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Vissionary. Vision. What do these words even mean? Scripture tells us that "without vision the people perish." People have vision. That much I know. And in my mind (at least for most of my life) 'other' people have vision. Great dreams and aspirations for their own lives and the world around them. Great opportunities with which they invite us along for the ride. It has always made sense for me to come under someone else's vision. Which I have always considered and contemplated with joy. I love to see people around me succeed, so of course I want to be a part of that. But I am now unfolding the mysterious truth of how God means for us all to carry vision. We each get our own. Our own unique expression of how to prepare for His return. We may not know what it is in its entirety or be able to flesh out the details, but it is there. The seed of something bigger that is just waiting to be recognized, planted and tended to. One woman described it as being "pregnant with vision" and how it feels to carry it from stage to stage with the ups and downs all the way to birth. The conception of vision requires our DNA mixing with God's DNA. We exist to co-create with the Maker of the universe. We get to foster our vision. We get to endure the hardship and joy of birthing it. We get the priviledge to train it up in the way it should go just like we would any natural born child. We get to make sure it looks more like Jesus that it does us.
I feel like God wants to open my eyes to pursue Him in this place that I never thought was really for me. That I never imagined to be my strength. But I am excited for this chance to go to the Lord and ask Him what piece I get. What's the vision piece that I get? I already know what the purpose of my life is, but now I get to dream with the Lord about the cause I get to give my life to. I get to look at my passions for writing and music and art, my hunger for travel and adventure, and my heart for family and community. I get to hear the Lord on how to specifically bring His Kingdom with my whole life. Right now I am intrigued by the ideas of pioneering and planting a community. Doing something new with a committed group of people. Doing life together with the expressed purpose of bringing heaven to earth with every aspect of our lives. Such broad terms. But I have to start somewhere. This season I want to continue to do things that I have never done, make mistakes, getting up and getting it right the next time. I want to be open to the word of the Lord that "This is the year that changes everything." Not just for the
Awaken school and our family but for my individual life as well.
