I love this years theme for the simple fact that everyone can relate to it on a personal level. Dreams are some of the greatest gifts God has given; they allow people to desire a type of success, but in the end I believe many would say it is the process, the steps taken, to attain a dream that has molded one's character or being. Actually attaining the dream is a bonus. Even if the dream isn't attain, the process, the time spent, will last lifetimes.
4,105 balloons has reminded me that I and my 4,104 classmates have dreams we all wish to achieve and dreams that have floated away. Sometimes I'm so stuck on myself and what I want that I forget others have huge dreams too. Sadly, I'm also reminded that some people have completely given up on their dreams, some have given up on God. But really, His dreams for His children are 4,105 times better than anything anyone can fathom.
I've always had a dream. I'm a dreamer, so I can't remember a day when I didn't have a dream. Right now I dream of getting into a great grad program at a totally different school. I do enjoy learning, I just think that the busy work teachers give causes me to dislike some courses. In grad school I hope to further my understanding about the subject I'll be mastering in.
Aside from my dream today, I've always had a dream of becoming part of some kind of movement. It doesn't need to be a huge one, it doesn't even have to be greatly recognized; it just has to make an impact. I'm thinking I'd love to take part in a church plant with fellow college students.
The church has always been a great passion of mine. I originally wanted to study at biola and major in worship music. When my parents strongly objected the idea I thought I would never become what I felt was in my heart to do. I don't think my dreams changed in this situation, but I do believe that my path towards that dream changed.
I dreamt of studying worship at Hillsong College in Australia when I was a freshman. I thought that once I graduated here I would go there. I felt it in my heart, I thought it was my one dream I had to attain. But sometime last year I no longer desired that dream. I wasn't sad, it was just a little weird. I didn't give up on it, I just figured it was something God put in my heart once for whatever reason, and now for a another reason He has removed it.
