Let the old dreams die

Well, today's been a neat day. My parents left this morning for Indonesia (but that isn't what made the day neat, let me just clarify), so my sister and I are here by ourselves for a few days. We think it'll be fun...some good girl, sister-sister time! So today we spent a while watching a show on TV (lazy, I know!) and doing some other things. Then I went out with two of my friends who just graduated from high school here, Than and Christi (both of whom I've mentioned previously). We went, of course, to Coffee Bean and talked about the last year. They wanted to hear about my year, and I was dying to hear about their senior year and the plans they had for college next fall. Than, actually, won't be going straight into college but will be attending a DTS for several months, which I think is awesome. I know God will bless both of them as they go. They're both such neat kids, and I admire their hearts for Christ. We talked a lot about their hopes for the coming years, about what they hoped the Lord would do in their lives.

Then later today, I was listening to some music on my laptop, and a song by Avalon came up called "Dreams I Dream for You." It made me think about the conversation Than, Christi, and I had just had. I think it's important and good to think about the future, about what we want to do for God and what we want to see God do for us. Even still, I know it's so easy to get caught up in our own dreams for ourselves. Sometimes I think God is calling us to dream bigger than we would on our own. That's sort of what this song by Avalon is talking about, about how God may take away our dreams, but it's always to give us a bigger dream. I just wanted to include some of the lyrics to this song. If you feel like you've lost a dream, or that you've had to watch some of your dreams die, I hope you'll know that God is just waiting to give you bigger dreams. And if you are just now creating dreams, ask God to shape them for you, and to make them bigger than you ever could.

"Dreams I Dream for You"
Album: A Maze of Grace
Artist: Avalon

You taste the tears
You're lost in sorrow
You see your yesterdays
I see tomorrow

You see the darkness
I see the spark
You know your failures
But I know your heart

(Chorus:)
The dreams I dream for you
Are deeper than the ones you're clinging to
More precious than the finest things you knew
And truer than the treasures you pursue
Let the old dreams die
Like stars that fade from view
Then take the cup I offer
And drink deeply of
The dreams I dream for you

You see your shame
But I see your glory
You've read one page
I know the story

I hold a vision
That you'll become
As you grow into the truth
As you learn to walk in love

(Chorus)

Let the old dreams die
Like stars that fade from view
Then take the cup I offer
And drink deeply of
The dreams I dream for you