J.W. Creative Writer.blog (Valuesbooks.wordpress.com)

When I was young, I listened to thoughts and echos of ideas that were only in the distance, not quite attainable. As I grew older those thoughts became dreams and aspirations. Living a life is at first a gift given and then a responsibility. I once dreamed of love… and wondered if I would find it and hold it in my hand. Eventually, that dream became reality. Slowly it blossomed into an experience of loving someone, something and then everything!

As I grew older, I learned that those thoughts and ideas became more than distant plans or hopes. They became people, places and things that mattered. A wife. A daughter. A son. Daily routines. Even God became routine. I learned to ask Why? I also accepted by faith things I failed to understand.

Suddenly, one day it happened. Reality became more real. Faith became less real and I was no longer where I dreamed of being. Love was but a dream and life wasn’t going where I thought it was… Going…Going… Stop.

Jesus paid it all. He gave himself that I might have life abundantly! That is reality. I may not understand all that I go through. My reality may not be dreams that came true, but life is still a gift that God gave me and with it came other gifts or treasures. I must continue to experience life as it comes. I still have thoughts and echos of ideas and all I can do is live, love and Believe.

J.W.