July 31st, 2008 by Tim Moore

Do you have any great dreams for your life?  My dream growing up was to be a professional basketball player.  When we are small children we dream of being superheroes, firefighters, or doctors.  Yet, by the time we approach adulthood we have typically settled for lead cashier or to become a supervisor someday.  What happens to our dreams?  Do we suddenly wake up and realize it was simply…a dream?

I believe deep inside all of us we still dream.  We may not have the same dreams we had when we were children, but we still dream.  Some turn those dreams into reality while most simply dream.  The ones who make their dreams come true are the people who never give up on them and aren’t afraid to fail trying.

What dream of yours have you ignored or given up on?  Maybe it was a dream to invent something or to travel around the world.  Perhaps you always dreamed of finishing your degree and working in a different career field.  Whatever your dreams are, don’t be afraid to go after them.  One thing I do know is that I can live with failure a lot more than I can with regret.

July 14th, 2008 by Tim Moore

Have you ever wondered how things grow? For example, each week I start up my lawn mower and hack up my lawn so that the neighbors don’t complain. And in just a few short days it quickly comes back. In fact, as I’m writing this I need to give some attention to my lawn. Amazingly enough, I can’t figure out when my grass grows.

You can sit in your yard all day long and stare at a few blades of grass and still not see it get any taller. But ignore it for just a week and you’ll have a hay field. What I learned from my grass is that growth just happens when the conditions are right. When we get rain and plenty of sunshine, my grass (and some weeds) just grow. Why? Because God made it that way.

The same is true for any area of growth in our lives. If you can just get the conditions right, you will find growth. If you want to grow in your faith in Jesus Christ, simply get the right conditions in your life and let the growth happen. In the upcoming posts, we’ll talk about what conditions can really help us grow spiritually.

For now, go cut your grass, your neighbors are starting to complain.