Sept 28th, 2020: Dreams and Broken Dreams

Shattered Dreams by jc007 | Redbubble Dreams depicted in a broken way, with grayish colors to give it a slight glass effect. shattered broken dream pieces bits … i 2020

 

Broken dreams are part of life. It sounds depressing, but it is true. I have met people who experience broken dreams in their marriages, their careers, their ministries, and their aspiration. We all wish that life would go the way we envision it to be.

Somebody told me jokingly a few weeks ago that she would get married if she knew that 2020 would turn out the way it is. Many people I know have experienced broken dreams in 2020. Some have suffered a significant business downturn. Some have experienced unexpected professional change. A few had to give up the plan they had for their weddings. Some discovered that their relationships with some people in their lives are not as good as they thought. Some miss corporate worship because it is a significant part of life. Some want to travel and found themselves traveling within the confinement of their city.

Some people say that dreams are bound to be broken. We dream because we think of the impossible things and hope to achieve the unimaginable. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. We can dream because God created us. Our brokenness has some damaging consequences in the way our dreams work out. Dream and dealing with broken dreams are part of living in the dual reality of being created by God and being drawn by own personal desires.

I don't think we stop dreaming all together because of our broken dreams. We should pursue our dream with vigor and commitment while having the knowledge that our ability to dream is a privilege. It is a manifestation of the beauty of our mind, our heart, and our soul. Broken dreams sometimes make us reflect, reset, and restart our life when we need to do that.

Maybe that is what God wants us to do with 2020. It is time to see evil for what it is. It is also is time to say to ourselves that this business of having faith in God cannot be business as usual. 2020 is not a year of normalcy, and it might not be a bad idea for us to dream about the greatness of God during such a time.

Acts 2: 17

"'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.'"

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