“Perhaps with unlimited time we could make more of our dreams come true.”

A thought by Andy Stanley, (2009-03-31) from his book, The Principle of the Path: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be (p. 158). Thomas Nelson - A. Kindle Edition.

Right at this time as a retired minister there are three churches in three different areas of LA that I would love to give the rest of my life to be a part of. Not as a minister but as a committed laymen. Two of them when I took a weekend off from the church I pastored in Las Vegas I would make it a point to visit at least once a year. The other I visited once. They are all great churches with great pastors who I have listened to their sermons and read all their books for years. But life is getting shorter each day.

Now as a consumer Christian I could just float from one to the other. Just drinking in all the good stuff but I don’t believe that is the way one truly makes a difference and fulfills a dream. There must be a commitment involved to one dream. And that can be difficult sometimes to stop and decide which one is the one you were created to do.

Now I believe God gives us some latitude but He only gives us a limited amount of time to live and fulfill the dream.

God gave me a dream that I gave over 15 years of my life. It didn’t end the way I thought it would but He used my commitment to that specific dream to make a difference in so many ways. I thank Him for allowing me to live out those 15 years but I also am seeing In reality it was a dream that was given to me over 25 years ago that is now being fulfilled. Life is exciting!!
that I am on a continuation of that one dream but in a different location and in a different approach.

So what about you? Remember, all the dreams you have can’t be realized because of limited time but there is one or two that you will have just the right amount of time if you make a commitment to start today to prepare and to do. Again I say life is exciting when you have a dream and you make a commitment to it.

So which one are you going to go for?

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