Touchy Topic Tuesday: You're a dream come true.

New years are always filled with new dreams.  Dreams to accomplish something, dreams to let go of the past, dreams to find new things to dream.

Parents not only have their own dreams they desire for themselves, but also for their children.  For example,  this year, I hope for my oldest daughter that she learns how to not whine at every little thing (I dream big, folks).  For my younger daughter, I'm hoping this is a successful potty training year.  And for my baby boy, I have hopes that he will grow some more hair.  And of course I have hopes and dreams for their whole lives...that they would find happiness, truth, and meaning.  That they would not grow cynical in a wearying and restless world.  That they would learn to love and be loved. 

I realized that not only do we have dreams for our own children, but I believe our heavenly Father has dreams for us, too.  I realized this in a great example recently.

In my favorite show Parenthood, one of the teenage characters, Amber, puts herself in grave danger when she gives into illicit behaviors and suffers a near-fatal car accident.  After she recovers, her grandfather Zeke, the patriarch of the very tight Braverman family, takes her to the junkyard to see the totaled vehicle she was in.  He goes on to tell her that when he was in Vietnam, he dreamed of the day when he would come home and live to see his grandchildren.  He very powerfully tells her, "I dreamt you."  He then goes on to say that her stupid behavior almost took his dreams away, and that she has no right to do that.

Wow.  Needless to say, I was in tears.  And again, I felt God saying to me, "That's what I think about you."

"I dreamt you."

It reminded me of the verse in Jeremiah where God tells His people, "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.  You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.'"  (29:11-13).  It reminded me that we as people are dreams of God come true, who has hopes and plans for each one of our lives.  

There is only thing we have to do to find out these plans, hopes, and dreams...seek Him.

Sometimes we just need to know that someone is rooting for us, believes in us, in order to accomplish our purposes.  And sometimes our purposes are not what we dream, but what the dreamer has in store for us.  We need to know we are safe, no matter what, in order to carry out these plans and hopes.

What do you think God dreams for you?  What is it He is calling you to do, to be?  What is holding you back?