Rememberer of Dreams

I've been surprised by God in the past of how He fulfilled past (and sometimes forgotten) dreams when I least expected them.

A couple of examples come to mind...

Sitting in a graduate school, we watched a documentary on a charter school that was bridging the achievement gap by providing lower-income students with a solid education, high expectations, and the opportunity to climb the mountain to college (a chance many of those in those communities don't get). I remember thinking, "Wow, I would love to work as a speech-language pathologist in a school like that one day..." It was a VERY fleeting thought. Lo and behold, God provided (I totally was not looking for a job in this sort of a school upon graduation) a job where I am now working in a charter school system that does exactly that. (Cool story of how I got the job but that's for another entry.)

Another example- Shortly after graduating college, I talked with many homeless people and taught children that were living in the projects. During that period, I thought - "I just want to live in the community WITH them one day..." Several years later, I somehow ended up living in East Harlem for 2 years.... In the part of Harlem where gun shootings were normal occurrences. I can't say we changed the place much but I count it a blessing to have gotten the chance to live WITH them in the community...

Etc.

More recently, God remembered a dream that I had forgotten. You see, one of the things I wanted to do with my speech-pathology skills was to help orphans in developing countries. Year after year, despite my searching, there seemed to be no open doors for this. So I sorta put this dream to the back shelf. And I was just faithful to the things placed in front of me. But recently, I got an opportunity to visit an orphanage in Asia, an orphanage for children with special needs that were abandoned.

You know, I had forgotten this dream. But as I thought about this opportunity, something inside me stirred... and I remembered the dream I had years ago, throughout college and my earlier years of my 20s. The dream to work with orphans (and eventually to adopt). :)

God remembered my dreams even when I had forgotten them.

What dreams did you have in the past? Maybe some are on the back shelf now. But God does not forget your dreams (think about Joseph). Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.