I'm a Dreamer

July 24, 2022
Reflections from the Heart of Allan Redenius
 
I’ll admit it.  I’m a dreamer.  When I was younger, my dreams were imaginative and even sometimes beyond reach.  Way back then, I was young and didn’t know some dreams just don’t come true.  Though beyond my grasp, my quest for what I dreamed, was not diminished.  Could it be my dream will come true, just over the next hilltop?
 
I’ve climbed a lot of hilltops and, when there at the pinnacle, do you know what often comes into view?  In the distance, on the horizon, are a thousand more hilltops.
 
Every once in a while, at the top, I find a treasure.  Those treasures motivate me to move ever forward, hoping the next impossible dream is realized.
 
Here are some dreams of my youth:

• To marry a lovely wife for all the days of my life.
• To be successful beyond my dreams at whatever I did.  (You see, in my childhood, my parents didn’t have much wealth.  There are a host of worldly things I had to do without.);
• I didn’t completely understand at the time, but there was this fire, this inner glow to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

 
There are dreams yet to be realized.  Yes, there are dreams to be had, dreams to be fulfilled, even in old age.  That’s God’s promise in Joel 2:28. “…your old men shall dream dreams…”  Here are just a few of my dreams of today.

• To die with grace.
• To be used by God in a mighty way for the salvation of many, but I’ll settle for just you.

 
Over the years, my dreams have changed.  The dreams of my youth were, for the most part, self-centered.  I climbed a thousand hilltops to find treasure here on earth.  Now my dreams are centered on that mansion just over the hilltop.
 
What are your dreams?
Pastor Allan
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