Dreams

I know Jayne and Graham may accuse me of "thought theft" but I was getting somewhere with this before they said this!

My thoughts with this started when I was singing the other day at church and the lines "in my wildest dreams, in my darkest hour" stuck with me. And I was thinking that so often when we have really wild dreams and can feel that something is stirring to bring them to fruition that it can be a really dark place.
RT Kendall says something along these lines in "The Anointing" of how those with "tomorrow's anointing" often feel like no one understands them and they do not have the words to articulate what God is saying to them in a way anyone understands. Some of this is because what they have is new and maybe the words are there but the concepts haven't yet come into people's heads yet.
So one's wildest dreams can be one's darkest hour because one does need to have that special faith from God to know that one can make this happen.

Jayne and Graham were taking about a dream they had but of how they didn't want to make it a reality because it may not be as good as the dream
How often do we all get into that place? We know this dream is from God. We spend ages praying. Ages putting together His plan for this dream. But then there is that fear that because we will then have to include other people in this dream because "no man is an island" they might just spoil it all.
This is where we need to have that extra faith that this is of God and He is in total control and He will make it happen.

Lisa in "Let's put the kettle on" talks of how sharing their dreams with a friend actually reawaken them for her and Byron and help to make them come more alive. This is what she says "I suppose it sounds ridiculous but there are times when it's good to be reminded that our dreams are good, exciting and worth going after.
Dave's enthusiasm for the dreams in our hearts and the way we're already realizing parts of them was refreshment on the way.
Friendship kindled and dreams shared, it makes a difference, doesn't it? "

To me this says that even when we are scared of airing those dreams we do need to share them with trusted friends to keep them alive and bring them to fruition. And also this will keep helping us to see if God is in the centre of them.