Dreaming Big

Taken in Cape Town, South Africa

"Anything that was ultimately worthwhile initially scared me to death." -- Allister Ann

I've been thinking a lot about dreaming recently. This past Sunday at church a section of the sermon was about living the dream and believing in the here & now. That tension is incredibly difficult. The strange thing is that I think the hardest part for me is finding the dream. I know I have to have grace with myself and as I grow older my life will shift and I will dream different things. But for now I need to dream. I feel like that is something I've gotten away from. I want to think of places I want to go, things I want to do, and the person I want to become. I want that burning desire to do something, regardless of the risk and challenges. In high school I did some things that really scared me. They pushed me way out of my comfort zone, and looking back, those are some of the times where I feel like I grew the most. 

I just want to feel free to dream. To begin to see things on a big scale and where I could fit into them. That is why I really like that above quote. The things that are worthwhile are really hard. They push us and most of them scare us to death when we start to really think about them. I think another part to this is me finding someone to talk about this with. To dream out loud of. Someone who will push me to think way, way outside the box. 

What do you think? Do you dream and do things outside your comfort zone or are you like me, yearning to do something daring?

What I'm Learning

Occasionally, I want to have this feature post. I want this post series to contain the things I am learning. Whether that be books I'm reading and how they are stretching me or an event that has caused me to think. This space will be one where I can share how I am growing.

That being said…here is what I am learning this week!

I am almost finished reading the book Love Does by Bob Goff. It took me way to long to read this book, mostly because of all the hype around it, but I really get it now. I understand the hype! It is incredible and filled with so much truth, I really just wanna give Bob Goff a big hug.

The quote in the picture above has really stirred something inside of me and caused me to think. What is that thing for me? And once I figure out that thing out, how do I go about fully surrendering that? What freedom it brings when we surrender things fully to our Lord. It took me a long time to learn that. To learn that ultimate freedom comes in complete surrender. It doesn't make sense at first, but it does once you experience it. The giving up of "what causes us to believe we matter,"is going to make all the difference, it has rocked my world and will continue to do so as I find the things that fill my pride and surrender them to Him. It is in no way easy but it is such an adventure!

Independence Day

This July 4th was full of food, friends and fun. All the good stuff. We started the day watching a  hometown parade. It was so wonderful. Then we hung out at my sweet friends house and laughed and played games. Then, obviously, we saw fireworks. I feel like every year I forget how much I love fireworks. Then we lit off our own. I experienced roman candles for the first time this year. It was equal parts awesome and scary.