We are too easily pleased.

"It would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are too easily pleased." C.S. Lewis

Isn't this so true? How often have we settled? We've settled for what we know, because it is familiar and comfortable. Like the rich, young ruler we cling to the treasures in our hands instead of trading them in for God's amazing, but unpredictable way of life.

How often do we come to God with meager requests because we don't have the faith to ask for our real dream? Or how often do we not ask because we are afraid that if God made a way for our dream to happen, we would only fail?

These are the questions I'm struggling with lately. What things am I holding onto because they are familiar and comfortable, but they are really just in the way of what God has for me? And what things has he already given me, but is still daring me to dream bigger?

As for Seeds of Grace, the articles of incorporation were mailed yesterday! I can't wait to see what God may have for us in the coming months. This is an area I'm confident about. God is definitely saying, "DREAM BIG!"