Caffeine Dreams

I work in a coffee shop.
I see many sleepy people coming in, dependent on their coffee fix for the day. 
You'll often hear them say,"Oh, I'm sorry. Here's that extra penny. I just can't seem to function yet." And then when the time comes,"I don't know what I'd do with out this!" as they take up the hot cup of caffeinated liquid in their fist and rush out the door to face the day.
I've come to realize that my job is quite vital to the American culture. 
What would we do without coffee? 
What would we do without this common dependency on a natural steroid, as it were?
Our whole world might just crash down on us!
There is SUCH a strong dependency on a little umber colored.....bean. Yes, a bean.


So, it got me thinking.
It got me thinking about my dreams. Not dreams that play out while I'm sleeping. Rather, .....life long dreams. Dreams that have been doing a great deal of sleeping themselves. Strange concept. Sleeping dreams. They're real though. Real and desperate to be stirred from their slumber.
How often do we just keep them sleeping? We know they're there. We acknowledge them once in a while, but do we ever actually activate them? Wake them up and give them a boost? Say to ourselves,"This dream has been inside of me ever since I can remember and it's time that I do something about it."?
Caffeinate it! :)
What does that mean? 
Well, first of all, pursue it. Go after what it is that God has placed inside of you. It's there for a reason! 
Talk to God about it. He wants to hear that you're excited and chasing after what He's given you.
Listen. He doesn't want to stop with planting that dream inside of you, He wants to continue to coach you in the process of it's growth!
See. Look for opportunities where aspects of your dream can be invested in, nurtured, grown, used, .......caffeinated!
Finally, God has to be the ultimate source for the "caffeine". As He's teaching you how to awaken that dream, He will walk with you along the way. He will show you a whole new freedom to move in. Plus, He's so stoked about you responding to His gifts that He'll cause you to be excited out of your mind too! He loves you that much. :)


So, take a minute. Ask yourself,"What is my dream? Do I want to wake it up or leave it slumbering?" I think you'd be surprised at what you'll find. 
Just so you know, those dreams are seeded in your strengths. Your strengths! The things that you are best at and you have an appetite for! 
If you harness that and pursue you're dreams? Wow. You'll be on a caffeinated high for life. ;)


just a thought....
mags