dreams versus plans

a friend challenged me this week to dream and not just visualize.

dreams are often lofty, unatainable, wild etc. dreams rarely come true. but, the question is this: will the fact that dreams will not come true inhibit me from dreaming? the answer a friend offered was "no."

i can dream of a future or of a house church or of an art show that is far beyond my most insane hopes of reaching and allow that dream in itself to be art. i can allow it to testify to the image of God in me. i can allow it to testify that we are created for things better than this world could possibly offer. then, i can allow the dashed hopes that stingingly follow lost dreams to be prophetic testimonies against a world that destroys hope.

so, rather than visualizing what it possible and attempting to stretch it another step, i will attempt - dare - to dream....then maybe mediate the dream with a dose of reality.

i'm glad a house church is months away - time to dream before time to plan!