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Because We Were Made With A Dream In Our Souls.

January 22, 2018 By Dawn Boyer 8 Comments

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.

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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. Just because we haven’t arrived at the climax of our dream doesn’t mean we aren’t still on the journey or we can’t start one now.

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

Shared by: Dawn Boyer

 

                                                   

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Dawn Boyer

About Dawn Boyer

A word-loving, coffee-drinking grace girl, who thinks her favorite title is Mom. However, once in awhile she will write a few things that spill from her heart onto the white space that houses her desire to share her journey with others. Prayer and a deep love for God's Word are her passion, but she has been known to lace up shoes and count steps for fun or lose herself in the kitchen with her kids. She loves to sit across the table from friends lost in deep conversation or looking for the hidden beauty all around with her camera lens. Sometimes she writes 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 her and resting in prayer as often as she can on her blog, Journeys In Grace. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest.

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  1. AvatarBecky Hastings says

    January 22, 2018 at 6:51 am

    Dreams can be so intricate, and I find an unveiling of layers of a dream as I get older. Some pieces I knew long ago and some I am just discovering, but they are threads woven into the fabric of who I am. The discovery is part of the process. Choosing to keep discovering is the hard part. I love that these dreams are woven into who we are, and that God reveals pieces to us at just the right time if we pay attention.

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  2. AvatarSarah Geringer says

    January 22, 2018 at 7:29 am

    Dawn, so good to see you here! Thanks for the beautiful encouragement today. Shared on Twitter and Facebook.

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  3. AvatarMichele Morin says

    January 22, 2018 at 7:55 am

    What a great joy it has been to discover that “imprinted” dream on my own soul — and to help my sons to read and decipher God’s imprinting. I think one of the greatest gifts we can give to each other as women and dreamers is to turn up the light and open each others’ eyes to the beauty of our dreams

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  4. AvatarMary Geisen says

    January 22, 2018 at 8:02 am

    Love your words today! You were preaching to me. I’ve been blessed to have my childhood dream of becoming a teacher come true. Today you affirmed how not only can I continue to dream but God wants me to.

    Psalm 139 is the perfect dreamer prayer. It’s also contains my life verse. Blessings, friend!

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  5. AvatarRachel Lee says

    January 22, 2018 at 10:28 am

    Dawn, thank you for the inspiration and the motivation to continue chasing my dreams! Loved every bit of this! <3

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  6. Avatarnylseesahc says

    January 22, 2018 at 12:07 pm

    We were made on purpose, for purpose, with a purpose. That sums it up for me.

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  7. Avatarmareedee2016 says

    January 23, 2018 at 7:31 pm

    Dawn, I love seeing you here. I agree sometimes are dreams are bigger than us. I hope I never stop dreaming.

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  8. AvatarHopeful50 says

    January 24, 2018 at 9:06 am

    I am pretty sure I am living out my God-given dream. Blessed.

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