I am just back from a week in the beautiful country location of Toowoomba, Queensland. I went to teach on a Discipleship Training School for a week. I am always humbled that I am invited to share my life journey and what I have gathered along the way. I am always equally humbled by the people I meet and the access they give me to their lives!!

It was a special week in lots of ways. For a start it was a school of 33 extremely talented singers and musicians!! It was a bit like living daily in a scene from ‘High School Musical’ – just minus the dramas!! It didn’t matter where I went, there would be someone with a guitar or singing in harmony!! Incredible!!!

While I truly love the opportunity to go and teach – there is a certain sacrifice that comes with the job. I often find myself focussing on the students and spending my time pouring into them. So much at times, that I get really exhausted.

While there were definitely elements of that this trip…I also found myself asking God for something more this time…

The beautiful location we were in, and the beautiful cool misty mornings were pure delight to my heart after the past couple of months of sweltering in the North Queensland summer… But there was something even more than that…

You see, I got to see a dream fulfilled…

I remember while I was teaching in high school, over 20 years ago, I was hanging out with a talented group of musicians…while they played, I was in the kitchen doing the dishes… At the time, I felt like it was my contribution to my friends. Other than a love of singing, my musical talents are pretty much non-existent, so while my friends played their instruments together, I got busy with the dishes.

While I was washing dishes enjoying an incredible musical feast in my own house, I had a picture of one day serving musicians in a more tangible way.

You see – I love the arts! I love to champion people’s creativity and help them find ways of stepping out even more with their gifts! At the time though, I just had no idea how that might actually look.

Fast forward 20+ years and here I was – still with very limited musical talents encouraging a whole school of young musicians into the truth of their TRUE IDENTITY in the Lord! After an incredible day of ministry, these talented musos spontaneously started picking up instruments to add into the incredible orchestra of worship!!

And it hit me – this was the picture I had over 20 years previously… To say that I dissolved into a puddle of grateful tears would probably be an understatement… I was so incredibly overwhelmed by what I saw unfolding in front of my eyes.

In a time when its too easy to get discouraged and think that anything good must be in the ‘old days’…I stood on the precipice of deep, abiding joy.

Just like mist that burns off with the heat of the day, dreams can sometimes be elusive and feel as though they too may burn off with time. But…dreams ARE WORTH holding onto. We never know what tomorrow may bring…maybe right around the corner is the answer to your heart’s hope.

I have come back from my trip to Toowoomba much richer than I left…in the relationships I made…but even more than, in a rekindled hope that – DREAMS DO COME TRUE!

Here’s hoping that you get to hold a little tighter to your dreams today…and praying that it won’t be long till you too get to see those dreams fulfilled!!