What dreams may come

Recently I have been having a lot of vivid dreams. In fact, I will wake up about two or three times a week because my dreams are so intense. I have always dreamed a lot, but over the past few months they have become more and more intense. Sometimes they are random and seem to have nothing to do with reality, but recently I have been dreaming more and more about Freedom Life.
Whenever I dream about the church I always am excited when I wake up. These dreams seem to give me a fresh dose of excitement about what God is calling us to do and who He is calling us to be. Sometimes these dreams are about a situation and sometimes they are set in a worship service and God starts doing incredible things. Regardless of the specific dream one thing stays consistent...I always wake up thinking, WOW!
A lot of times I will dream about things that I mentioned to people in a conversation earlier that day as a, "What if". But in my dream I will be experiencing the "What if" that I was talking about that day as if it was reality. For that moment in dreamland I am living in the world of that "what if" and I get to experience it like it was already reality. In these dreams it is so neat to interact with people and see what has happened and how they were effected by the "what if" that I casually discussed with a friend that day.
When I experience these glimpses into the "What if" I often wake up more excited than ever. Sometimes I can't get it out of my mind. Then the question comes as to wheather or not that was God showing me something through a dream, or the pasta I ate right before I went to bed. For me the answers lie in the results. If that dream that I had were to become a reality would it honor God? Would peoples lives be forever changed? Would the vision of Freedom Life Church be furthered or hindered? Then the next question is, "Well then what is stopping it from becoming reality?".
I have learned to not make decisions about God's will based on circumstances. In fact, I probably don't consider circumstances enough. But that is where my wife and friends come in. They help me focus on the realistic steps necessary to accomplish the unrealistic goals. The way I see it, we have a God that requires us to go beyond the realistic in so many ways, so why would it suprise us that the things He calls us to do can often seem "unrealistic". I once heard a man say that if God is truely calling you to do something it is something that is going to be too big and too difficult for you to do without Him. Amen brother. Sounds like fun, where do I sign up.
The last thing I want at the end of my life is to reflect on it, as I sit in my worn out recliner, look at Jessi and say, "Well, there weren't any suprises. We played it safe and secure and we coasted through life just fine. We weren't a bother to anyone and no one bothered us. We lived our content little lives just how we wanted and look at all we have to show for it...a house, two good kids, a dog, and an RV."
No, when I am old and gray, I want to look at my beautiful wife and say, "Wow Jessi, could you ever have imagined that God was going to let us be a part of all of that? Would you ever have dreamed that following Him would have been that amazing of an adventure. Why are we sitting hear talking about it...let's go out and do it again. Grab my Bible, we are late for Bingo.

If you are curious about what kind of dreams I have, just hang around the church for a while, and you will see! They will become reality in God's time.