Once Upon a Dream
Posted in Solo Historian, The Historical Faith and tagged with Daydreams, Dreams, God, Holiness, Quote, Singleness on February 22, 2010
I’m a dreamer. I mean, I know some of you who are longtime readers of the Ignorant Historian know that I’m such a famous dreamer that I’ve been featured in The Washington Post. Or perhaps that’s not quite how it went down. Things get fuzzy in my old age.
As often as I have crazy adventure dreams at night (and that is every night these days), I’m even more of a daydreamer. I’m constantly imagining things in my head: what I’ll do once I’ve reached my emergency savings goal, what I’d do if I was famous, and every step of completely-unrealized relationships from “Wanna go to dinner?” to “I do” (including how I’d tell you about him). Actually, that last one is a recurring theme in my life.
The problem is, these daydreams are entirely unhelpful. While these aren’t bad dreams (okay, except the famous one) they aren’t the kinds of dreams that God has for me. I know that, but this quote still hit home:
“Though we may not be aware of it, we are often at odds with our wise and loving Lord. The change he is working on is not the change we dream about.” – How People Change by Timothy Lane and Paul Tripp, p. 33
If I could change one thing in my life, it would be to trade in my singleness. But I don’t think that’s high on God’s to-do list in my life. I’m hoping that He wants me married, too, but He’s much more concerned with my righteousness. He wants to root out out the sinful actions in my life and the sinful desires that lead me there.
May God help me make His desire, my desire.
Photo by Denis Collette
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February 22nd, 2010 at 2:54 pm
I applaud you for being so strong in your faith, I wish I was…
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February 22nd, 2010 at 10:04 pm
I’ve been having crazy adventure dreams every night as well. It’s been fun.
The quote hit home for me too. I spend a great deal fantasizing about my life and I know for a fact it isn’t the direction the Lord wants me to go…..