DREAMS

What did you want to be when you were growing up? I wanted to be a horse rancher in Wyoming (not sure why I picked there.) I think that dream came from watching Roy Rogers on TV. The cowboy life looked so romantic and I’ve always loved horses. Once in about the second year of our married life I had talked my new bride into me buying a horse at a horse auction even though we didn’t have a washer and dryer. My dream of being a horse rancher changed over the years but I never lost the desire to own a horse.

Years passed by and to be honest with you I had given up on that dream until about two years ago we moved out of town onto a few acres. I first bought a few cows because they will eventually make money and then with the help and influence of my granddaughter we began to talk about buying a horse for her 10th birthday. I have learned over the few years she has been around that she can get things from her nana that I don’t have a prayer of getting. Well, anyway a week before her birthday I was in a local restaurant and ran into an old friend and asked him if he knew of any horses I could buy for her. I just about passed out when he said he had two horses he would give me!! Sure enough 6 days later we went and picked up two registered quarter horses and man are we excited.

I share that story with you to ask if you have a special dream from years ago that you’ve given up on? The good news is it’s still not too late. Think about it. God is the ultimate creator and dreamer. He created us in His image and He is the One who put that dream inside you. Pray for big dreams and don’t give up!

“Take delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4

Your Own Genesis Moments

As we begin a new year I am reminded of a verse I read in Genesis 51:10. "God, make a fresh start in me, shape a Genesis week from the chaos of my life." (MSG)

Genesis is the first book of the Bible and it begins with an account of how God created the world and everything in it by speaking it into existence. God spoke you into existence in your mother's womb. Even now He can speak into the chaos of your life to bring order and sense to it.

God creates something from nothing and He makes something good out of bad for His children. He can take a heart that is broken and impure and create in its place a heart that is whole, pure, and purposeful. God loves you and wants to pour His grace into your life. He wants you to be pure and for you to succeed--so much so that He takes an active role in creating a new heart in you and bringing order to the chaos of your life.

Your job is to submit to His sovereignty, (His right to rule over you because He created you,) humble yourself before Him, and ask for His help everyday.

I hope you have lots of Genesis moments in 2008.