I know that there are some things that I have always dreamt of doing, at the same time I am scared to hold on too tightly to dreams for fear that the Lord will come along and tell me that I have to find new ones. Of course that seems a bit paranoid and petty, but I do know that I want my life to be an alter to the God I serve, not to myself. Life is such an adventure and I would love to have dreams that are from Him, not from my selfish desires. There have been so many times when things seem to be one way when in actuality they are quite the opposite. My desire is to have a life that is full of meaningful dreams that are of the Lord and that serve to glorify Him.
So after all that, I guess I'll write down some of the wishes that have stayed with me for quite some time...(quite a few are probably very status quo, but I want to write them anyway!)
Here we go: (In no particular order)
1.Find the man that God has for me
2.Fall in love with said man
3.Marry said man
4.Go to an amazing grad school and get my masters in geography
5.Graduate from grad school
6.Find a job I love
7.Serve the Lord through that job
8.Have a family
9.Raise my children to love the Lord
10.Make an impact for Christ
11.See the beaches of Normandy
12.Go through the entire Louvre
13.Go to Rome, Venice, Tuscany, and Florence
14.Raise puppies who have been abandoned
15.Continue to expand my music collection
16.Teach someone something valuable
17.Read all the past Nobel Prize winners
18.See all the movies that have ever won Best Picture
19.Read the entire Bible once a year
20.Stay in touch with my friends once I leave school
21.Become an expert on something
22.Learn how to ski/snowboard
23.Go scuba diving
24.Read all of C.S. Lewis's books
25.Spend time in Africa
26.Take a trip to Asia
27.Go to the Oscars once
28.Have the kind of relationship with my kids that I have with my mom
29.Write a history book
30.Figure out where I come from (genealogically speaking)
31.Treat my body well
32.Serve the Lord in EVERY aspect of my life
2.Fall in love with said man
3.Marry said man
4.Go to an amazing grad school and get my masters in geography
5.Graduate from grad school
6.Find a job I love
7.Serve the Lord through that job
8.Have a family
9.Raise my children to love the Lord
10.Make an impact for Christ
11.See the beaches of Normandy
12.Go through the entire Louvre
13.Go to Rome, Venice, Tuscany, and Florence
14.Raise puppies who have been abandoned
15.Continue to expand my music collection
16.Teach someone something valuable
17.Read all the past Nobel Prize winners
18.See all the movies that have ever won Best Picture
19.Read the entire Bible once a year
20.Stay in touch with my friends once I leave school
21.Become an expert on something
22.Learn how to ski/snowboard
23.Go scuba diving
24.Read all of C.S. Lewis's books
25.Spend time in Africa
26.Take a trip to Asia
27.Go to the Oscars once
28.Have the kind of relationship with my kids that I have with my mom
29.Write a history book
30.Figure out where I come from (genealogically speaking)
31.Treat my body well
32.Serve the Lord in EVERY aspect of my life
I think that's all for now...If more come up I will most certainly let you know :)
2 comments:
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Excellent.
Ok, ps it is just amazing to see all your thoughts here about the future and committing to these things that you want to follow through on. You've mentioned how hard it is for you to follow through on stuff, but look at you! Look at the woman God is making you to be- following through on the fast for example- brilliant! What an offering to him. I know it's encouraged me to see you being faithful in that. mmm, so good
-the frijole...
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