Shattered Dreams

Greetings!!!

Have you ever prayed for God's direction in your life and felt like God gave you a dream? God not only gave you a dream, but also showed you how to lay out your goals to meet that dream, but now, for  some reason, that dream is shattered? Now you feel betrayed, confused, hurt, and wondering what is next and how you can ever trust what you think you are hearing from God. I cannot tell you the number of times that I have had to lay down dreams and plans that I was sure were birthed by prayer and petition to God and directed by God. Though all the shards of my dreams and through having to lay dreams down over and over again, Jeremiah 29:11 always comes to mind. 'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.'

As much as I love that verse of Scripture, God always points out that what He says next is what is most important to Him. Jeremiah 29:12-14 'Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. And I will be found by you declares the LORD.'

What dreams have you had to lay down lately? What in your life has left you hurt and confused? Run to the Father. Do not draw away. God's greatest dream, His greatest desire is for you to want to be with Him where He is. He wants to walk with you. He wants to talk with you. He wants to comfort you. He wants to laugh with you and cry with you. He wants you to want Him and His company as much as He wants yours. 

Are you holding shattered dreams? Pick up the pieces of your dreams and take them to the Father. Crawl up on His lap and tell Him all about what has happened. Tell Him everything you are feeling. Cry if you need to. Scream and wail if that will help you. If you are angry, be angry, but do not draw away from God. Do not stop spending time with Him because you are confused and hurt. Whatever has happened, God is working. You just may not understand His workings right now. You must trust Him and return to Him. Do not delay.

The LORD bless  you with taking the steps back to Him to receive His comfort in your pain.

I love you,

Ruth