I have not sat down and devoted a stretch of time to my daily reading a praying during this time but I have been talking to God a lot. Much of it has been thanking Him for blessing me so much with a family who is willing to help us out, a great job for my husband, a flexible son, and so much more!
At the start of the year my church family put together a vision board with goals we set and how we envision our life for the next year (or few). The visions consisted of emotional, physical, financial, spiritual, educational, personal, and anything other type of goal you can think of. A few months ago our board got packed up in a crate not be seen until this week. My husband and I looked at it and we noticed that we were pretty close to accomplishing all that we had posted. Here is a picture of our unfinished family board. We only had a short amount of time to complete them and had never returned to finish it.
Here is a list of some of our goals and visions:
- Homebuyers: Check!
- Jaxon sleeping through the night in his own bed: Check!
- Have an idea for another book: Check!
- Create a budget and stick to it: Mostly Check! :)
- To not be addicted to soda: Check! And this was not fun. It took almost 2 weeks for the headaches to go away!
- To find my quite in our new home: Check! I am sitting here as I type.
- To learn sign languageThe college 3/4 mile down the road offers this program.
- More family time: Check! My husband's new job allows for much more family time that his previous ones.
There is a weightloss and running goal for me and I am well on my way to completing those. Other things include potty training Jaxon (we were there but since we moved again he has regressed), a couple goals for my husband, and other ones that will not happen this year but by faith...it will be completed next year!
Even though the year is about halfway over it is not too late to create your vision board. It can simply be on a piece of notebook paper with notes or you can go all out and use a poster board and pictures. Nothing is too big or too small for God. Do not be embarrassed about your goals or visions. If there is something you want for your life let God know and then work for it! Once my husband and I put our goals on paper it set off something inside of us. We are actively working to achieve them. Writing them down puts you in a mindset that it will happen.
God wants us to be happy and wants us to have joy. He can put desires in our heart. The more we seek Him the more joy we will find. The more we seek Him the more those desires in our hearts become reality. Psalm 37:4 says, "Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart." That sounds pretty good right? But let's read on... v. 5-6 "Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this; He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.'
In order for us to receive the desires of our heart we need to trust and follow the Lord. So, follow these steps to "make you dreams come true!"
1. Pray that God will put desires in your heart that follow His will for your life.
2. Create a vision board with your social, financial, spiritual, physical, emotional, etc. goals and visions for yourself.
3. Pray over them. Ask for God to give you direction on how to accomplish them.
4. Seek the Lord. Spend time with Him, read his word.
It is never too late to dream!
Have you ever created a vision board? I would love to hear what your goals and visions are!
