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we were made on purpose, for a purpose, with a purpose
By Dawn Boyer
the dreams that He gives us are not about us, they are
about Him
It
was a regular day, like every other one before it.
We
were running on auto-pilot and a few cups of caffeine with a splash of
caramel.
Recalling
the list I forgot to write down, yet rolling tasks around like a rotisserie of
uncompleted ‘to-do’s’, I was challenged by my brave creative dreamer who’s been
watching me all her life.
“What did you want to be when you grew up, Mom?”
I
replied immediately, then corrected myself, then stopped… silent.
She
laughed; I didn’t. The realization that I had forgotten what I wanted to be,
unsettled me.
As
life progresses, we are told what we can be, should be, ought to be and those
initial dreams fade away. Or do they?
“God-sized dreams make their way into our hearts,
homes, nights and every other area. Sometimes they feel like an insistent
knocking on a door within us. We can’t get any rest until we let them inside.” – Holley Gerth
The
reality is that our dreams are a part of the fabric of our souls.
The
woven pieces God sews when he forms us in the deep; intricately, wonderfully,
fearfully made for glory because we are image bearers.
Unformed
you were seen by the God who called light from dark and breathes life into
dust.
And
all your days were written, your end is seen from your beginning by the Creator
of all things good.
You
were already known, dreams inscribed in your soul, and considered precious
before you were born.
"You knit me together… I am fearfully and
wonderfully made… Your eyes saw my unformed substance and in Your book all the
days of my life were written before they ever took shape.” – Psalm 139:13-14,16
Every
dreamer ought to read Psalm 139 and remember that we were made on purpose, for
a purpose, with a purpose.
We
were intricately woven with skills and strengths and talents to spill out in
every season of our journey by a God who saw our life in total.
And
the dreams that He gives us are not about us, they are about Him… they are about
the Kingdom of God manifesting grace right where we are.
God-Sized
Dreams allow us to glimpse the mysterious and reach toward the majestic.
We
often think our dreams have to be lofty and unreachable.
And
we teach our children to shoot for the stars, yet we settle for the moon.
We
struggle with the boxes we didn’t check and goals we wanted to achieve, but
forget that the dream is still possible.
It’s
still out there in the vast horizon that exists, yet we forget we were made for
something else… for more.
So,
what if you choose to believe it?
What
if you asked the hard questions and were brave enough to answer them?
Friend,
you were made with a God-Sized Dream imprinted on your soul.
When
my daughter asked what I wanted to be, she wanted to know what I dreamed I
could become.
She
wanted to know the passion that fed my soul and the fire that fueled my
purpose.
She
was challenging me to step up to the ‘more than moment’, daring me to declare
that dream inside.
“… the calling of your soul is about more, so much
more than anything you might hope to gain from it.” - Holley Gerth.
Sometimes,
life throws us curve balls and our goals change with the direction we are
going, but our dreams don’t have to cease.
Those
strengths within you, those skills that enable you, those talents that equip
you to succeed are built upon the experience and living that forged and refined
them.
So,
what if that dream is bigger than you are, or harder than you thought, or
people think you are crazy!
Don’t
let the way you think a dream should look limit your ability to move forward,
and don’t let your dream pass you by.
“You don’t have to be sure about your dream before you
move forward. You only have to be certain of the One who is whispering to you…” - Holley Gerth
Praying
you can step into that dream He has fashioned just for you today.
Blessings!
Dawn
Dawn Boyer
Contributing Author
A word-loving coffee-drinking
grace girl, I think my favorite title is Mom. However, once in awhile I write a
few things that spill from my heart onto the white space that houses my desire
to share my journeys with others. Prayer and a deep love for God’s Word are my
passion, but I have been known to lace up shoes and count steps for fun or lose
myself in the kitchen with my kids. I love to sit across the table from friends
lost in deep conversation or looking for the hidden beauty all around with my
camera lens. Sometimes I write about those hard questions that come in life,
reasoning and rejoicing in God’s grace and mercy with those who are walking
this journey to grace with me, and resting in prayer as often as I can on my
blog, Journeys In Grace.
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