Some dreams can be so vivid. I was spending a holiday in
Michigan staying over at my mother and father in laws house. Things were going
great when we started to watch some old video reminiscing over what happened in
the past. After a while of watching happened and life changed.
When I awoke, my life was completely different. I wasn’t
married, I didn’t have kids yet I was the same age. I never went into ministry
and was still a sports writer. I couldn’t grasp or know the life I was supposed
to lead. I started living my life as a single sports writer. I still ended up
in Terre Haute and lived in my old house. Man, I couldn’t get a better house as
a single sports writer?
Life was good, I something was different but it was good. I
started going out my front door and a voice came out of nowhere saying I wasn’t
leading the life I was meant to have. It was like a punch hit me, I turned
around to see what it was and no one was there. I kept moving and the voice came
back, soon a person appeared like a ghost. The person then said this was not
the life I was meant to have.
He showed me what life was supposed to be. How I was married
with four kids living in a nice house and working in ministry. I was flabbergasted.
This wasn’t a life I originally wanted. Yet this man said, your life will
change right now and it will be greatly improved. Soon I was on a fast track to
change and have the life this ghost told me I was supposed to have. I met
Hailee for the first time, something sparked and soon I was awake by the alarm.
This was one of the most vivid dreams I have ever had in my life. What if life
ended up different for you? Would you be happy or sad?
I was living a good life in my dream until I felt an
overwhelming sense of emptiness. Being a single sports writer away from my
friends and loved ones without a family felt good until I saw the people that
were supposed to be in my life. There
was love I had in my vision that I didn’t have in my dream.
As I recall and write this, I was reading scripture this
morning and this was the first two verses I read, Romans 12:9-10…
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is
good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”
Honor others above yourself. Love calls us to live life
differently. Not to do things out of selfish desire and think about how we can
help other people out. If there is something that is evil, stay away from that
and think about how you can make live better by helping other people out.
In my dream I thought life was good until that ghost changed
my thought.
When I awoke not in the life God put before me, an
overwhelming sense of abandonment came over. I truly love my wife, kids and
ministry. I feel unworthy to have a life I love so much. I thank God for that.
God couldn’t have given me a better spouse than Hailee and four wonderful kids.
It made me think of the life I wouldn’t have had without
God. God taught me so much and without going to Campus Life all that time ago,
I never would have met Hailee. Things happen in our life that is better than
our own understanding. I thank God for this life and hope to continue to show
other people love the same way Christ showed me. If you are not living the life
you envision, try this. Helping and showing other people love you wouldn’t
normally show love. Maybe because they hurt you or you don’t think about
helping strangers out. Life can change when we think outside our own life and
towards others.
Have a great day.
