embrace whimsy?

I'm a dreamer, I have been my whole life.  When we are young we have this unique ability to make things better than they really are, to create a dream world where what could be outshines reality (what is).  It's the scene of the kid playing with the box the toy comes in before realizing there is a new toy laying in the floor beside them.  This box could be anything, it has not yet been told what it has to be, or how its suppose to be played with. 

The reality is reality (what is) is sobering.  It wakes us up from the dream world and tells us what we have to be and how things are.  Sometimes reality stinks.  If we are not careful reality can entangle us like a fly caught in a web.  The truth is things don't have to stay the same,  things can change and so can "reality."

Like I said I'm a dreamer, one time my sophomore year of COLLEGE I skipped class to go to wal-mart.  That wasn't that strange but what was strange was the fact I skipped my Bible class and went to wal-mart to buy a fresh pack of G.I. Joe's.  As a boy I would play with my assortment of toys and create bloody battle scenes using strawberry jelly.  The strawberry jelly was to give a gruesome bloody effect, but also I was a chubby kid so it was fun to lick the jelly off.  The day I skipped class I played in the grass beside my dorm for hours recreating classic battles from my past.  I still do the same things, in fact when I go to the gym I sit in the steam room  before I begin my workout; most of the time I have my IPOD on a Hillsong mix where I put on the same concert in the steam room at my gym by myself.  In this concert I perform songs I have memorized and dream of millions of people coming to Christ because the Spirit is moving, I honestly cherish this time. 

The conflict is: the dream of what could be vs. the reality of what is.  I'm not saying we should irresponsibly live in a dream world, but I am suggesting that maybe we shouldn't be so quick to dismiss our dreams of what could be.  Or, if we become inspired by music, movies, some one God has put in our lives, a sermon that has moved us and dream of a greatly reality.  Then we sleep and when we wake up reality sets in and the emotion from that inspiration is gone; what if we stuck with it.  What if even when that dream starts to sound silly, we stick with it and put forth the effort to try and make that dream of what could be a reality.  What if as followers of Christ we still dreamed of changing the world and then put forth effort to make the dream a reality of what is.  For me to embrace whimsy is to embrace a dream of what could be and make it my reality.  Not selfish dreams, but dreams of changing peoples lives for Christ.  That is one of the reasons I have started this blog, I have created "My Whimsical List"; a list of dreams I have to further the Kingdom of God that I will try and make a reality.  My desire is to embrace the whimsy of what could be, what can it hurt? What if it actually works! I would challenge you, if there is a dream God has put in your heart, embrace it. Chase after it, and see what happens and where it takes you.  Don't be stuck in "reality", Don't be stuck in the way things are. You don't have to be trapped in that web.  Embrace Whimsy.