More than you ever dreamed.

This phrase kept hitting me yesterday as I ran. (By the by, up to the stoplight and back = 3.4 miles) That is more than I ever dreamed of running as an adult, and I think it might be more than I ever ran as a young adult when I used to be quite fit playing sports in high school. But once again the parallels between the physical and the spiritual resonate for me. I never dreamed that I would be shaving my mom's head as she goes through chemotherapy, but I did. And I did it with joy in my heart to be able to serve her in that way. Bald is the new black, by the way. I never dreamed that I would be living and working in Brooklyn, NY, but that is happening with joy in my heart as well. Being in the calm of wales certainly has been wonderful, but I do miss the pace and energy of my city. Never dreamed that I would be part of a church plant, but that also brings me joy. Never dreamed I would be married to the most beautiful woman in the world, but I am. Never dreamed I would have two daughters that are more beautiful than the day, but they are. But I am learning anew that trust is the key to more than I ever dreamed. Trusting God with all of my being is hard to do, but I am learning the more I trust, the more my dreams come true. Even dreams I didn't know I had come true, and then I realize that I had them. Will you trust? Will you hope in the Lord? This type of question is what I hear when I take time to be still and listen. And more dreams are revealed that come true....

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