Dream for Asher.

I have a dream . . .



Every fairy princess story has a touch of magic and wonder, a spell to be broken, a "cage" to break free of. Cinderella goes from the maid sleeping in soot to a princess in a pumpkin carriage. Ariel goes from a mermaid living trapped in the sea to a princess in the palace.

The frog prince is under a spell and needs a kiss from a princess to break the spell.



All the fairy princess stories have one thing in common.

The pursuit of love's first kiss breaks the spell.

I don't believe in spells nor do we live under a spell, but I do believe Cinderella lived trapped under the lies she was being told by her stepsisters. They told her she wasn't enough, the prince would never love her, she didn't deserve to go to the ball, she was just a maid who slept in soot.

Cinderella did go to the ball and the prince did pursue her.

And her stepsisters continued to feed her lies.

Like Cinderella, we believe the lies satan tells us.

But God continues to pursues us.

God deeply longs and achingly yearns for us to respond to His pursuit of love so we can break free of our traps and live free with Him.

satan does everything to destroy, discourage and defeat that love.

satan distracts us from getting any closer to God.

(read more about God's great love from "Sacred Romance" by: Curtis/Eldredge)

When we realize God's great love for us, that's when we realize He is good and He's not out to hurt us. He so deeply longs for us to turn to Him and be in a love relationship that is alive and free and abundant that it breaks His heart when we don't choose Him. I don't know about you but I want that kind of love and that kind of abundant life. I want to realize a dream of mine and dare to explore it, not listen to satan and ignore my dream.  

How would life be different if we actually responded to what God put on our hearts?

I know I listen to satan's lies and believe "I'm not good enough" "I can't do that" "That dream is impossible" "I can't go to Africa" "A missionary? I'm not good enough for that" "I can't afford to adopt" "Me? Write a book? Are you nuts?" and the lies go on and on. My confidence is attacked, I become bruised and beaten down, I lose sight of the bright hopes and ideals of my younger years, I become a drone to satan's lies and satan wins.

We went on a picnic and my dream for Asher is to know that Great Love. I dream of him breaking free of any "cage" that may hold him back in life. We all choose which path we travel and I dream for him to take the road less travelled. We so easily get pulled down the road of fleeting desires, meaningless pursuits, empty dreams, boring hum drum of the monotonous daily grind all for what? Solomon the wisest man ever to live says it's all vanity.

I dream of Asher living an abundant life, following every wild, passionate and scary desire God lays on his heart.

I dream of him listening to God's voice and ignoring satan's ploys to defeat.

I dream of him doing everything I haven't had the courage to do.

I dream of him setting his sights on heaven and living eternally.

We live in such a small world and pursue meaningless things especially when we don't branch out of the same hum drum we've always known.

God has so much more in mind for us.

This fairy princess stuff, Disneyland/world whatever is a small world. Why explore the small world of fantasy when we can explore the great big world God created?

I want Asher to see the world the way God sees it.

I want Asher to see the brokenness and pain.

The beauty and wonder.

I want Asher to have a heart for God.

A wild passion to live for God and pursue the dreams God lays on his heart.

I want Asher to live up to his name "happy and blessed" as described in

Matthew 5:3-11 

I fall victim to satan's ploys. I sit here in this apartment staring out to the gloomy courtyard knowing that's satan keeping me trapped in my "cage" and distracting me from living life abundant. God's voice quietly speaks to the corners of my heart and tells me ideas, dreams, visions of the life I could pursue if I dared to respond to His pursuit of love.

It's a beautiful thing really.

And yet my fear takes over and I listen to satan's ploys to discourage. I continue to fight the battle. But I dream of a better life for Asher, to break out of the cycle and to discover the abundant life God so deeply wants to show us.

Doesn't it seem tragic if we become drones to satan's lies and completely miss the wild adventure God wants to show us?  

And so I blow my dreams to the wind and determine to be different . . .

How?

Love God first.

Take one step at a time.

Choose prayer, reading and fasting.

Act on a desire God gives.

Travel the world to gain a broad view.

Don't waste time on small things.

Model a different life for Asher.

What abundant life is waiting outside your door?