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Living The Dream
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by Angie Bishop
re you living the dream? Are you successful? Is
Do we have a success story, or do we have a living
your life simple, mediocre? How do you measure
testimony of how God has helped us through? Success isn’t
life in terms of success? Last night, I was watching
what we accomplish but what God accomplishes through
America’s Got Talent. As I watched each contestant, I was
us. Remember, we accomplish nothing in this world on
drawn in by how they viewed life. In most of their stories,
our own! It’s not our victory: it’s God’s! I’m not “living
they shared their struggles in life and how those things have
the dream”: I’m living the reality of life out with a real,
driven them to want to become more in this life. So they
living God dwelling inside of me, helping me recognize the
went for it: taking their talent to a big stage, showing the
importance of life, praying and doing my best to stay in
world you can do anything you want to and “live out the
God’s will to accomplish what He wants me to be successful
dream,” as most of them stated. I love a good overcomer
in to bring Him honor and glory. I am living a simplified, but glorious, life with trials, temptations, failures, heartaches, and struggles. That’s life! The difference between dreams and reality is that dreams are fairy tale-like, taking you to a state of mind of unreality. Reality is the here and now, things that actually exist rather than appearing to be imagined. Those things mentioned above— temptations, trials, etc.—exist in all of our lives, and none go unscathed, but we can all face them and endure them and even see the beauty in them when Christ lives in us. If you’re going through life wondering if there’s something more or what you can do to live out the dream, stop. The best success
story! They certainly do inspire me, but I just couldn’t help
in this life is when we decide to let God live in us and
but think, “I pray they don’t think this is all there is to life.”
through us. He is real, He exists, and He’s all you need in
Personally, I don’t feel having all the money, riches, and fame in the world brings peace to anyone. Happiness, yes, for a moment, but that fades. Those things are earthly,
this life to accomplish success! Nothing, absolutely nothing, comes from ourselves. “We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we
and “success syndrome” is a great enemy of an effective
ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great
ministry. I know not everyone thinks heavenly minded, so
treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from
for some in this life, it is “living the dream.” They measure
God, not ourselves” (2 Corinthians 4:7). This is how I
their success by their own accomplishments. I couldn’t
measure success!
a beautiful reality. I’m blessed with needs met, and I have overcome a lot!
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About The Author
help but think, though, I’m not living the dream; I’m living Angie Bishop is from Rome, Georgia. She loves sharing her story with others in hopes to encouraged and show them a way to Christ. No stranger to life’s woes, but gives God all the glory for his guiding hand and unending love and provisions for her. Her goal is to share with others that Gods love changes the person despite their circumstances!
