The "Gap"

There is usually a huge gap between the birth of a dream and the achievement of that dream. The question you have to ask yourself is whether it will be a fulfilment gap or a frustration gap. If it's a frustration gap you'll be miserable most of the days you're in it. And every day that you're frustrated instead of fulfilled, you lessen the odds that you'll be able to keep moving forward toward your dream. Author Seth Godin calls this gap between when you set out to do something and when you actually start to see significant results 'the dip'. The dip represents the adversity you must face, the learning curve you must go through and the hard work you must be willing to invest between conception and realisation.

If the dip you are in seems to be a road without end, here are some Scriptures you need to stand on:

 'Don't be impatient for the Lord to act! Keep travelling steadily along His pathway and in due season He will honour you with every blessing.' (Psalm 37:34 TLB)

 'Do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.' (Hebrews 10:35-36 NIV) '

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.' (2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV)

God has promised you more than just the fulfilment of your dream; He has promised joy in each step you take toward it.

Amen to that!

My husband and I are just busy getting back into the routine of work and getting over colds and the like. Its his birthday tomorrow. I'm slightly sadden we have no baby to share in the flesh- I know each year he gets older the more upset he grows about not being an earthly daddy. He's longed, just as I have, to have children. I can totally sympathesise. I dread the thought of my birthday arriving too and still not being an earthly mummy and not having our babies there to cradle as we blow out the candles. Tomorrow night, when he blows out the candles, I know we'll have both Jubilee and Jasey on our minds. But God knows. Maybe next year. At the moment, we are just in that "gap" between the reality and our the achievement of our dreams and our God given callings. God help us to find the joy in each step along the way!