Waiting for Dreams!

I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. I Corinthians 3:2

***I have felt God telling me to write this blog for about a week now, and today after speaking with dear friend I got the final confirmation
I am writing this today for a longtime friend of mine. I hope when he reads it God uses it to speak truth into his heart.

Dreams. We all have them. Some dreams are simple, easily accomplished. Others are more of a matter of the heart. Some dreams are such a part of who we are that we begin to take it personal when it feels as though God isn't fulfilling them. We feel like that perverbial carrot is being dangled right in front of our face. Do you know that God doesn't dangle carrots? If God shows us something, whether it be in our hearts or our dreams, he plans on giving it to us. How unjust of a God would he be if he had no intention of helping HIS children achieve their dreams. Instead we serve a very JUST God, who is ready and willing to give us all the desires of our heart if we delight in Him. And that is the catch...WE have to be ready to receive it. God knows us inside and out. Every thought, every care, every worry and he knows when we are ready to receive certain gifts from him. I like to think about it like this: Abigail--my little daredevil--would love for me to let her climb up to the top of the slide at the park all by herself. But as her mother, I know that she isn't ready yet. She is too young, she doesn't understand everything it takes to get to the top and back down safely. She has more growing to do(physically and mentally) before I can let her do that. And when the time is right, and she shows me that she has learned all of the necessary skills, (sadly) I will let her go; and she will have the time of her life--b/c she was READY!
Have you ever felt like God has left you hanging on the clothesline of life? Well, he hasn't. You just haven't fully dried =) Many times in life, I have wanted something so badly, but God just wouldn't grant it...I wasn't ready. And then after I had grown and surrendered other parts of my life to him, those desires either faded or were filled. Waiting on the Lord is so difficult; especially when it seems that everyone around you is living the "perfect" life.(That is another day--not using others for your yardstick--)
SO...what should we be doing?? Living in the now! Praising God Now! Loving God Now! Seeking God's will for us NOW! We have to stop looking for the next present with our name on it under the tree, and focus on what God has put in our hands in the present.
God, help me to be patient as I wait for my dreams to come true. Amen.