dreams.

 

what would you do if fear wasn't an option?

i read that somewhere and sunday afternoon, those words came back to me loudly.
it was a day of laying low, relaxing, painting, crafting, laundry or the intention of doing laundry, and towards the afternoon some park time.

i watched my little girl jump from one side of the playscape to the other like nothing. i'm talking literally jumping, swinging, acrobatics on the rails of it, without pause. then she swung as high as she could and jumped off the swing. landed on her feet.
as i got off the carousel looking thing that kids will go round and round on as another pushes it, after begging mercy, she laughed and said, 'mom, you're too scared. nothing will happen!'

kids have such a way of bringing things into perspective huh?

i've been thinking a lot about dreams this year. everything that i've always wanted to accomplish, and you know what? it's kinda scary.
scary because it's exciting. scary because i'm not sure how i will accomplish it. scary because i don't know if it'll be good.
and so i'll just spend my time dreaming, without doing. i'll talk it through in my head over and over.

and we all know where dreams end up that way. no where, that's where.

fear need to go, it needs to be ripped away from our being. but the only one that can really do that for me, is God.

i firmly believe if i have dreams, especially those that are to glorify Him, have been placed in my heart by Him.
the first step is coming boldly to the throne and speaking up on your dreams. telling Him as a child would tell their mother with stars in their eyes, chatting away excitedly. Lord, I want to do this, and i'd so love to accomplish this..

He won't laugh, He won't squirm.
He will listen attentively and smile at us making that first step in bringing our dreams and desires to the throne. and fear will be removed, because then we will have His encouragement and His love. And perfect love drives out fear.

He will guide us on the next step, open doors that we need to have opened, give us creativity to keep moving, until it is completed and our dream is complete.
but you know what though? it may never be really complete. because what i've learned is that anything in the Lord's hands keeps getting bigger and bigger.

so just one word of caution, when we come to the throne with our dreams, just be prepared to have your dreams be handed to you on a bigger scale.
Fear will no longer be an option.
Because perfect love drives out fear.

so, what would you do if fear wasn't an option?