Dare To Dream... Get Off The Porch Swing
I purchased this little book years ago and haven't read it in years.... I picked it up to where the page was tabbed and this is one of my favorites...
It is written by Florence Litteauer in a book called "The Gift of Encouraging Words". Just thought I would share the story...
Many of us feel that we haven't "made it" in life, or for that matter, we weren't "made" for dreaming big. Some of us may say, "I wish I had a sense of humor. I can't sing or act or think up clever things."
Some of us may have had parents who thought we didn't amount to "a hill of beans." Some of us may have little education or a feeling that we're not smart enought to become anything.
A few of us may have acheived great goals or made a lot of money, but we still feel insecure inside. Perhaps we've asked ourselves, "Who am I?" and not heard a clear answer.
No matter where we are in our self-evaluation today, we can move on. We can dare to dream.
It's always easier to relax than reach, to give up than grasp, but we want to stretch rather than just settle into the status quo. If we rested until the perfect path to success opened before us, we would all be sitting on the porch swing of life waiting for directions. Let's pretend that's where we are today, all of us lined up on that glider on the veranda looking out to the blue skies and sunshine forever. We can smell the sweet flowers of success, but if we're going to pick them we'll have to get up. We can see ideas flitting around like hummingbirds, but to use one we'll have to get a net and capture it. Some of us would prefer to rock where we are than to get up and move on. Some prefer to accept what's good rather than aim for the best. Some would rather sit on a swing than dare to dream.
Proverbs 29:18 tells us, "Where there is no vision, the people perish," and yet many of us are without a vision, taking the fatalistic approach that "if God wanted me to have a better job He'd send a personnel manager to my front porch."
Don't be a porch-swing person any longer. Don't stuff your laurels into a pillow and rest upon them. Don't rock in indecision and inertia.
I'm calling you off the porch. God has great plans for you!!! Come on, let's head for the starting gate.
Are you willing to dare to dream? Or is the fear of failure or rejection keeping you in the porch swing? Ask the Father to give you His vision for your life. You were created for a particular purpose! Go ahead and dream and ask God to direct you. Remember, many great visions start with small dreams!
I purchased this little book years ago and haven't read it in years.... I picked it up to where the page was tabbed and this is one of my favorites...
It is written by Florence Litteauer in a book called "The Gift of Encouraging Words". Just thought I would share the story...
Many of us feel that we haven't "made it" in life, or for that matter, we weren't "made" for dreaming big. Some of us may say, "I wish I had a sense of humor. I can't sing or act or think up clever things."
Some of us may have had parents who thought we didn't amount to "a hill of beans." Some of us may have little education or a feeling that we're not smart enought to become anything.
A few of us may have acheived great goals or made a lot of money, but we still feel insecure inside. Perhaps we've asked ourselves, "Who am I?" and not heard a clear answer.
No matter where we are in our self-evaluation today, we can move on. We can dare to dream.
It's always easier to relax than reach, to give up than grasp, but we want to stretch rather than just settle into the status quo. If we rested until the perfect path to success opened before us, we would all be sitting on the porch swing of life waiting for directions. Let's pretend that's where we are today, all of us lined up on that glider on the veranda looking out to the blue skies and sunshine forever. We can smell the sweet flowers of success, but if we're going to pick them we'll have to get up. We can see ideas flitting around like hummingbirds, but to use one we'll have to get a net and capture it. Some of us would prefer to rock where we are than to get up and move on. Some prefer to accept what's good rather than aim for the best. Some would rather sit on a swing than dare to dream.
Proverbs 29:18 tells us, "Where there is no vision, the people perish," and yet many of us are without a vision, taking the fatalistic approach that "if God wanted me to have a better job He'd send a personnel manager to my front porch."
Don't be a porch-swing person any longer. Don't stuff your laurels into a pillow and rest upon them. Don't rock in indecision and inertia.
I'm calling you off the porch. God has great plans for you!!! Come on, let's head for the starting gate.
Are you willing to dare to dream? Or is the fear of failure or rejection keeping you in the porch swing? Ask the Father to give you His vision for your life. You were created for a particular purpose! Go ahead and dream and ask God to direct you. Remember, many great visions start with small dreams!
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