Yarn Dolls and DREAMS

Meet some of my neighborhood friends here. The YMCA kids I taught last fall in Quakertown made some really cute yarn dolls for the children I would meet in Asia... Jamie, Lauren, Kaylee, Caitlyn, Gabby, the kids here LOVE the dolls you made for them :-)


Please pray that I would be more fervent in prayer. Pray that God would grant me a heart of a servant and teach me to dream. Ever thought of dreaming as a spiritual discipline? The pastor yesterday challenged my thoughts on this! And prayer is the "dream incubator". Sometimes God gives us a dream, and then it seems like it dies. We experience delays, difficulties, confusion. Nehemiah mourned and fasted and prayed days on end when he had the dream to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. God moves us from a state of independence (also called sin) to a state of dependence on him (funny how this is the opposite of what human parents do with their children!) in prayer and life. He is jealous for us. He pursues us that we would rely on Him fully. Dreams are a way that God stretches us spiritually, for we are left with no other option than to depend wholly on God for their result. Often God gives us a mere glimpse so that we are motivated to go under His discipline. Our dreams might be 1000 miles away! They might seem impossible or far-fetched. John Maxwell said "The power of a vision causes you to give up today for what you can have tomorrow." This is the pursuit I long to develop - steadfast sacrifice and dependence on the Lord to see and follow His heart.

So Dream On, fellow travelers! and PRAY with fervency!

"Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree (cause it to whither and never bear fruit), but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' it will happen. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith." -Jesus