Some people stop  dreaming when times get tough.  Some people lose their vision when things get rough.  Why stop dreaming, because one of them didn’t come true when you thought it should? Why stop now? You’ve come so far. If you can make your mind line up with your spirit, and your dreams, then your dreams will become your reality. It has to. It has no choice.

One of my favorite stories in the Bible is of Joseph. Joseph had a dream and his brothers wanted to kill him for dreaming. Sometimes when you dream you will go through all kinds of hell to see it come to pass. When you share your dream with others, some people will get mad at you, call you crazy and eventually try to discourage you.

Right now in these tough economic times in our country there are lots of people who are wondering how they're going to pay the mortgage or the rent, or feed your families. And there are lots of people who have lost their houses and jobs and the very same people that brought over the house warming gifts are laughing at them now. I understand the hurt, but don't let it get you down.  I admire and respect people so much that have a dream and go for it. Don’t ever lose that GO FOR IT attitude because you will see your dreams come true as long as you don’t operate in fear. After you’ve done all stand and stand some more.

So what happens when you had this big dream and it seems to be falling apart? You seem to be losing it…what do you do? I look to this story of Joseph, and you really should read this Bible story. It’s fascinating. It is so parallel to what is going on right now in this country. But this is what happened. When his dream seemed to be falling apart he did something awesome. The Bible says Joseph dreamed another dream. Dream another dream. If one thing fails, try something else. Learn from your mistakes and try it again. So what if it got hard for a season, it will only be that way for a season. I cannot even begin to tell you all the times I failed, but every failure in your life will bring your dream closer to you. I know that sounds crazy but it’s so true. It’s okay to fail, now get up and keep dreaming. Don’t stop dreaming because you may have lost something. It’s hard to see a dream come to pass, but if you believe, it has no choice.

Everywhere you look you see all of this talk about the economy and gloom and doom. Turn that mess off. Stop letting that get into your spirit. Tune it out, watch things that will encourage you. Listen to things that will uplift you.

Now if you feel like you are being led by God to do something in these economic times that most people will think is crazy. Do it.  The ones who may not have a dime but are feeling like something great is about to break free in their lives. You are so right if this is what you’re feeling. I have a suggestion if you’ll take my humble advice
-- HAVE NO FEAR! ONLY BELIEVE! Give thanks for where you are. I know that may be hard to do, but there is a liberty in being thankful. And lastly, give, give, give. There is power in giving.  You reap what you sow. If you want favor from God, sow it into someone else.

God bless you and know that this too shall pass, and you will be so much better when it does.

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