Monday, July 18, 2005
DREAMS DO COME TRUE
I have a friend (well, hopefully I have many)! But one friend in particular lives a long way from me. Way out on the west coast of British Columbia. I consider him a very, very good friend. I put him in the category of one of my best friends.
He has been a trusted and valued friend for several years. Yet we had never visited one another except through the Internet. Our meeting and the development of our friendship is definitely a “God-thing”. How it occurred and developed is another story.
For several years I have had a dream about him visiting me. I thought it would never happen. In fact, I wrote a Journal entry that I never posted entitled, “A Dream That Will Never Come True”. And I didn’t think that it ever would.
But, Praise be to God, it has come true! Yes, my friend is visiting me. And he is able, in his very insane travel schedule, to spend some days with me. I am happier than I have been in years because he is here and we are able to share so many things.
Often, anticipated events do not measure up to our unrealistic expectations of them. Then when the longed-for events finally occur they are a huge disappointment. Not so with the visit of my friend!
I don’t know what it has been like from his perspective—and I’d never put him on the spot by asking. But for me the reality has exceeded the expectation. I am so thankful to my God. My friend and I have shared together in numerous ways. My life has been so blessed by him for these several recent years. And now I have been so blessed by his visit that words cannot come close to communicating my joy and gratitude—to God and to my friend.
I can only say, “Thanks be to God…” and thanks to my friend for this wonderful blessing.
Jim
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