Sure Steps  

Dear One,

When I was a child, I had dreams of the future.  I dreamed of being a cow-girl, an actress, “Wonder Woman”, a basket ball player, a super hero, a majorette in a parade, and I dreamed of being a concert pianist, a singer, a writer, a doctor and a teacher.  I dreamed of blessing, helping people who were hurting!  But most of the time, people who dream end up just having wishful thinking.

Often, we grow out of dreams as we grow older.  Dream playing and having dreams as a child is great — but as we grow up, we start learning the difference between deep God-given dreams and wishful thinking.

As a little girl, I grew up in the Eastern Kentucky Appalachian mountains and on my families thoroughbred horse farms in the Bluegrass — loving and riding horses!  I dreamed of being a jockey and racing, riding in the Kentucky Derby.  Since I was way too tall and way too heavy this childhood dream was especially an unlikely fantasy dream!  But, with God, I know you have dreams and desires placed inside you by our amazing Creator God of the Universes.  In fact, the Latin word for “desire” means “from the Father.”

A dream or a desire that is really from God just never eases out of your heart!  You may have had a desire in your heart for years.  Consequently, you might have even attempted to let that desire go — but the desire just keeps holding on to you.

Today, I encourage you — search your heart — today allow any God–given dreams in your heart to rise up in you — to surface to the front.  Almighty Father God places His desires in you for His purposes — and He plans to use every desire to direct you in the very destiny He has for you!

Your mind can plan your ways — but the LORD directs your sure steps — and He makes sure your steps are in His way of plans —