Yep, leave it to me---it's not the first time.... probably won't be the last! And, boy, does my heart ache and I dread looking for it--because, quite frankly, I have no idea what I did with it! And it was a masterpiece, at least, it will be if I never find it b/c no one can ever prove otherwise.
You see, I had a dream...so vivid that I had to write about it. In fact, I was planning to incorporate it into my latest book project. So, I set aside time to write the dream down, in pain-staking detail...letting the words flow with my imagination--so excited for the vision God had given me and the new twist in my book.
Then, I had the dread "writing hiatus". Now, that I am ready to get back to banging out the manuscript, I can't find my "dream writing". I have no idea where I put it. How could I have been so nonchalant about it and just tossed it away? Well, I ask myself that question, but I know the answer. I wasn't ready to move it from handwritten form to typed form at the time, so I just pushed it aside.... waiting for God to bop me on the head and get me back on track! I was mulling over my own inadequacies...my own temptations...my own weaknesses.
And, yet, in all the chaos of lostness, I smile. 'Tis okay. It is lost.....and I will look for it....I may not find it, but the memory of it lives in my mind. And I am thankful that though this piece of a manuscript may be forever lost, I can never be in that state of lostness. Yes, I may stray from the Lord. Yes, I may rebel against my Father, but He will always be there to find me. He never loses me. He would leave all of His sheep, just to find me.
He would do the same for you.
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About 3-4 years ago, I felt led to start writing down all my dreams in a Dream Journal and I felt like this urging was from the Lord. I used to keep the journal right by my bed, but know I keep it on my desk right by my computer. I only right down the significant dreams that wake me or seem very strong and important--the ones that won't leave me right away. If you feel you've lost part of the memory of it, pray for God to remind you and He will. I've had some dreams more than once. I hope the best for your manuscript.
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