Writing Dreams …

I finally took the time this morning to write my dreams..

To be honest, it took me this long to do this because even though my name is “Joy” I can be a little melancholy at times and feel like all that stuff I’ve carried in my heart for sooooo long will nnnnever happen! Anyone relate to that?

Somehow this morning after hearing a really great teaching on the scientific side of renewing our minds and creating new “paths of thinking”, I knew it was time to sit down and write. Part of the process of change that comes in our thinking patterns can occur as we write things down.  So as I began to write, I found so many of my dreams now included my family, husband, daughters, church and friends. Then I realized as I was writing there were character issues I wanted to change and I wanted to be a whole lot more like Jesus.. That’s when I realized another most important dream was to really know and experience Father God’s unconditional and unrelenting love for me so I can give that to others. The Father’s love takes care of so much.. doesn’t it?

That led me to asking God to help me get rid of all my fear.. When I wrote that down I realized that one dream of being completely FREE from FEAR helped me begin to believe that all those other dreams actually had the possibility of happening! Wow! Being “fear free” released my faith to dream even bigger!

Then my dreams turned into prayers. Prayer for revival in our church and all the churches in our city. Prayer for revival in the schools, stores and neighborhoods. Prayer for the women and girls here in Portland who are kidnapped and abused. Prayer that the Church will get more involved in reaching the lost. Prayer that the Holy Spirit will empower me to lead people to the Lord every week. Prayer that we could one day help build our own “DREAM CENTER” (rehab home).  Then the declarations came …

So, for “fear” of you all thinking I’m totally “NUTS” I’m not going to share the rest of my dreams, at least not yet..

I ended up so excited and so encouraged I now want to look at those dreams and prayers every day and keep adding to it and wait and see what God will do! Writing the Dream or Vision made me feel like a window opened in Heaven to allow the Lord to move, orchestrate and make happen what I am believing Him to do in His time and in His way.

JOY NEWMAN