A few years ago, I was blessed to be chosen to be a part of
this great group of ladies… God sized dream team! I remember when I got the notice, I was super
excited.
What was my God Sized Dream that I thought I’d only
accomplish if God was in it?
Writing a book.
It seems so crazy, and often I’d say “who would buy a book
that I would write?”
I still believe that to be true. I don’t feel like I have some overwhelming
great story to tell or some great advice to be given, though I could do a
cookbook that would rock the heck out of your dining room table.
Maybe someday.
For me, writing a book seems self-absorbed. I am not saying that about anyone else who
writes a book, just me.
In the past two years, I’ve dreamt some crazy dreams,
followed my heart into some very uncharted territory for me.
Sometimes my God sized dream seems to be just surviving the
day.
There are days when my dream is to hold onto my spiritual
fruit and not throw it at someone.
Moving to Haiti
A big beautiful community center in Detroit
I have spent the last 7 years serving under some of the most
incredible leadership I have ever come across, we served Jesus together, and
they inspired to give every single thing I had to youth ministry, and I
did. I spent countless hours preparing
for a lot of different things. I’ve sent
texts, made phone calls, taken back change…
and I don’t regret one single minute of it. My life with Jesus was Youth Ministry.
My friends left our ministry, because they have moved to
Colorado. For months, God started to
prepare my heart that I’d be doing something different, including, but not
limited to, working on my 501c3, Chosen by Love. I kept telling God (I think it’s hilarious
that I do that!) that He was crazy and that I’d be serving in Youth Ministry until
Zion graduated, I was not going to leave Adam and Katie. So instead, they left me (HAHA, they didn’t
really!).
So if you’d ask me what my God sized dream is now, to open a
Youth Center in Detroit, in one of the roughest areas in Detroit. In one of the most beautiful places, maybe
not everyone sees it that way, but I do.
My other dream is to visit Haiti 4 weeks a year, at least for now, until
it’s time to spend a month or 6 there.
To continue to let God use me there, to love, and bring clothes, and
play ball, and jump ropes, and misspelled t-shirts (I have tons of these). Whatever He says to do, I will do it.
I am not sure EXACTLY what God has planned but it seems each
day, He speaks life and one step at a time into my heart. I must be faithful in staying close to
Him. I also must put a business plan
together (I already have the software)
I am excited that my God sized dream is more in line with Him,
and not about me and bringing any attention to me, only to Him.
I’m thankful to have His dream revived in my heart!
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