Life is peppered with big dreams. When I was approaching 40 years of age I took stock of my life's goals. I was married to a special woman and had 3 wonderful sons. My ministry seemed to be going well and I was about to graduate with a M.Div degree (one of my goals when I turned 30 was to get a seminary degree). What was I going to do with the next decade of my life? Two of my goals were to get a Ph.D. and to be published. Well, the Ph.D. is still on hold (two sons and their college tuitions took care of that as did a year out of ministry and a distinct lack of funds). Who knows, though, maybe someday I will be able to accomplish that one. However, on Sunday night I started down a road that will lead to the fulfillment of one of those big dreams of my 30's. During a Sunday night Fellowship Dinner at the church, I took time to tell the congregation a few of the details about my Sabbatical. At the conclusion of the report I told them about giving to Church of God Ministries a book proposal and that I was going to be given the chance to become a published author. I then took out an envelope and produced a contract from Chog Ministries for me to sign. I signed on the line over the word, "Author". What a rush. I am actually going to be published!
I don't know where you are in life. Some people stop dreaming when they hit middle age. Some young people never dream and some old folks seem to have an amazing capacity to see more ahead than they have behind. All I know is that you should never give up on your dreams. Dreams are the escalators that take you to higher places. Dreams are the colors that liven up the black and white plans of our lives. Dreams are as necessary as air and as important as water to the body. They are the stuff of life. Dream on. I still have a few more dreams to dream and goals to achieve. How about you?
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