Does your family dream?

Yesterday we put an offer in on a new home, and it was accepted.  There is nothing like purchasing a home to make your mind start racing with dreams of DIY projects, holidays to come, and memories to be made.  Each night we all climb into Pete and I's bed to read a chapter of a book.  Last night the book went MIA, but the girls were too cozy to be hurried out to their own rooms, so instead of reading I posed the question, "What do you dream of doing in our new house?"  We talked about tire swings and patios, building a fire pit and a tree house, simple dreams, but beautiful ones.  As the girls were sharing their dreams I was thinking, "why don't we do this more often?"  We are so blessed to live in a time and place where we have the freedom to dream.

Yesterday was a good day to remember to dream as our nation honored the man who gave us the "I Have A Dream,"  speech and with it a vision for future children in America.  Yesterday was a good day to dream as a man was sworn in as our President, a man who a few generations ago could not have dreamed that dream because of the color of his skin.

My devotion yesterday led me to Jeremiah 29:11.  It was the perfect reminder that yesterday indeed was a good day to dream, but so is today, and tomorrow will be a good day as well, for our everlasting, unchanging God  says,

        "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and      not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Does your family dream together?  Perhaps a divorce, loss of a job, or a death have caused you to stop dreaming.  I hope you will start again, for among the trials of life God's plan for you and your children still stands.  It is a good plan, and He wants you dream with hope of the future He has waiting for you.