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Would it be really bad news if I told you that you don’t always know whether or not your dream is from God?
I’m sorry.
But I believe this is true. We may have the seeds of a dream growing in our hearts…and God seems to be watering our little sprout. It looks like He’s given us the green light to go forward. We start planning and organizing and maybe gathering a team. Doors seem to be opening. Your little seeds start to bloom. Then boom, just when you think you’re ready to reap a harvest…a drought takes over. And nothing grows!! In fact, it looks like your dream is going to wither and die.
How do I know? Yes, my dreams have withered not once, but many times. And just recently too.
CirclesOfFaith.org is the home of one of my God-sized Dreams. My CoFounder Kimberly Amici and I have created a place for Christian women of all denominations to gather online and grow together in life, faith, and community. We did a lot of planning. We gathered faithfully for 18 months before we launched. We prayed. We planned. We had a team of five strong women of many different skills and talents. One by one they dropped out for good reasons. Till there were just two of us. Well actually three of us—Kimberly, Me, and God (Kimberly had to remind me of this at the time). We had to choose through prayer and seeking to quit or forge ahead. We believed God said go.
We had a launch party. Experienced a steady increase in subscriber numbers, likes, and follows.
We went to Allume and learned a lot. Thanks to a workshop by Ruth Schwenk at The Better Mom, we realized that what we really were was a Contributor/Community Site so we needed a team of regular Contributors. (Lightbulb moment!!) So we went home energized and excited to start building our team…again.
We prayed and we asked. And we really had some miracles happen. God was watering our little garden again! One Contributor was wondering why I hadn’t asked and couldn’t wait to write for us and help us with Administration. Another one just happened to be in the God-sized Dream Team book launch group, coincidentally (God-incidentally) lived down the street, and was willing to write and lend us her very much needed strategic skills. And a third, whom I had asked months before to join us at a time when she was too busy, actually texted me one morning early, “I have some time now to dedicate to Circles Of Faith.” WooHoo!
We were building a team. Eventually, we numbered eight. But then…
Well suffice it to say, one by one many of our team members got new opportunities or faced tough obstacles that meant they had to step back. They didn’t necessarily quit the team, but many had to cut back their writing or commitment. This was enough to allow doubt to creep in, to feel discouraged, to wonder, “God is this dream meant to be? Is it from you? Did we misunderstand? Is it time to quit?”
We prayed again. We encouraged one another. We reached out to team members for wisdom.
And you know, it’s a good thing we didn’t quit! Because right around the corner, there was a fresh vision and some new opportunities awaiting us. And today, I can’t tell you where this all will lead, but I can tell you God’s not finished with us and our dream yet.
And so, we press on. We do what we can. We take the next step. And we trust that God has planted these seeds, we will reap a harvest if we do not give up! (from Galatians 6:9)
Where are you in your dream journey? Are you wondering if your dream is really from God? How can I pray for you today?
Shared by: Elise Daly Parker
Photo Credit: Soumyadeep Paul via Compfight cc, Graphics: God-sized Dreams.com
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This week we’re asking, “How do you know if this dream is from God?”
Share your story on your blog and link up with other God-sized dreamers below.
{For those who don’t have a blog, we invite you to share in the comments or on Facebook.}
Let’s all display the link up photo so we can find each other! Click here for link.
Next week, we’re writing about fear. If you’re scared silly when you begin your God-sized dream,
that’s actually OK – and not a sign you should turn back. In what ways has fear affected you?
We’ll meet back here next Tuesday, and share our posts and comments.
{Prompts are from Chapters 11 and 12 of Holley’s devotional, Opening the Door to Your God-Sized Dream.}
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Kristin Waters says
I am new to writing from my heart for all to see. I first published my blog on 02/28/14, so just shy of one month. I believe my God-Sized Dream to be from God because He’s brought me this far and it’s time to share how He has worked in my and my family’s life for the better. Well, it hasn’t all been roses – because if it was, I wouldn’t have a story to share!!
I am not certain any of my posts meet the criteria for today’s prompt, it’s still in process!
You asked if you could pray for me. I will never turn down prayers! I would ask if you would pray that God keep guiding me on my journey and allow me to be transparent with my heart. In my brokenness, there is a story of healing and a new relationship with God.
With a grateful heart,
Kristin
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Elise Daly Parker says
Thank you Lord for Kristin’s sharing heart today. Lord you are the redeemer of all things…the restorer of broken hearts and relationships. Thank you for the favor you’ve shown Kristin so far. Please Lord stay by her side and guide her. Tell her where to go, saying “this is the way, walk in it,” Give her the courage and clarity to share her story to honor you. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Thanks for coming by Kristin!
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Kristin Waters says
Amen ♡ Thank you, Elise.
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Alecia says
Elise, you’ve shed the light on the other side of dreaming. The side we really don’t want to think about. What to do when your dreams die? That can be the hardest part. Feeling so sure that the dream was from Him, doing all the planning and then it goes away as fast as it came. It can be so frustrating. In those times we really do have to trust Him in all things. And that His plans for us are for good.
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Elise Daly Parker says
Yes, Alecia, we have to trust Him and be willing to surrender our dream to Him. He knows better than us. In fact He knows the best for us, but sometimes I don’t like His ways!! Doing the wonderful Gideon study with Priscilla Shirer and today’s reading was all about knowing when to pass the baton…uh, oh…is God trying to tell me something???
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Sabrina says
Hi Elise, thanks for sharing your story. Same here every now and then when the women’s group that I am leading in our church starts going down ( I mean the numbers) it is discouraging. To be honest I am so happy when there are many of them coming but when only 4 turns up, it is so discouraging.
This is my story by the way. I am from Philippines, back in the Philippines I was a pastor. I came here in Australia because I got married to an Italian/Australian man who is also a christian. The church where my husband got saved and we went to for for about seven years is a different type of a church. Women are not allowed to lead at all, only to support a ministry, but they allow women to do street preaching. Then the church split and we are now in a church that women are allowed to lead. It took me I think 2 to 3 years to answer the dream that God put in my heart because it is so scary. Australia is a multicultural country, and the church that we are attending now is in the area that there are many foreigners.
God put in my heart to form a group/family for women from other countries, because I’ve been through a lot of problems when I arrived here in Australia. And another thing too I noticed that some westerners in the church they are not very friendly to foreigners and my heart goes out for them because some of these foreigners they don’t have families here and they long for acceptance. They are looking for friend(s), someone they can talk too. Some of them when they come to church they will just go home straight away because they don’t know someone in the church.
So I could not resist it anymore because what is inside of me is like, it is going to explode. Like a pregnant woman that the baby is coming out very soon. So the group started on Feb 04, 2012 and it is called “Women of Nations (WON). The highest attendance was 16 women from different countries, that night was very exciting. I’ve seen God moved in the lives of some women in the group especially marriages. Three members before they join WON were planning to divorce their husbands actually the 3rd one was already leaving her husband and preparing all the divorce papers, but God moved and the 3 women are back to their husbands now and very happy. God has used my experience why I did not leave my husband. Actually I left my husband for 3 days but I came back not because I love my husband but because I love God. So I asked God to help me love my husband again because my love for him was completely gone! And now I love my husband so much, more than I love him after we got married. So that was the message I shared to these ladies and followed my advice and I give God all the glory!
But after few months they stopped coming, I was discouraged and asked my husband ‘Do you think I am doing the right thing?’ and straight away he said, ‘Absolutely!’ then he said ‘Sweetie, be faithful even if only one woman turns up, one woman is very precious to God, you don’t know how God use you to that woman’s life’
I have many stories to tell with my God-sized dream, how God brought our women’s group this far. Every time I wanted to quit because I noticed that some women in our church are not interested anymore, but deep with in me I can’t, I just can’t I don’t know why.
Actually I am thinking to get a mentor, but I am thinking I don’t have the enough money to pay for her. Because having a God-sized dream sometimes is overwhelming especially my situation that I am a foreigner but one thing I know is that if God trusted me in this dream so I don’t have a choice is to keep going and trust HIM, because I know that HE is very responsible FATHER, and that HE will not leave me nor forsake me.
I read this in Facebook a quote from Godly Woman, it says, “Don’t let fear cheat you out of your dreams, GOD is BIGGER than what you’re worried about”. I actually printed it out and put it on our door so that I can read it every day:)
Thanks Elise and God bless! 🙂
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Elise Daly Parker says
Amen to your whole story Sabrina! God has chosen you to be where you are for such a time as this. He has breathed that dream into you, so He will fulfill it. I so agree with your wise husband. I have learned, especially through my Moms In Prayer groups that sometimes that one woman or that very small group is exactly who God has called me to minister to. Numbers do not determine whether or not a dream is from God! But we can get tricked by them. We have to be careful not to let the things outside us, human approval, determine our call. Bless you friend!
Lord, would you please let Sabrina know today how precious she is to you. And Lord would you please guide and direct her every step. Help her to know you are with her, help her to be clear in her call. And please Lord, bring her a mentor and sister who can pray with her as she seeks to do your will. Bless Sabrina mightily today, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
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Beth says
I’m grateful you did not give up on Circles of Faith! 🙂 I’m reflecting on those seeds He has planted. I think often I want to still rush ahead of God on know for sure what His dream for me is. But we need to pay attention to those seeds He plants. Like a God-sized dream to write. I’ve been feeling uncertain if this is His dream for me and feeling ready to quit. But I found a seed He has planted… writing His gifts…his blessings. Maybe it starts there because when I could His blessings the joy I once had in writing begins to return.
Thanks for your encouragement, Elise. So grateful for you.
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Elise Daly Parker says
Love this Beth! I am inspired by you to write my blessings…what awesome writing prompts they could be. Today, as I was having my doubts again, I was struck by how easily I get tempted to give up on my dream. But if I think of the good God has done through my dream, the doors He has opened, well I feel like I just need to take one step at a time and not think too big.
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Toni C. says
Great post Elise – nice to know I’m not the only one who’s thought…am I on the right track? Not long ago a reader posted a comment on my blog that made me laugh. He said “you really seem to know when God is speaking to you. How are you so sure?” My very honest answer was that hindsight is a wonderful teacher! Looking back on experiences makes it much easier to see and write about how God weaved together so many things to bring the finished product to fruition…but in the thick of things? Not so easy to know. Although I will say that when I get frustrated and try to walk away…or sometimes when I think ‘no way, not me, no offense God but have you met me?’ – and I can’t shake that constant nudge…then I think ‘This isn’t me or my thoughts…it’s God, so keep going.”
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Elise Daly Parker says
Yes, Toni! Totally get what you’re saying. This is why it’s so important to look back. We can’t always see where God is in our current circumstances, but we get a whole different perspective when we look back. I love when I see that God is pushing me toward something I wouldn’t choose. That’s what I call a God Adventure!
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Toni C says
“God Adventure” – love that!! Walking with Him really is an adventure 🙂
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Barbara Bishop says
I have recently been on a quest to determine if a two part dream of mine is actually from God. I have struggled today to move forward with the part of my dream. For most of the day I felt that God was silent, so I felt that I should not move forward, but I have been praying and tonight I stumbled onto your site. Maybe God led me here so I would know to move on!
I have been working on a children’s fictional story based on a Bible story for a year now and have struggled to keep up a home, a full time job, taking care of an elderly relative and trying to finish the book. I would love for part of the proceeds from the book to help raise money for children’s hospitals.The second part of the dream is to train two therapy dogs and visit childrens hospitals and maybe some nursing homes. To have time to do all of this I would have to publish my book that is not even finished, sell enough copies to make enough of a salary that I could quit my job and begin visiting with my therapy dogs.
I had placed a deposit on one puppy and was struggling as to if I should even get a second dog, but after reading posts from your site I am encouraged! Thank you for this website!
Also, I do know that I cannot make any of this happen, but I have a mighty God that can make anything happen! Please pray that I continue to strive to his will and not my own.
Thank you so much,
Barbara Bishop
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Elise Daly Parker says
Well I’m glad you’ve found us Barbara! You’ve got some beautiful dreams to bless and care for children. Just keep seeking God and ask Him to show you the next step. Little steps can take you far in time. Lord thank you for Barbara’s God-sized dreams. Allow Barbara to seek you and find you regarding her dreams. Show her the way and help her Lord to take the next steps. In Jesus name amen!
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