more than a dream?

last night, i had the most incredible dream. of course, it's starts with winning the lottery ;) however, that wasn't the incredible part. i took that lottery money and turned it over to God in a way that i couldn't have thought of while awake.

i bought a building downtown. told the gang initiative out of hickory to send me all the guys in their program. called the local high schools and told them to send me their at-risk kids. called the local churches and told them to send me any kids they had concerns about.

i then went out into the neighborhood and found people that needed help. all kinds of people; elderly, disabled, down and out, poor. all kinds of help; lawn work, small home repairs, walking dogs, grocery runs. i then went to the police department and got permission to repaint buildings that had gang tags on them.

the more work these guys did, the more requests came in. churches starting offering help. people and businesses in the community stepped up their support. it. was. awesome!

and then i woke up. got ready for work. dragged myself into the office. checked the local newspaper to see if anything interesting had happened overnight. and stumbled across this article: http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/news/2011/jun/11/one-child-time-ar-1113374/ about a preacher working to give kids a chance outside of gang life.

now, he has a whole church to support and house this program. but i'm sure it didn't happen overnight. so, this dream is not impossible.

and God works miracles.