Wake- Up

Are you there? Are you awake? WAKE UP! I am awake, in and out of sleep. That is in and out of sleeping(and a lot of times eating)my way through life. You know what I am talking about. When you have a quick moment that you wake up and have a thought, then somebody or something tells you to go back to sleep! Because you can't possibly be daring enough or strong enough to go through life wide awake. I am amazed at life and the gift that it is. A couple of weeks ago I had a dream. I was actually wide awake when this dream came jumping in. It usually happens when I lay my head down on my pillow. I have always been a wakedreamer(yes i made that word up ) I suppose my spirit responds best at night when everyone is asleep and I can just be and think. I had this amazing wake up moment. It was, are you ready.....? Sell everything, quit Corey's job, buy a motor home and travel the states for a year. It was so powerful that I new that it would be hours before it would let me actually go to sleep. I so badly wanted to wake Corey but couldn't bring myself to, knowing he had along day of work ahead. So I lay there wide awake filled with Excitement and anticipation waiting to share it with Corey. It was actually hours before my body won the battle over my mind and spirit, allowing me time to go over all of the details that I knew would be asked. How, what , where and when? I will not take credit for this idea it is not mine to claim. I will definitely not give credit to the adversary who wants me to stay a sleep. It came from the One who created me. He created me and my family to move, dance, sing, laugh, love, dream,believe and do! I know that when we allow ourselves to surrender and be still, He comes to us very quickly and wakes us up. Sometimes he wakes us with the morning light. Sometimes he wakes us with a kiss or a push out of bed. Many times he wakes us with another person who is in our life. Regardless when its time to wake up He makes sure we wake up and put are feet on the ground and begin are day...(life). Well I have began that day and have been pushing through lets just say my morning. I told Corey he didn't say a lot but he did say he liked the idea, asked some questions about his concerns. We talked to the boys, all of them but one are on board. Deep down Corey feels torn and rightfully so. Corey is slowly, well actually quickly(because I won't let him be) working through the idea. I have to admit that if the tables were turned I wouldn't be as responsive to this as he has been. I am convinced that is why the Lord picked me instead of him to get the message to us.I am so impressed with Corey and how open he is to making this a reality. We have been working through some of the actual details, some of the concerns,some of the reality's, some of the nay sayers, some of the believers, some of the supporters, some of the really wish I wouldn't have talked to youers and some of the inspirationers. Which is helping me to know in the future which one of the oners do I want to be? By the way I know that those are made up words! I have come across many aha moments since this wake up call. Sometimes I find myself getting a little drowsy from someone else's thoughts or actual words. But the Lord keeps me awake in all His different ways. So, friends and family this is how we have gotten to this point. I have a few different moments of validation and inspiration that I am going to share but I will do that a little while later. Hopefully this will answer some or all of your questions, and more than anything our family only hopes to wake you up if you too have been sleeping to much. Just so you know I am not implying that you have to do what our family is doing to wake up. You know what your own journey is and if you are awake or not.

Much love the Christensen Gypsy's

by : Jeffrey R. Holland
“God expects you to have enough faith and determination and enough trust in Him to keep moving, keep living, keep rejoicing. In fact, He expects you not simply to face the future (that sounds pretty grim and stoic); He expects you to embrace and shape the future--to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities.“God is anxiously waiting for the chance to answer your prayers and fulfill your dreams, just as He always has. But He can’t if you don’t pray, and He can’t if you don’t dream. In short, He can’t if you don’t believe.”
“Terror, Triumph, and a Wedding Feast,” CES Fireside for Young Adults, Sept. 12, 2004, 2-3
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