New Dreams
After the birth of our last child, I asked God to give me new dreams. For so many years (all my life really) my big dream was to marry and have children. I faced many uncertainties and challenges through my first 40 years, and was never very confident that my big dream would become reality. Now, I am a married woman with 3 children who call me Mama, but I often feel empty inside. Life is busy and each day is full, but when I stop and listen, there is a sadness within me. For so many years I waited for God to answer my prayers and fulfill my dreams. Now that the lifelong dream has been realized, what do I hope for? Are the significant events of my life over? Perhaps this is what mid-life is about. So I asked God repeatedly to give me new dreams. I desperately needed to know that there were meaningful and significant events still in my future. In the meantime, I kept doing my daily business: taking kids to school, cooking for my family, grocery shopping, helping kids with
