Dreams don't come with expiration dates

There is nothing sadder than an unfulfilled life . . . Dreams don’t come with expiration dates.

~~Martha Bolton

This morning’s prayer and meditation for Sally’s healing comes from Take Heart, Oh God: Riches from the Greatest Christian Women Writers of All Time.

Deep inside each of us God has placed desires. We have gifts, talents, dreams of what we want to do. Years pass. We continue to live our lives, but we keep looking for that fulfillment. At times, we find ourselves delayed or sidetracked by life’s unexpected circumstances.

Maybe you don’t feel like you’re living your dream—but you see, dreams don’t come with expiration dates. Taking a circuitous route to your dream doesn’t mean you won’t get there. Life’s unexpected circumstances come as no surprise to God. Instead, you may find that God is moving you toward a dream perfected for you—better than you have imagined. The life you live and the wisdom you gain will make your dream that much sweeter. Maybe that will prove to be the purpose of the delay all along.

Be patient. God is not finished with you—or your dreams—yet.

Prayer for Meditation

Help me to see the possibilities and opportunities you have for me, Lord.  

Scripture for Meditation – Joshua 14:6-13

A delegation from the tribe of Judah, led by Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, came to Joshua at Gilgal. Caleb said to Joshua, “Remember what the Lord said to Moses, the man of God, about you me when we were at Kadesh-barnea. I was forty years old when Moses, the servant of the Lord, sent me from Kadesh-barnea to explore the land of Canaan. I returned and gave an honest report, but my brothers who went with me frightened the people from entering the Promised Land. For my part, I wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God. So that day Moses solemnly promised me, ‘The land of Canaan on which you were just walking will be your grant of land and that of your descendants forever, because you wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God.’

Now, as you can see, the Lord has kept me alive and well as he promised for all these forty-five years since Moses made this promise—even while Israel wandered in the wilderness. Today I am eighty-five years old. I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel and fight as well as I could then. So give me the hill country that the Lord promised me. You will remember that as scouts we found the descendants of Anak living there in great, walled towns. But if the Lord is with me, I will drive them out of the land, just as the Lord said.”

So Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave Hebron to him as his portion of land.

Music for Meditation

In Christ Alone

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