Last night I had dinner with Holly and Sandy. You might know them. They live close to me. Great girls. Holly was in my youth group in Jasper. Sandy is from two-tooth, Alabama, her words. Sandy's cats are cool. Sandy also just bout a BMW Z4. Wow!
Jake Pohly came by last night about 12:00am. I had to sign something for his trip saying that I would pick him up from Florida on August 15. Road Trip! Woohoo! Man, he's gonna be gone for two whole months.
"Disturb us Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little, when we arrive safely because we have sailed too closely to the shore.
Disturb us Lord, when with abundace of things we possess, we have lost our thirst for the waters of life; having fallen in love with life, we have ceased to dream of eternity; and in our efforts to build a new earth, we have allowed our vision of the new heaven to dim.
Distrub us Lord, to dare more boldly, to venture on wilder seas where storms will show your mastery; when losing sight of land, we will find the stars. We ask you to push back the horizons of our hopes, and to push into the future in strength, courage, hope, and love." Sir Francis Drake
Failing to dream has to be the beginning of the end. Failing to dream must be where depression and hopelessness set in. Think about it. If you have a dream, you have something to look forward to. If you see a vision, you can get up everyday and follow after it. Dreams are beautiful. That is also why Satan is so persistent in destroying them.
I believe that there are some people who never really dream. I have met some. Some people are crippled by hoplessness from early on in life. I remember once when I was in Jordan, the country that borders Israel. I saw a group of little kids. These little kids were dirty, hot and barefoot. Yet, they had on pants and sweaters. The temperature was about 110 degrees. I was shocked to see them so covered with clothing in the heat. They were so dirty. This little boy approached us clean and groomed Americans. Each of us were carrying a one liter bottle of water. I am sure this little boy's mouth was parched. He had a cigar box in his hands. I have no clue where he got it, probably stole it. In the box were rocks that he had picked up off the ground nearby. I know because there were plenty around. He was asking for a dollar for each rock. Needless to say, we emptied our pockets of dollars and refilled them with rocks. We also left our water. I bet this little boy dreams very little and that his dreams are much different than mine. But, what if he did dream bigger than his life.
Sir Francis Drake said that we should dare to dream much bigger than we are. We should not stay close to the shore, anybody can do that. We should shove our boats out into the sea where the only thing to use as a guide are the stars. He says, if we have arrived safely it is only because we didn't sail far enough from the shore. If we achieve our dreams, it is only because our dreams were to small. We love life too much in its comfort. For the love of God, dream bigger, sail farther. Do something that matters.
God disturb us. Shake us up. Rock our world. Shove us around so that we are forced to see your beauty and follow after it with white hot passion. We love our lives too much to dream. We would rather accept mediocrity than to dream of greatness. Our vision of heaven is dim. Is dimmed by our love for our world. Disturb us O Lord. We won't choose to be disturbed. So, do it for us.
I love you, your servant, your friend,
Tim
Jake Pohly came by last night about 12:00am. I had to sign something for his trip saying that I would pick him up from Florida on August 15. Road Trip! Woohoo! Man, he's gonna be gone for two whole months.
"Disturb us Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little, when we arrive safely because we have sailed too closely to the shore.
Disturb us Lord, when with abundace of things we possess, we have lost our thirst for the waters of life; having fallen in love with life, we have ceased to dream of eternity; and in our efforts to build a new earth, we have allowed our vision of the new heaven to dim.
Distrub us Lord, to dare more boldly, to venture on wilder seas where storms will show your mastery; when losing sight of land, we will find the stars. We ask you to push back the horizons of our hopes, and to push into the future in strength, courage, hope, and love." Sir Francis Drake
Failing to dream has to be the beginning of the end. Failing to dream must be where depression and hopelessness set in. Think about it. If you have a dream, you have something to look forward to. If you see a vision, you can get up everyday and follow after it. Dreams are beautiful. That is also why Satan is so persistent in destroying them.
I believe that there are some people who never really dream. I have met some. Some people are crippled by hoplessness from early on in life. I remember once when I was in Jordan, the country that borders Israel. I saw a group of little kids. These little kids were dirty, hot and barefoot. Yet, they had on pants and sweaters. The temperature was about 110 degrees. I was shocked to see them so covered with clothing in the heat. They were so dirty. This little boy approached us clean and groomed Americans. Each of us were carrying a one liter bottle of water. I am sure this little boy's mouth was parched. He had a cigar box in his hands. I have no clue where he got it, probably stole it. In the box were rocks that he had picked up off the ground nearby. I know because there were plenty around. He was asking for a dollar for each rock. Needless to say, we emptied our pockets of dollars and refilled them with rocks. We also left our water. I bet this little boy dreams very little and that his dreams are much different than mine. But, what if he did dream bigger than his life.
Sir Francis Drake said that we should dare to dream much bigger than we are. We should not stay close to the shore, anybody can do that. We should shove our boats out into the sea where the only thing to use as a guide are the stars. He says, if we have arrived safely it is only because we didn't sail far enough from the shore. If we achieve our dreams, it is only because our dreams were to small. We love life too much in its comfort. For the love of God, dream bigger, sail farther. Do something that matters.
God disturb us. Shake us up. Rock our world. Shove us around so that we are forced to see your beauty and follow after it with white hot passion. We love our lives too much to dream. We would rather accept mediocrity than to dream of greatness. Our vision of heaven is dim. Is dimmed by our love for our world. Disturb us O Lord. We won't choose to be disturbed. So, do it for us.
I love you, your servant, your friend,
Tim
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