Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Grab life by the mane. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. Keep asking questions. Keep making mistakes. Keep seeking God. Stop pointing out problems and become part of the solution. Stop repeating the past and start creating the future. Stop playing it safe and start taking risks. Expand your horizons. Accumulate experiences. Consider the lilies. Enjoy the journey. Find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can. Live like today is the first day and last day of your life. Don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshipping what's right with God. Burn sinful bridges. Blaze a new trail. Criticize by creating. Worry less about what people think and more about what God thinks. Don't try to be who you're not. Be yourself. Laugh at yourself. Quit holding out. Quit holding back. Quit running away. Chase the lion. - Mark Batterson
There are so many things in this quote that just resonate with my soul, but none as much as talk of setting God-sized goals and dreaming big. If you know me well, you know that I tend to live life on the safe, some might say conservative side of things. I have friends who work on commission - that freaks me out. I have friends that have jobs that don't relate at all to their college major - not me! I have friends that have big, lofty, even scary goals for their lives. Not me. I am a planner. I like don't really like when things don't go according to that plan. So, I sit in my little bubble. Doing what I know will work out. Doing what is safe. I'm not sure how to step out of it, I've lived there most of my life. Really, if I'm honest, I'm sitting here currently trying to formulate a plan to get myself to be a dreamer. Ironic - I don't think it works that way. So, I guess I just move that way, one step at a time.
5 comments:
What a great quote. Thanks for sharing!
LOL! Planning to dream - sounds just like me! When I really think about it, some of the best outcomes in my life have come from taking giant leaps of faith and trusting God with everything, to the point that others would call foolishness. Funny how I forget that so often. What a great reminder!
Oh that's a good one. The first line and the last part especially resonate with me. I had my work review today and the theme for improvement (both my opinion and my bosses) was building confidence and not worrying about failing. I think that's the same in my walk with God, I focus so much on the sin patterns, where I'm going wrong, etc. rather than allowing myself to praise God in the midst! Almost like I have to be perfect before doing it.
But I agree with Karla, planning to dream is quite hilarious. Thankful to walk with you as you embrace the spontaneity of trusting God's plan implicitly!!
Great quote!
Hey, I went to college and seminary and I'm not doing anything related to either one of those. Well, at least I'm not getting paid for it. But I have to say I love my job. Tomorrow is pool day- you should come play with us! :)
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