loving life // chasing dreams.

and I could go...

// running //

// and racing //

// and dancing // 

// and chasing // 

// and leaping //

// and bounding // 

// hair flying, heart pounding // 

// and splashing // 

// and reeling // 

and finally feeling....

>>----now's when my life begins.----> 

I had a dream. it wasn't like ordinary dreams. 'twas merely a "quiet thought" to which my heart pondered whence I lay amongst the day lilies and smelled their sweet perfume. 'twas a hope when divine providence sent a beam of sunshine upon me, a hope that taught me how to truly rely on Him. it became a silent word. a murmured prayer. a desire to which I began to pray about fervently.


joy planted her seed within my heart, but the growth was in soil scattered with pebbles. yet through it all God sent hope to water joy's seed. to nurture and encourage its growth. hope provided roots, and as days went on hope became "the tree of life."

yet time has a way with stealing such joy, by robbing joy's seedling of her beneficial nutrients such as peace and trust and hope...that the small seedling's growth became slow, but through it all God was faithful and sent the little plant, drops of water - whispers of encouragement. it grew. and eventually blossomed into a flower whose beauty I could never have imagined.

all those years watching from the windows

all those years, outside looking in...

"I've been staring out of a window for eighteen years. what if it's not all that I dreamed about?" 

"it will be." 

"and what if it is?" 

"well, I guess that's the beauty of dreams, you get to go find a new one."

~flynn and rapunzel from tangled. 

all those years waiting and dreaming and praying. and now before my eyes, it's coming true.

I am in awe. this has only been a snippet of God's ultimate plan. so for now, I will continue to dream and pray and hope. for who knows, dreams come true everyday. and mine is just the beginning...

lovingly,
the girl in the garden chasing her dream.

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