Dreams

Sometimes, what seems a vague memory from the darkness of the night comes true.  As dreams turn into reality, the powerful sense of having already been here can be extremely overwhelming.  I find this reality occurring far more often than I ever anticipated.  Even though I see and experience the cycle again and again, the reality of what has and is happening seems to sit just beyond my reach and understanding.  Did I really dream what I think I dreamed?  Is this reality the realization of my intuition or did I anticipate something before it came into focus?  Could the impossible really be possible?
 
Limits are norms I place on my dreams as a protection mechanism.  I don’t want to see the impossible become real.  I fear the process of letting myself go, almost as if the willingness to dream is a permission statement to give birth in reality.  What is should remain.  What could be is incremental.
 
God doesn’t think that way.  Divinity sees you and me, fully as we are and in the light of everything we could be.  Hope is God’s gift to us.  Aspirations and dreams are Divinity’s tools.  When we see life in black and whites God gives us color.  As we look for smooth paths Divinity provides texture and shapes.  When we see limits there are opportunities.
 
I can tell you a lot of reasons why and how my life is a mess.  God knows everything I do and more.  In the midst of this reality God has a dream; “the days are coming when Jacob shall put down roots, Israel blossom and grow fresh branches, and fill the world with its fruit.”  (Isaiah 27.6)  Divinity’s dream for you may have different colors, textures, and shapes yet the results – fresh beauty filling the world with peace is something we share in common.  In today’s harsh heat the potential may seem impossible, yet I know God’s breath permeates every dream filled with Hope. 
 
A long time ago someone said “I have a dream”.  Today God’s dream rest with you and me.