on: dreams.

I have a generally insane experience with all dreams in the dictionary sense of the matter. When I sleep, my dreams I either can't remember, or are seriously twisted or exaggerated in one way or another, and are always extremely vivid. And for one reason or another I can almost always remember at least a piece of my dream, almost every morning.

My favorites have included the time that I had to pick up a friend in Russia, and I had to travel by dragon to get there. Once there, my friend and I went to an airport, which was actually a department store, and our ticket for our plane ride home was an ice cream and a dance. We had to dance to get on the plane. Or the time that I dreamed that Rob and I took a random trip to the beach, and all the memories from that dream were simply of us lying around in the warm sun.

My least favorites have always been just as vivid, or more so. Like the time that I dreamed that I was in charge of the Wake at UNM table, and I lost everything that was there, because I left it alone to go to class. The whole dream was kind of, orange tinted and windy and stormy and there was this looming fear of a tornado, the entire dream. Or just the other night when I had my scariest dream I can remember. I watched someone commit suicide inside their home. Watched them shoot themselves in the head and watched them crumple to the ground. So life like, and fear that was very, very real.

Why my brain is this overactive is a mystery to me. Most people can't go to their friends in the middle of the day and repeat an entire dream like this almost every day. But what I do know is that dreams, in every sense, are so important. God has spoken to His greatest victors through dreams over and over again. He constantly reinforces dreams in His word.

Also, God gives us the hopes and dreams we have for ourselves. People often have the misconception that to give everything up and follow Christ, we have to give up our hopes and dreams. Sometimes, that may be true, but in many cases God GAVE you those dreams, and He only wants you to follow them for His glory, because He has huge plans for you if you follow the desires He's given you.

I think it's important to dream. To know what your dreams are.

I dream about the day when I begin my work. After graduation, when I can start tangibly helping people all over the world because of my nerdy love for business and economics.

I dream about the day when I can sit down over coffee with my mom and talk about Christ's love and work in our every day life. I dream about the day when we can openly apologize to each other for all of the things that we've done wrong to each other over the years. I dream about the day when she accepts the things I spend my time doing and the people I spend my time with.

I dream about the day I get married. Like most girls, I love seeing other people's wedding videos and pictures and I dream about the day I float down the aisle in a white gown. I dream about the vows that will be said and the joy and magic of the day when the man I love and I promise to spend the rest of our lives together.

I dream about the days I will spend in other countries, in other continents, with other cultures of people. I dream about when I can go meet people and tell them about the love of Christ. I dream about the people's lives that I will influence, and the lives that will influence me. The people who I don't know yet who will come to be live changers in my future.

I dream about watching Jesus' Kingdom here on earth grow. I dream about the future when Copper Pointe is growing in Christ's name and this city is truly being revolutionized by the love of Heaven. I dream about what it will begin to look like when there are potentially tens of thousands of people in one body and one family of the Lord, all meeting in one building weekly to support and encourage one another. (And there will be coffee. I dream about that too.)

All this to say, I suppose, that I know that while day dreaming is considered a child's art, that I believe in my dreams and that I'm not afraid to follow what people would say are impossible dreams, because I know that God has given me those dreams and that nothing is impossible through Him. And that I know that those dreams will lead me to places I can't even dream of today.