"I feel like I'm on the verge of being challenged way beyond what I've always thought my limit is.
No fear rises up in my heart with that conclusion, which is odd. I normally scare and worry myself way too easily for my own good. For whatever reason, this time my heart can't even remember what fear tastes like. I feel more restless than anything. I want whatever challenge there is around the corner... whatever surprise I couldn't have knowingly prepared for in a thousand years. I'm simply not content in knowing there's something better and I don't have it. And I think that's good. I think... I think somewhere along the way I've allowed my heart to settle for crumbs, when there's always been a feast prepared and set out just for me. A feast consisting of the richest foods I've only ever dreamed of. My bones are about to crush under the excitement building up inside of me... I want it. All of it. Whatever "it" is.
I can't explain it. The words just can't seem to reach my tongue... or fingers, for that matter. I guess I'm just realizing how small I feel when I stand next to God's dreams for me. He has so much more than most of us dare to dream of... let alone embrace. What's so cool to me is that God, the Creator of the universe, chose to display His Image through us. He chose us to usher in His Kingdom on Earth. To imitate Him in the way we create, the way we think, the way we speak, the way we love. I fall so short of the Glory He wants to display through me. And I'm allowing myself to see glimpses into how He intends to show His Glory in my life. I'm starting to see more and more of His fingerprints on the dreams I have for my life, for my marriage, for my family, for the world around me... those dreams are not on accident. They're not without greater purpose than I see now. We all know there HAS to be something bigger than ourselves. Something better than what we settle for. I fully believe we're all born with that aching understanding in the core of who we are.
And that's really all I have to say. I'm not entirely sure where all that came from... but I do know that I'm excited. And I know God is about a billion times more excited than I am."
-Excited, Female-Age Unknown
