“But, let us not settle for merely surviving, just pulling in enough to satisfy the bill collectors. Expect more. Look beyond “breaking even” to that “abundance for every good deed”. With increased expectations comes increased capacity. We have been made with more capacity than we realize, but low expectations keep us from discovering it. Remember, we are partnering with the Maker of the universe. Let’s not allow bills and employers to define our destiny!”
A friend of mine (Mark Turner) wrote this in a newsletter that i thought appropriate for our current situation of looking towards a future. For me it’s the tenuous position of reaching for hopes and allowing myself to dream without letting those dreams become too defined by circumstances lining up a certain way. Unmet expectations can be too painful and yet resisting hope and suppressing dreams leads to depression.
So the key seems to be to hope large and believe for great things while “trusting” God to affect the outcome any way He sees fit. Our hope must be grounded in a good and faithful father which allows us to retain our big hopes even when the circumstances take a reversal. It is a stubborn hope that still believes that “even though the last 5 years have been the opposite of what I thought I was signing up for, God is going to do something incredible here and i’ll get to be a part of it.”
