I've Got a Dream!

I've got a dream!  Well, I have a lot of dreams really, but one particular dream is coming to play soon. It's a dream that God placed in my heart when I was a young girl. Rapunzel's dream in the Disney movie Tangled, might have been to adventure out to see the floating Lanterns, but this girls dream is to write a book! Ever since I was a little girl I've had the writing bug, writing stories in my diary (that would flip my Mom out), writing songs, writing poems, anything. I've always loved to write. I use to be a pretty diligent blogger on Xanga, before my youngster arrived, then time was very limited and I lost track of blogging, but now that my little is in Pre-school, I have a little more free time. :) So, growing up I always thought I would be a writer,(If for some reason I didn't break into the Acting/Music world, lol) writing something rather it was songs, books, articles, anything, I even minored in English in College. Somewhere along the road,  I lost track of that vision. Life entangled me into its busy web of responsibility, God gave me new dreams, new visions, so I embarked on those. All the while this book dream stayed with me, just taking a back seat for awhile, along my journey. Well, recently ( the past few years) I've been feeling God tug on my heart about this book dream, so I begun to pray about it more and I felt God was giving me the green light finally! Only I had no idea what to write about. So, I asked God, if you want me to write a book, please show me what, what am I suppose to write about? What? For who? How?  Then, one day as I was reading in the Bible, I came across a verse and it just came to me! I felt God telling me that was it. God gave me an idea, a vision for what he wants me to write, I was so thrilled. Then came my next question; God, how am I suppose to get this book written, illustrated, published? I have no idea where to begin. I prayed about this for a few days until one day I was scrolling on facebook and I stumbled upon a post from one of our senior Pastors, (which happened to be an old post and somehow ended up in my newsfeed), Beth Jones, who happens to have written over 20 books and is an amazing author, the post was about her launching an online academy for aspiring authors on how to get a book published and other tips for authors! That was my answer! I couldn't believe the timing on this, incredible. God is so good and faithful. He knows the desires of your heart and when he places a dream in your heart, if you delight yourself in him, he will give you those desires, he will make sure your dreams unveil themselves. He is such a loving and merciful God. (Psalms 37:4 Delight yourself also in the lord, And he shall give you the desires of your heart. NKJV) So here I go, on this next adventure in life, writing. I've got a dream, and its finally coming to pass. We might not always understand God's timing for our lives or why he sometimes takes so long to fulfill the desires of our hearts or his promises, but he has our best interest at heart and let me tell you, this is the perfect season in my life for this next adventure. I'm ready. I'm going to be blogging more often in order to get back into the habit of writing, so if you'd like updates about this new adventure in my life, among others, just follow my blog. I've got a dream, whats yours?

Blessings,
Marcie

Habakkuk 2:3 ESV / 128 helpful votes

For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 119 helpful votes

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Psalm 27:14 ESV / 100 helpful votes

Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!

Ecclesiastes 3:1 ESV / 63 helpful votes

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

Some good verses in the Bible to look up; Psalms 62:8, Psalm 9:9, Prov 3:4 &6, Psalm 18:30, Psalm 37:7-9,