A Challenge: DREAM

I actually sort of wrote about dreams in my other blog a couple weeks ago. But I had my Focused class this weekend and something came up during it about dreams. A Focused class is an intensive learning class that occurs during three weekends throughout the semester. This semester I am taking Cross-Cultural Methods & Strategies with Dr. Curtice. I had been looking forward to this class ever since I learned about it in first coming to Central. At first, I was a bit disappointed... but over the weekend it got better and better. ANYWAY. Basically, it all came down to this: don't be afraid to dream. And don't be afraid to dream or ask for the [seemingly] impossible. Our God is big. Much bigger than you, and much bigger than your dreams. And our God is good. He instilled passions and dreams within you, desires of the heart that are actually desires of His heart.

I don't think that I have ever taken the time to just sit down and... truly dream. Daydream during class? Oh yes. But dream for myself? No. No, I haven't. And I certainly do not mean that I simply haven't been selfish enough to do so. Because I have. Too selfish, in fact. I just haven't thought about it a lot; and dreaming for oneself is not such a bad thing. Bucket lists [as posted on this blog] and ministry/family dreams [as posted on the other blog] aside... What do I want to do? What do I want to see? Where do I want to go? What do I want to happen? And what about others? How can my dreams affect others in a positive manner, you know? What kind of dreams would allow me to help people? How big do I dare to dream? I mean, as aforementioned, Dr. Curtice said to dream the impossible. He also let it be known that while there is nothing wrong with taking the time to dream of "wants" [his personal example: a sports car]... perhaps you should at least have a list of dreams that are that less materialistic, in a sense. He challenged us to think of five things. Five. Five dreams. That's all. Well let me tell you, to list five dreams sounds very overwhelming to me. Dr. Curtice gave us the opportunity to give an example of our dreams in class, and I wasn't able to do so. I was thinking, and thinking, and thinking... but nothing really came to mind. There were only two of us [out of six] who didn't say anything. The other girl, I know, is just really shy and doesn't share much at all as it is. But I would have had no problem sharing, had I actually had an inkling of something to share!

So this week, I plan to dream.
Ever since Dr. Curtice challenged us on Friday night, a lot of things have been swirling around in my mind. But nothing is really coming together. This isn't a big deal... or is it? Is it just for fun? Or should I be taking it seriously, even going before my Lord God? I even posted yesterday: REVEAL and DEVELOP are my "theme" words... hm. I wasn't even thinking about this challenge when I posted that. Oh boy. I hope I don't have a lot of homework this week. :)