Imagine

Dare I dream?

A cool river gently running, the water is so refreshing.  Along side there are bluffs to climb and forests to explore.  The excitement and amazement of the beauty that is there to for me to find.  To my delight I discovery something wonderful.  I show You and see the approval on Your face and that You share in my delight.  As I continue in this place of awe and wonder You walk with me, enjoying me.  You are so patient and genuinly happy to just be with me.  You encourage me to go on.  I  run like a child so carefree then I stop to sit by You, to talk, to listen.  You tell me of how much You love me, not for what I've done, but simply for who I am.  My heart is exploding with love and desire for more of You...

I am once again at this point of being able to see how much I have grown and what I have overcome.  I am grateful for His changing me and molding me.  I am happy to see the progress.  Yet I also can see that I have so far to go.  It seems as though when I get through one thing it opens the door to so much more that I have yet to touch.  Sometimes I wish I could live blissfully unaware, but I would be living so shallowly in love and friendship, in peace and hope.

I cling to Him more with the deeper realization of how incompetant I am on my own to become who I am suppose to be.  Even this in my mind it always changing to some degree.  Yet the more I let go of and give to Him the more free that I become.

I have so far to go, but it will not become an idol in my life.  I will focus on His face, who He is, and how He sees me so that one day I can look back and see, all of these things that are now in front of me, far behind.  And yes there will be more that come into focus because I am always a work in progress, but His grace and jealous love for me will continue to move me through.  One day I will stand at His throne and not be able to recognize the person who I was when I started this amazing journey of faith!