"Dream Journal"

So, we're back from our little second honeymoon getaway....our "Dream" vacation I called it....because yes, this getaway was time spent with each other, relaxing, resting, and just plain being lazy! This was also a time for us to sit down on the front porch of this cabin, with no one, no house, nothing around to see but the beautiful view in the above picture, was the theatre right outside our front door!

We took some time to visit the town a little bit, we also visited a state park there, with this place called Anna Ruby Falls......Soooo Beautiful! (See the waterfall pic above!!)

So, it was a wonderful trip....I'm so glad that we took this time, it was very rewarding, I would suggest this to every couple to do, at least once a year!

We had an awesome time, and as you know, our goal was really to get refocused, refueled, revived, etc. We spent so much time on that front porch, talking, laughing, praying, and most importantly "Dreaming" together! As I said in my last post, I felt like the Holy Spirit was leading me to take one of my journals, and designate it a "Dream Journal" this is a journal to be used for our vision as husband and wife, as a family, for our children, for our Destiny!

I already had a few questions ready to throw back and forth to each other.....questions like......

*What's one thing that you enjoy doing, that brings you joy, that just really drives you?

*What do you feel are your gifts/talents?

There were more, but it seemed like one question led to another, which led to anwers like..."you know, I would really love to be able to......(fill in the blank)"or "It brings me joy, and contentment in my life when I....(fill in the blank)"..........So, this led to us filling up several pages with dreams that centered around the vision that really is the vision of the Lord for our lives......I truly believe that most people are waiting around for the Lord to speak to them in some Holy "fru fru" "Thus sayeth the Lord" sort of way..... "This is the plan for your life"......no, it's not some treasure, locked up in a box, that the Lord is playing scavenger hunt with you, for you to find it! All you've got to do is just sit down, take some time to dream......write the vision down, make it plain! So, I challenge everyone to start a "Dream Journal" with your family!

So, the focus was really on the future......and of course, it was the last morning we were there, that I truly had one of those awesome revelatory moments with the Lord.......I couldn't sleep past 5:00 for some reason......first of all, it was so quiet there, it was really almost hard to go to sleep in the first place! Anyway, I woke up before dawn......left Daniel sleeping, and went into the kitchen to make some coffee.......I thought I would get a jump start on packing things up, so that we could get an early start on the road.......But the Lord had other plans for me!! I just kept feeling His presence drawing me to the front porch.....so just as daylight hit, I took my Bible, our Dream Journal......wrapped myself up in a blanket and went out to sit in the rocking chair......just as I sat down, it began to pour rain.....it was a wonderful setting! So, I thought I would share my journal entry with you for this particular morning...........so, here goes...........

7/28/07........Daniel and I are finishing our three day, second honeymoon, for our 10th wedding anniversary! It's been so refreshing, just to get away and do nothing! As I sit on the front porch of the mountain cabin.....listening to the rain fall, I look around and all I can see are these HUGE beautiful mountains, and I am reminded of just how BIG my God truly is! It's a little ironic that it's raining all around me.....because that's just what I've been needing, refreshing.....Showers of refreshing to fall on me.....to renew me, revive me, rekindle the passion and pursuit in me! This morning I awoke really early.....just couldn't sleep anymore, I felt the Holy Spirit had something to pour into me, I waited for a little bit of daylight, and that's when the rain began.......sitting here, I feel as though there are so many things I should say to the Lord......things like "Forgive me for not spending more time with you".....but every time I try to speak, it's as if He interupts me.....as if to say "I know your hear", there's really no need to speak......just listen.....I know that you are here to meet with me, so just sit back, be still, listen to the rain, listen to me........as I opened my Bible, I was drawn to a scripture....Isaiah 52:12, which says....."But you will not leave in haste or go in flight; for the Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard".......so, I'm listening, and I'm watching this hummingbird fly up to the bird feeders on the porch.....it's so beautiful, awesome to watch, but I noticed that it's so small, so fast, so diligent, yet so fearful.....if I made the slightest sound, he would fly away, right back to the same spot on the tree close by. So, in this, I can hear the Lord speak to me, and show me that this is not how he wants us to be.....He does want us to be diligent, He does want us to go from glory to glory, and from strength to strenght.....but as He says in this scripture, "He will be our Rear Guard", He doesn't want us to take steps, and then, out of fear fly back to our comfort zones......He wants to have full confidence in Him, the He has it all under control.....He's the Rear Guard, He's there to cover the past, so that you can't see behind you, so that you can't see that place of complacency, of comfort, and just fly back to it, when fear arises.......So, as I finish my journal entry, the rain is slacking up, and now there is enormous mounds of fog rising up from the mountains, as though the Holy Spirit is covering me with His presence all around......Oh what peace!!

I hope this was encouraging to some one, I hope that you all begin your "Dream Journal"......let me know how you vision yours......until next time.....start Chasing some Dreams!!

Blessings,

Christy