RECLAIMING THE DREAM

I had a dream beyond the clouds,
A place I couldn't see,
Where JESUS broke the prison bars
And set this captive FREE.
I took the dream into my heart
And prayed it into being,
PRAISING God with all my heart
For things I wasn't seeing!

I SEARCHED my bible for the TRUTH
And SPOKE IT OUT, BELIEVING
That PROMISES contained inside
Were MINE for the receiving.
I stuck the verses on the walls
And ate them through the day,
MEDITATING in my heart
On what my Lord would say.

He told me I would KNOW the TRUTH
And that would set me FREE.
That when He died upon the Cross
He GAVE HIS LIFE for me.
He bid me open up the door
And let Him come and dine,
I took the words He spoke within
And claimed each one as mine.

Then Jesus took my little faith,
The mustard seed I planted,
He said, "My child, since you asked
The DREAM you had was granted".
I'd walked by FAITH and not by sight,
BUT as we shared each meal
I KNEW that CHRIST had set me FREE
To LIVE the DREAM for REAL!

With GRATEFUL HEART I lived my DREAM,
AMAZED by so much GRACE,
I'd come to Jesus on my knees
And REST in HIS EMBRACE.
Now deep inside I had no doubt
That what He said would last,
But then I started longing for
The prison of my past.

I started building on the sand
With things that would not hold,
Soon my HEART ABLAZE for God
Was distant, hard and cold.
For three more years I chased that DREAM
And lived it like the tide,
I'd never hold it very long
Before I'd TURN and hide.

Then one day as I sat in church
I heard God speak ANEW:
"My child, you MUST TAKE my WORD
And SWALLOW when you chew!
Choose today
whom you will serve
And in MY STRENGTH walk FREE,
It's time to let the ANCHOR HOLD
And LIVE YOUR LIFE FOR ME"

A MULTICOLORED DREAMER

I will LIVE the DREAM of Jesus,
LIVE it out for ALL to see,
I will be an EMPTY VESSEL
For the LORD to FLOW through me.
YES, I'll be a KINGDOM DREAMER,
Starting on my KNEES in PRAYER,
Where the world sees only darkness,
I SEE Rainbows forming there:

Children, dying in the gutter,
gently lifted from the street,
RIGHTEOUSNESS and PEACE together
Where His LOVE and TRUTH will meet.
Tents stretched wide, the land extended,
I SEE Captives walking FREE.
Even when I'm seen as foolish
I WILL WAIT EXPECTANTLY.

Heavens windows flung WIDE OPEN
For the TIME God KNOWS is RIGHT.
Like a watchman waits for morning,
I will look beyond the night!
I will give God ALL the GLORY
For the things I've yet to see,
From His nurture of the acorn
There WILL grow a MIGHTY TREE!

I WILL Live the DREAM of Jesus,
WAIT for buds upon the branch.
Reach the broken and the needy
With the LOVE that makes me DANCE.
And I'll PRAY with PATIENT VISION
Through the days of dormancy,
KNOWING there is FRUIT ABUNDANT
That of yet I cannot see.
Yes, I'll be a KINGDOM DREAMER,
TECHNI-COLOURED by His Word,
Through my life I'll be a prism
Witnessing the TRUTH I've heard.
ALL the PRAISE and ALL the HONOUR
To the ONE who SET ME FREE,
PLANTING seeds with FULL ASSURANCE
Of the HARVEST yet to be!

(Joanna, December 15, 2002)

Lord, keep this precious life close to You always. Bless her, lead her, guide her, enrich her,
strengthen her and minister to her. Grant her Your wondrous companionship, Your awesome
peace and Your complete healing, in Jesus' mighty name.

I love you Jo. God bless and keep you always!

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