i'm dreaming of a ....

this is probably not going to be a typical seed story, but its on my heart to write. so lets begin.

many years ago, when mike and i were first starting off in life, a beloved friend, worship leader and later our pastor, recieved a word of knowledge for us. we were excited, scared, touched, and overwhelmed when he told us what he had heard from the Lord. in the beginning we told many people about the "word from the Lord" sure that God was going to something miraculous in our lives and soon. but as the years went by, nothing seemed to happen. we soon stopped talking about it and only occasionaly between the two of us would ask the other "do you think its ever going to happen?" "what do you think about it?" we very rarely even think about it, as it seems our lives have gone down a path that is far from the one we forsaw in the "word from the Lord".

last nite i had a dream. in my dream i was asking someone about "the word of the Lord". i wanted to know if it was truly from the Lord, and was going to come to pass. the person responded: why yes, it is from the Lord and it will come to pass. the Lord gave you a word 3 times and therefore it will come to pass.

after i woke up i thot about it. in my dream i hadn't quite got the details right, it wasn't given 3 times, but rather there were 3 parts to it. as i walked down the stairs to start my latte, i thot about how it feels like my life is the furthest possible spot from the implementaion of the "word" the Lord gave us so many years ago. i wondered if this is how joseph felt about the dream he had been given as a teenager, years later when he was in jail. did he see no way out of his situation? did he trust the Lord or did he feel that he was the farthest anyone could be from being a leader and commander that he had seen in his dream. i have a feeling that Joseph continued to trust.

i dont' know why it came to mind and i dreamt about it last nite. i dont' know if the dream was from the Lord, i like to think so. i don't know if it will soon be fulfilled or is still a ways off. but just like the rest of the story of joseph shows, i know the Lord hasn't forgotton me or is unaware of where i am at this time in my life. i love that He is the God who sees. He is in control, and He is sovereign. i find peace resting in palm of His hand, wherever that might be here on earth.

til next time, gail