Cheer up sleepy Jean....oh what can it mean, to a Daydream believer and a Homecoming Queen.......  If you are singing along to this song, chances are you are at least 35 years old or grew up with older sisters like I did (or both...I am 37).  I confess, I am a daydream believer....but I was a little too rebellious to ever be a Homecoming Queen.....shocking- I know!
I have been thinking a lot about dreams lately.  Not only the dreams I have, but the simple power of them.  I believe with all my heart that it is the dreams the Lord has put inside of me that have kept me alive and excited to face each day.  On the days when I feel hopeless, frustrated, lost, or alone....on the days when I feel like "what's the point?"....the thing that gets me up and excited (besides my cup of coffee)  is the idea of "What if?"  "What if" today is the day that something really big happens?  "What if" something I write, something I say, or something I do transforms the lives of others for the glory of God?  "What if" I have a divine appointment today!  "What if", while I am sitting here (today I chose Borders) I meet someone who is lost and needs the Lord.....or better yet, what if they are a book editor who is lost and needs the Lord....and a good Christian novel from a spunky 37 year old Girl!  How cool would that be?! 
Sometimes we simply need to be a daydream believer to jump start our day.  Once I have decided that it is a daydream believer kind of a day, I am good to go.  I go about my day with eyes wide open looking for the dream the Lord is going to reveal or fulfill for the day.  "but Jen, what if nothing happens that day?".  That's simple....you just get up the next day and do it all over again.  The thing is.....you got through the day with eager eyes of anticipation and excitement, rather than having a day filled with anxiety and distress.  In the end, even if nothing "major" happened, you still had a good day with the Lord.....and it only adds to the excitement that surely tomorrow will be the day.  Okay....for you nay-sayers out there who are saying "but what happens when day after day nothing happens".  To you sweet Sisters I say: if nothing happens day after day....perhaps you are not looking closely enough.  Sometimes we want God to reveal himself the way we have it planned.  We have it so set in our mind how he should operate that we miss Him over and over and over again. 
It reminds me of the story my friend told me a while back.  There was this man who found himself in the midst of a flood.  When rescue workers came he said "No thanks....God will rescue me".  The water rose and he climbed to his roof.  Another rescue boat came to get him but again he responded "No thanks....God will save me".  He climbed to the top of his chimney....clinging to the last bit of brick as he "stood in faith" that God would save him.  A final rescue boat came by.  As the man hung on, holding his breath, he said "No thanks.....God will save me".  The boat left and the man drowned.  When he got to heaven he asked God why he did not rescue him from the flood.  God responded with "I sent you three boats!"
So Girls....my question to you is this?  Have you been "missing the boat"?  Are you so busy telling God how you want him to transform you and your life that you have missed the opportunities he has placed before you?  It's good to make plans....but don't leave God out of them.  Let your plans be flexible and open enough to see the boat as it approaches!

Love, peace, and thanks to you all-
Jen

Proverbs 16:1  We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answer.