I am a firm believer in the fact that God stories still happen. I believe that God, the Creator and Sustainer of life, looks into our hearts and guides us step by step into His plan for us. He sees our inner-most, hidden desires, and He uses His Spirit to start bringing them to the surface. Eventually, those dreams that circumstances quench, His Spirit quickens. He brings them so much to the surface that we see that His true, fulfilling, and purpose-filled life hides in these suppressed desires.
God stories are our life stories. There's a plot in place from the beginning, but we try to twist it and manipulate it because we believe it will be a better, more-fulfilling story. We try to choose an option B or C, but somehow inside, we know that out Spirit is only freed when we figure out plan A. So, we spend our whole lives trying to slow down the plot...We say that we don't know His dreams for us. Then, finally, we realize that maybe we always knew those dreams. We realize that maybe, just maybe, our childhood dreams that we let go of were there for a reason. Maybe as children, full of life, faith, and possibilities, God gives us His desires for our lives...but as we go to college, those dreams seem illogical and unrealistic, but our souls call these things thrilling and life-giving. We come to a fork in the road. We must decide between God given desires in our souls or the world's quest for success.
A few days ago, I embraced my soul's desires. I threw away my attempts to change the world while still always having financial stability...I threw away the idea of telling people's stories, and I picked back up the dream of helping teenagers change their stories. I want to help them sing out REDEMPTION SONGS.
Redemption is at work in our hearts everyday...Always, always, always sing out the REDEMPTION SONG.
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