Dreams

I talked with JR on Friday evening, and then again after church today. Every time we talk I feel like I get a broader perspective on things. (Maybe that’s because we’ve only talked a handful of times in 17+ years of acquaintanceship.) We discussed some stuff going on in our lives, and in church, things we struggle with, etc. and then we got on the subject of dreams. I told him I felt like my dreams and aspirations had been washed away by the relentless waves of life.

He asked me what I think I was put here on earth to do. He said, “What could you do for hours and hours and not even realize time is passing?”

My first thought was, Make love. But I quickly moved on to the next thing, Writing. I was mulling it around in my head without really saying anything when he said, “Whatever that thing is, that’s a passion or gifting that God’s put in you.” He paused, then said, “I’d like to see you writing.”

It was kind of strange, the way he said it.