I HAVE A DREAM

 

Dream

I have a dream...

under the sunbeams

that my garden might convey

an imitation of Monet.

I have a dream...

that no weeds will preen

in my yard

if I work hard.

I have a dream...

the sun and rain will team

beautifully together

making perfect weather.

I have a dream...

that I’ll become lean

doing yard work

in my little nook.

I have a dream...

that insects mean

will disappear

forever from here.

I have a dream...

that the inside will itself clean

when I’m outside landscaping -

which I prefer to be doing.

I have a dream...

not yet seen

that I’ll find the rainbow’s end

pot of real gold in my garden.

I have a dream...

that a scene

worthy of a magazine

in my yard will be seen.

I have a dream...

that my Eden

will one year soon be finished

so I can relax and sit in it.

I have a dream...

unrequited, it seems -

for these dreams haven’t come true.

Is it that way for you too?

* * * * *

What is your innermost dream?

However impossible it seems

remember with God on your team

it can come true, so dream.

As long as your dream brings glory to God

never give up, though sometimes it seems hard,

for you’ll find often satan will set a snare,

aiming for a flag of surrender, a cross to bear.

Don’t give up. God has a better plan in mind

that will supersede what satan has in mind.

Ask God for His strength to remain steadfast

as you work toward your dreams coming to pass.

Do use your God-given gift for His glory

as you continue to write His-story

so that generations after you

will continue to give God glory too.

Do not be afraid, Daniel.

Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding

and to humble yourself before your God,

your words were heard,

and I have come in response to them.

But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me 21 days.

Then Michael, one of the chief princes,

came to help me...

Do not be afraid, O man highly esteemed, he said.

Peace! Be strong now; be strong.

When he spoke to me, I was strengthened...

Daniel 10:12-13, 19

We have different gifts, according to the grace given us...

prophesy, serving, teaching, encouraging, contributing, leading...

Romans 12:6-8

Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, 

faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.

If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God.

If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, 

so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.

To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

I Peter 4:10-11

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