Really Big Super Awesome Dream...

A pastor at my church just emailed me this today...

God has this really big, super, awesome dream for your life and he simply wants you to enjoy it.

BOOM! It is amazing to me how sometimes really simple concepts can just grab my soul and bring me back to reality! THIS is one of them...

To say the least, I have been stressed. From the top of my head to the tip of my toes...cleaning my apartment, packing everything up, taking box after box of stuff to my parents house, getting a 'power of attorney', figuring out how to handle finances while in Haiti, getting health and life insurance (that I never knew about since the teaching profession just 'does it for me'), selling my car, finding the title to my car (who knew you couldn't just SELL the car to the next person!), saying bye to friends, scheduling appointments, etc, etc...all while asking myself, "Am I doing this right? Am I processing and grieving right? Am I taking it all in?? Am I enjoying every moment, with every person?"

And then this reminder...God has this REALLY BIG, SUPER, AWESOME dream for my life. AND, He simply wants me to enjoy it!

To enjoy it! To take it all in...to laugh, cry, feel, express, and enjoy it all! And most importantly to not forget that in all this moving, chaos, transition and confusion that its HIS dream for my life...and its REALLY BIG, SUPER and AWESOME!

Just like in Eccelesiastes, I'm called to
- Be Glad
- Find Satisfaction
- Happiness
- Gladness of Heart
- Eat, Drink, and Be Merry
- Enjoyment

Wow! How easy it is to forget these things, as I'm sure all of you can relate. But it reminds me too that it doesn't take me moving to Haiti to be called to God's really big, super awesome dream for my life. It's here, it's now. And it's been here all along, as I've taught little children, sat in my apartment alone, or studied for school. His really big, super awesome dream is HERE every day...in your life, too.

It's not easy, now or then or whenever. But I'm going to try.

Try to simply ENJOY it!