Bold Dreams

It is said that Thomas Edison performed 50,000 experiments before he succeeded in producing a storage battery. We can only imagine that the famous inventor would have had some serious doubts along the way. But when asked if he ever became discouraged working so long without results, Edison replied, “Results? Why? I know 50,000 things that won’t work.”

In his book, Eating Problems for Breakfast, Tim Hansel quotes John Gardner, “One of the reasons why mature people stop growing and learning, is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.”

I wonder what your dreams are in life. How do you want to grow and mature as a person? How do you imagine God working through you to make a difference in this world?  I pray that in your own life you would never lose your ability to dream. Whether you are young or old or somewhere in between, may you always be willing to risk failure and take bold steps to realize those dreams.

Let us pray: Help us, O Lord, never grow too old to mature or learn or grow or dream. Give us a vision for life that is bigger than we could ever imagine. Help us to see failure as an opportunity for growth. And, may we rely on you, trusting that when you call us to something new, you will equip us fully.  We offer you again our lives this day. Use us as instruments of light and hope to this world. Amen.