bring light in another person’s day. It’s part of who I am. The rest of the time is spent with typical activities of daily living, and finding time to exhale. Currently, I am planning, preparing, and organizing my next endeavor, similar to the lesson plans I used to prepare when teaching. There is no urgency to get to the finish line. Life is good.

Recently, while reading a 7 day devotional from Chase the Lion by Mark Batterson, these words leapt off the page and shouted something between “a-ha and HA! That’s kind of like an a-ha moment and a HA- busted!!! Please use caution when reading this in case it hits you between the eyes also -

God isn’t going to say, “Well planned good and faithful servant.” He won’t say well thought, well said, or well strategized either. There is one commendation: “Well done, good and faithful servant!”

Wow – Ouch – Duh!!! I need to turn my vision around so I pursue my current dreams with the same passion and drive that I did my continuing education so many years ago...otherwise I am settling for less. You see, you don’t plan your God given purpose – you LIVE it! You feel it! You breathe it! You make it happen! You chase the lion when you are afraid of the unknown, afraid of looking foolish, and afraid to make mistakes!!!! You see, you don’t put your purpose on the back burner to simmer until you get all of the answers from other people. You know the drive inside of you! You know the ever since I was a child, I have wanted to do or be this feeling…and You are the one responsible for making it happen.

I am still in that transition with other responsibilities that God has presented before me that consume many hours of my day, with it’s own purpose, but I am persistently creating the space and vision for when the time is right – I will be at the starting line!

I do not want to die with a song still inside of me - I want to live singing all of the days of my life the songs I was born to sing! For those of you who know me, I am speaking metaphorically; God did not create me to sing with actual notes, just songs of the heart, written as words!

I came into March like a lamb and I WILL go out like a lion!!!

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Is there something in your life that you have denied your passion to? Honor your gift and seek it boldly!