I was doing some reflecting on my dream day and re-reading some notes.    I found that I had a lot of notes surrounding 1 Chronicles 28.

I have a NIV Study Bible, so I really liked the notes called "Principles To Live By" next to this chapter.

1.  Get to know God personally.

2.  Learn God's commands and discover what he wants you to do.

3.  Worship God with wholehearted devotion.

4.  Serve God with a willing mind.

5.  Be faithful.

6.  Don't become discouraged.

I think I could dig into each of these a whole lot more.   Any one thing in particular stand out to you?

So we moved off of Blogger today and on to a new blog platform to run VortexMinistry.com.   Me being the tech geek, just had to run my own blog platform.  

Read the About Vortex page to learn a little more about what we're trying to do.   It's an ever evolving idea and concept, but isn't that where it gets fun?   We've got all kinds of ideas running around of where to take this, but slowly they will come.   Afterall, there is still a family and a business and commitments, etc.....

Let's live a Freaky Life!   How about you?   Get Sucked In and see where it takes you. 

Definitely glad I did the Dream Day afternoon. I’m working to build that up to an entire day. What if I could do it once a week?

I found a park and it was empty, probably because it was raining. There was a huge covered picnic shelter, so it was great for me. I started reading my Bible, but I kept hearing some random scratching coming from a nearby garbage can. My curiosity arose so I went to check it out. I thought maybe a cat, squirrel or raccoon had climbed inside and was stuck. Well, after a couple of minutes I decided to kick the can over. Out popped a raccoon and it just froze there. Then, it got its bearings and took off for the woods. I told Holli I saved a raccoon’s life and she just thought I was crazy. She said I was lucky it didn’t attack me. Hmm, that wouldn’t be good.

So I kept on dreaming and then all of a sudden this big dog shows up from out of nowhere. It seemed friendly, but didn’t have a collar on, so I didn’t mess with it. It eventually left.

My mind is swirling around with lots of good scripture I was reading and listening to some of things God was trying to tell me. I took a lot of great notes and will definitely be doing this again. I spent most of my time in 1 Chronicles. Good stuff about David.

This afternoon I'm leaving the office to go escape to a quiet place (I'm thinking a park with a covered picnic area because it's raining). I'm going to do a 1/2 day Dream Day. Basically, I'm taking my Bible, my journal and a pen. Ray Hilbert from Truth at Work challenged us to do this and I've been excited to fit it into my schedule for the past month. I might stop at a starbucks first and grab a yummy drink before heading to the park.

We'll see what God has in store for me and what He wants to tell me. I know it's going to be good. I love to get away and just dream, but I never seem to take the time to do it.

One thing that I can guarantee is that some issue will pop up this afternoon at work. Seriously, any time I try and get away and do something like this, some issue arises. It's like the devil knows and is trying to mess up my mood.

Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

Happy Dreaming....

Do you dream? Not sleeping dreams, but real-life, awake, in the moment dreams. What are they?

I am definitely a dreamer. I love to sit around and just dream up new ideas and concepts. Do you include God in your dreams?

A passage of scripture that I really like is Isaiah 55:9: "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.".

I also like Ephesians 3:20: "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us"

I definitely try to include God in my dream time. Afterall, if He can do immeasurably more than I can imagine, why not include Him in the brainstorms.

Think about some of the dreams you're dreaming and see if God can help out to clarify, crystalize, or even lend a helping hand.