What of dreams and God? We humans tend to dream big, and we tend to think that God – selfishly perhaps – blocks our dreams.
What Do Oprah and Jeff Majors Have to Do With My Dreams?
This was my week:
Awful. But it was Friday, and the baby awoke, so I took a few minutes while my 3 year was being industrious and sat with Oprah. She had on a classical harpist – Jeff Majors – not my favorite type of music, but the baby liked it. I call her my “Christian baby”, because she loves Christian music and prefer “Praise Baby” DVD to “Baby Einstein” (which makes her cry). Not surprisingly, she fell right asleep to Major’s version of Psalm 23, and I must admit it was spiritually effective.
Afterwards, Jeff told a beautiful story: how he’d never seen a harp before, but the Lord gave him a dream that he was playing one and demons were just running away. He told a friend who made a harp for him, and the rest I guess is history. I remember wishing that God would talk that clearly to me.
Then Oprah told a story about why the psalm is her favorite and how as a child, she’d dream of having 5 trees in front of her kitchen window. Now, she has 2000. She said, “God can dream bigger than we ever can.”
And Then God Spoke…Â
I went upstairs after this to put my baby down, and decided to check email while I was by my PC. I subscribe to the Spiritual Parenting newsletter and saw that my letter had arrived. I didn’t have time to read, and truth be told, I can almost NEVER read the newsletters I get. But I had a minute and needed a recharge, so I glanced at the titles. There was one about encouraging your child’s dreams. I think about this a lot, having a Down syndrome child. I skimmed down and what did it say?
“In truth, God has bigger dreams for our lives than we could ever think up by ourselves.” I paraphrased Oprah, but it truly was near verbatim to what she said – and it was only a few minutes after the first message.
God’s Dreams Are Better Than Mine?
I don’t know how to interpret this. I DO know that if anything, I ignored this bit of wisdom in the last few days. My Mom’s Alzheimers is getting really bad and we have to put her in a home – but do we have the means? My business is ramping up – but can I afford child support? My heart is being led towards writing and ministry – but do I have the time?
Well, God, you’ve got some big dreams for me. I have some for myself, but you’re saying that yours are better. Ok. I give. Any time you want to tell me what they are and how to accomplish them, I’m all ears…