As I’ve read your comments and posts about perfectionism and fairy tales, about contentment and real life, I’ve noticed a few themes we all have in common. One of them is the testimony we can share about how our childish fantasies may not have come true but, somehow, God has turned at least some of our current circumstances into fulfilled dreams that, at one point, we didn’t even know we have.
My friend Lisa-Jo wrote about this beautifully earlier this week:
I was the girl who swore she’d never end up anyone’s cliche
— barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen.
Which is interesting since we currently have
three kids, a hamster and a back yard where toys go to die.
If you’ve read Lisa-Jo’s blog at all, you know that she’s embraced the dream that she’s living, the one she never wanted or imagined for herself, the one the Lord had planned for her all along.
I think the same is true for most of us – or, at least, it will be eventually. God has this way, this gift of taking the stories we write for ourselves and turning them into His stories for our lives.
Almost as if He helps us put foundations under those castles we’ve built in the sky.
How has one of your dreams come true in an unexpected way?
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Wow! I loved this. I am currently sitting in a library at a university completing an undergraduate degree at the ripe old age of 42. I never once imagined that this would be me. Was told when I was younger that this couldn’t be me and yet here I am and loving every minute of it. I’d be lying if I didn’t tell you that I’m scared, that I got this call wrong, that quitting my job of 9 years and reducing our family income by 50% was the biggest mistake I have every made… but I can see my story unfolding on this journey and while I don’t know what the last page says I love what God is writing in my life today. Bless you for this today friend. Thank you!
Tonya, that’s beautiful. Thank you for sharing a peek into your dream-chasing with us! I have no doubt that God is going to use your journey and your obedience in a mighty way!!
I am reading this a week late because on the day you wrote it I was on a plane living out my most unexpected dream come true! I was traveling across the US to introduce my husband (on our 21st anniversary) to our future. My dream of living in my grandparents house to come true!! We wont actually be there for a while but the plans are taking hold and the process is in motion.
All the doors that have opened for this to be a reality are certainly and undeniably from God….
what a wonderful dream come true.
Wow! Lina, that’s fantastic. So glad to hear about a dream come true like yours!!