When your dreams fall apart…. WAKE UP!

By David Montgomery

I was thinking about this earlier. Everyone has an ideal. A way they want things to be. A dream so to speak. But what is the definition of a dream?

A few definitions of  dream on the Web:

* a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; “I had a dream about you last night”
* imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; “he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality”
* a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; “he went about his work as if in a dream”

So what do you do what your dreams have fallen apart?

WAKE UP!  Start focusing on what is real, for this day, and what you can do to make this moment better.

All we have is now, we anticipate tomorrow, but all we really get is now. So what can I do now to make this better?

You can change you… right now. You can’t change other people, we can only love them.

We can decide to not give up. In this moment. Do not give up.
And if you don’t know where to start, start with a prayer to God, ask God to give you strength.

The Bible says “Unless the Lord builds the house, the laborers labor in vain.” So, I ask you to start
with the Spirit of God, ask God to give you strength to accomplish the task at hand and then praise Him when it happens.

And ask for direction in your daily needs. Jesus is the great sheppard, he won’t forget you if you call out and ask Him to lead you. It’s part of His nature, the outcome of trust and faith in God, is joy.

Don’t operate on your own power today, ask God to fill and move you and then take the steps you need to get things done. One day at at time. One step closer to a life of meaning and joy.

Merry Christmas!!!

-Dreamerkid

I have been experimenting with twitter clients, two I highly recommend are:
1. Tweetdeck ( http://www.tweetdeck.com/ )
2. Hummingbird 2 ( http://hummingbird2.com/hummingbird-free_tool_page.html )

I am new to Hummingbird but so far I like it. I like how it organizes all of your info. But for a basic yet powerful tool I have used tweetdeck a lot as well. I plan to test them both further and perhaps give an updated review of them both, so far, for the price (Both can be downloaded for free) I can’t complain. I think you will enjoy twitter just a bit more with easier tools to tweet with.

Happy tweeting!
-Dave

I am not a fan of winter. I try to be positive, and thank God for the snow even though I dislike it. LOL. Growing up in Montana I remember some BRUTAL winters, but I also remember how much fun it was when I was a kid to play in the snow.

I took these pictures the other day and wanted to share them with the world. In my small of Libby, Montana – we almost always have snow by now, but instead we have had very chilly tempuratures and some pretty neat frost.

God created the beauty we see, from what He made, we can see there is a beauty and a logic and a God.

Romans 1:20 (New International Version)
20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

Perhaps you found yourself in the throes of sadness. The lion’s roaring but it’s a silent internal roar.
I encourage you to not give up. The last few days I have been facing mental exhaustion.

I just feel so unmotivated. I look at all the piles of stuff I have to do, and would rather just crawl back into bed.
I don’t have patience to deal with impatient people and I need to (I do tech support).

I have taken simple courage in the fact that God is bigger than the world and the world of things. Even when I feel numb, and sad.

He will help me.

I had a good weekend with my wife, even though I barely had energy to do anything. We picked out a Christmas tree. That was nice.

But Monday rolled around and I felt just sort of like I was on autopilot. I scolded myself outloud for feeling so apathetic, and then realized thatpart of the problem was my self pressure to get everything done and when I don’t I feel like a I failed. Called my wife in hopes for some cheering up… but she was busy. And obviously holding two conversations at once.

God showed me it’s not anyone’s job to make me happy. Not even my spouse (who I might add is wonderful, I love you baby thanks for helping me and putting up with me).

My joy needs to come from Him alone. So I am asking Jesus, LORD Help me, and the others like me who feel beaten down by life!

Help us to be effective workers for your eternal blessing, to draw others to heaven.  Not matter if it feels like EVERYTHING is piled on so high you can’t reach the top…

By everything, I mean: fix computers, write the book I always hoped to, keep a journal, learn programming languages, save money, look for ways to show my wife I am in love with her, invent things to make extra money for Christmas, choose a good Charity to donate to… all a big mental check list that keeps going even at night when I try to sleep. I am sure you all have your own list of haunting things that plague you.

I realized. These things, are ruling me. We are taught that we should let nothing rule us besides Christ, and our love for Him and people. So rather than be motivated by the fact that I didn’t get everything I wanted to done, why not just say:

This one thing, I do for God’s glory. It might not finish all of the list. But it is a simple start from a heart that wants to plant good things. And then rest in Christ for a job well done on that particular thing.

I forget and start worrying about where the money will come from, how the project will get done, and I leave out that GOD IS BIGGER THAN ALL OF MY PROBLEMS.

God is bigger than exhaustion.

God is bigger than my fear of losing friends.

God is bigger than my ability to figure out frustrating computers.

God loves you and me more than we can fathom.

God is bigger than my heart aches.

God is bigger than lost jobs, or lost hope.

Jesus is Hope. Jesus is strength. And all we have to do is ask him for it, and he gives abundantly.

Lord Jesus help my readers, help my friends, and help me to surrender all things to you. Help us know that you love us, help us find your face in the dark and dreary days of existence, and help us find life, and life more abundantly in you. Amen.