What Is and All That Can Be
In Blog, growth 4 commentsDec 02
In the quiet settlement of our heart, there are things we wish.
I wrote about one of mine, today, over at a Deeper Story — how one of my greatest fears is being misunderstood…and how I wish that weren’t so.
I wish other things, too.
Some of my wishes are unrealistic.
That I will eat whatever I want and my body will somehow still become thinner.
That my face will never see lines, my car will always work, and I will never lose someone I love.
Others…are admirable.
That my children will never know pain.
That my faith never wavers and that I always deny my flesh.
That no one — anywhere — goes without love.
I wish that people weren’t starving. I wish that humans would never use their hands to hurt and that no one would ever be cruel, abusive, or inhuman, ever, again.
I wish I would stop doing what I don’t want to do and start doing what I know I should. I wish I didn’t have trust issues…that I could dance like Chris Brown…that I could speak French. I wish friendships never came to an end or relationships never became irretrievably broken.
There are so many, many things I wish.
But of this I believe: wishing can eat away my time, as my wants only take my hopes so far. I’ve never seen wishing accomplish anything. I’ve never know it to save one life or turn one tide.
It is action, passion, prayer that produces those things, and more.
It is working on things even when we don’t want to. And then even when they don’t seem to be working, we stay the course of wellness.
Because eventually…they will.
My friends, it is not about our wishes. It is about trading in the time we spend wishing…to invest in the things that are possible to know and experience and live.
I ask you, today.
Can your wishes become realities? If yes, what keeps you from acting on them?
Are you willing to let go of those wishes that can truly never be…to enjoy the reality of life that IS?
Do you want to see God do through you, much more than you can wish for?
I join you in this introspection, friends.
May our wishes move us to know…what is and all that can be.
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Thank you for being a vessel of confirmation and accountability today… You spoke right to my heart.
Grateful, Dedra. Thank you for coming here and leaving this word. Stay in the journey, my friend.
wishes break your heart because they are not real.Ive learned that.I wish people didnt use their hands to hurt but they did,I experienced that.I wish I didnt have trust issues,to stop doing that which I do not want to do.This is a huge job only God can do.I found you through prvbs 31 ministires.Thank you for following Gods leading,you have touched me.
Being misunderstood is what keeps me from speaking out in groups most of the time.
My wishes? Many are realistic and can eventually be obtained, the hard parts of the wishes are the work that it takes to get there, and the waiting part. Typically patience comes naturally for me, but when it comes to the things I want and wish for, it’s not so easy.