Defining and Refining our Vision

I love how God takes us through different seasons in life. I am beginning to appreciate how during different seasons of life how our dreams change, and things that were once very important are no longer so important and things we once thought insignificant become vitally important! I understand there are lessons learned, relationships built and concepts embraced. Then just as the winds begin to blow in a different direction things begin to shift. there are new questions, relationships change and concepts are refined. Solomon spoke of this in Ecclesiastics chapter 3 in his "time for everything" verses... you know the ones, For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest.... and so on. (if you are not familiar with them look them up and read them. Remember Solomon was the wisest man whom ever lived!)

well all that to say that I have been working on a vision board. I had heard of this concept many years ago, even did one or two in my teens. then had the concept reintroduced to me earlier this week and was inspired to work on one. Interestingly today while working on collecting some pictures to represent things in life I want to be a part of my life. I discovered something very interesting...

I was irresistibly and incredibly drawn to pictures of people and things outdoors. I started to notice all the photos I was tearing out of magazines were in outdoor settings. I started to think about this and pray for God to reveal to me what this was about... Because the truth is I an not a very outdoor kind of person. After some time in prayer, I realized that has not always been true. All of my earliest memories are of being outdoors. I remembered a conversation that must have taken place when I was in first grade between my parents in the family car while driving. We had just visited two different homes. My parents had decided to sell the farm and move into town. On the way back to the farm, Mom and Dad were discussing the merits of the each home trying to decided if one or the other would be the best for us. Dad turns and looks at me and with a big smile on his face says to mom... "I know which one Kathy would like. her eyes lit up and just sparkled with she seen the large back yard and the beautiful flower gardens at the one on such and such street. She was already to set up her play area right in the middle of the yard." What a sweet wonderful memory! I realize that it was moving to Florida several years after that, and trying to deal with the heat that made me an indoor hermit. I suddenly miss very much being outside!

I sure wish the weather would turn cooler so I could spend some time outside... I'm gonna have to give this some serious thought and spend some time in prayer about it.

I encourage you to tackle a vision board... not sure what one is google it!

Blessings my friends,