katie rose writes

After a heavy-handed fight with a deep dose of guilt— and the gift of a timely, encouraging word from a friend about God being faithful to the promise He gives, even if it looks different than what we expect, my reply landed at this: “His faithfulness is all we need.” Everyone else will—at some point or another—disappoint us. Our dreams might be dashed. Hope, lost. Promise, deferred. Calling, muddled.  But His faithfulness lasts through it all. His covenant with us cannot be hindered or altered by any change in circumstance, not by any hiccups in the plan, not by any person forfeiting their own chance at faithfulness. His faithfulness stays true—His character cannot change, even if His promises or words to us seem to. When circumstances or emotions don’t align with what we heard, what we locked away in our hearts, what we sealed up in journals and boxes and suitcases—has His faithfulness faltered? Has His word changed? No. But perhaps we have. Changed. Grown. Shifte

A dream is a wish your heart makes… I’d like to amend that lyric this morning, to instead say:  A dream is a prayer you're too afraid to pray. You know what I’m talking about. You think “the desires of your heart” are only worth fulfillment if they’re “His desires” too. You think that your dreams are too big or, worse, too small for God to care about meeting. You think that He doesn’t want your heart with all it’s smashed up, bruised, anxious thoughts that spin around these dreams you’ve carried for so long. I’m here to tell you: He’s carried them too. He’s been listening to your heart this whole time. Smiling at the big dreams, cupping the small ones in His father-hands. He cares. He wants your heart. And He wants to fulfill your dreams, big and small.  Notice I did not say: God will make all your dreams come true. God’s not in the blanket-business, covering all the bases and all your dreams in one fell swoop. He’s not in the business of giving you all your d