Dreams… remember those? Those beliefs and ideas that you live and breathe for? The reason you wake up early, work all day, and go to bed late… even when you don’t want to? Dreams give us the courage to keep on going when we feel like giving up. Dreams are what we give our everything for each and every day. Life has been so non-stop lately that I can’t recall the last time I stopped to ponder the dreams that have brought me this far and continue to drive me forward. Well, today God decided to send me a little reminder:
This morning at practicum, I was rocking baby Sarah, my little 16 month-old bundle of joy who was feeling sick, in the living room recliner for about an hour. She slept most of the time but only as long as I didn’t move around much and was either singing or talking. After about 45 minutes I ran out of songs to sing and prayers to pray so I picked up the only book within reach, a random Disney princess book with super shortened summaries of the all princess stories retold with an emphasis on wishes and dreams (Cinderella dreams of going to the ball, Belle wishes for an enchanted life, Jasmine dreams of going outside the palace walls and marrying for love, etc). As I began to read the book, it’s oppening lines caught me by surprise:
A dream is a wish your heart makes
when your fast asleep.
In dreams, you will lose your heartaches;
Whatever you wish for, you keep.
Have faith in your dreams and someday
Your rainbow will come shinning through.
No matter how your heart is grieving,
If you keep on believing,
The dreams that you wish for will come true.
As cheesy as it sounds, this totally spoke to my heart. Life has gotten so busy and crazy that it has become super hard to keep my eyes on the dreams and goals that have set me on this course of life. I find myself so focused on the present trials and hardships that I have lost sight of the finish line I am working towards.
Haha, so I guess either God really does work in mysterious ways (like through Disney children’s books ;) or I am just crazy! lol! Either way, this little story gave me the strength to remember and believe in all the dreams I have kept hidden deep in my heart and all the forgotten promises God has made. Driving home, I felt God breathe fresh life into the dreams he planted in me so very long ago. I could almost hear him whisper; “Have faith my daughter, I will make everything right in my timing.”
Wow.
Thats all I can say for now.
I need to ponder this more before I can say more.
Wow.
so, good, love… really. i totally teared up reading the song. it’s always so important to remember our dreams… those things God speaks to us in the secret places of our heart no one else knows about…
keep dreaming, babe! He will work it all out… just in the nick of time… just as dawn breaks… He will come and save the day and remind you why you’ve trusted in Him all this long night.
Wow, H..this is very good! It reminded me of this song by Ryan Shupe that goes like:
When you dream, dream big
As big as the ocean blue
‘Cause when you dream, it might come true
So when you dream, dream big
Keep dreaming, H! :)
A dream is a powerful thing, and keeping it safe is never easy in a world that doesn’t know how to dream anymore. I’m very glad you’ve kept dreaming, not letting situations, circumstances, and people stop you. God gives a dream but doesn’t always bring it about like we think he should, he ususlaly brings it about in an even better way. No idea why I just said that… lol, but basically “yeah, and amen” to all of the above. :)
You must be way more spiritual than me, girlfriend, cuz I read that over and over, and all I could get out of it was the classic Disney cheese. The cheese-BALLiest. But I know that G-d uses *anything* if your heart is positioned to receive whatever He needs to communicate to you at the time.
Okay… I read Sarah’s comment and then I read it one more time… and now I TOTALLY get how that would be encouraging… G-d is telling you to to stay in faith with the big picture in spite of the details (the trees in your face that prevent you from seeing the forest), and to rejoice in the hope that the dream that HE gave you will actually be realized! YAAAY! I got it! I may be slow, but I’m tenacious…
…meaning the DISNEY part was cheesy to me at first… not YOUR commentary, of course, Hannah love! :)