The Dream of You: A 5-Day YouVersion By Jo SaxtonПримерок

The Person You Dreamed You’d Become In your wildest, most exciting dreams, who were you? In other words, what was the dream you had of yourself from the very beginning? Before life interrupted, before anyone told you who you were allowed to be? There is something special and important about our unfiltered, innocent dreams. Even though they’re imperfect and naive in places, they can be signposts to our aspirations and hopes, our longings and ideals. They express something of who we are, they speak of our identity, maybe even hint at the kind of life we were made for. You and I had an identity before anyone came along to tell us we couldn’t be that person. We had a purpose long before experience told us we weren’t worthy of one. We even had a voice, tiny though it might have been, before it was muted. Yet as life unfolds, you hear voices telling you that you can’t be the person you dreamed you’d become. Some are simply part of growing up. No, you are not a princess, life is not a fairy tale, and you won’t live in a beautiful castle. The more problematic voices are the ones that speak to your real identity and invalidate you. They question your passion and vision, delegitimizing you with every sentence. “Your dreams aren’t in line with reality.” “Women are not meant to be strong.” “Those goals are way beyond your abilities.” “It’s futile to try to fight injustice.” These voices limit us as they tell us what we can expect, and for some reason we believe them. So let me ask you: What happened to the dream of who you are—and why? The Dream of You is not merely an expression of your wildest dreams and greatest aspirations. It is not just about who you think you are on a good day. It is bigger than the weighty burdens of obligations and expectations that you have encountered up to now. The Dream of You is about being who you truly are and living the life you were made for. The Dream of You is God’s vision of you—your real, true identity and your God-given purpose. It’s time to stop the downward spiral and start living a different way. It’s time to recover the Dream of You. When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?