About-the-Song Series, Track 4: "Dreamless Friend."

My Junior Year of college, my friend and I would walk down to the river and talk about our life dreams: ones that still seemed possible and ones that were dying.  It was a season of head-on collisions between our girlhood hopes and day-to-day realities.  

"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart," we would remind one another, and "The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy but Jesus came that you may have life, and have it to the full."  

My friend and I fought for each other's dreams that year.  We prayed for each other; cheered for good news with each other; tug-of-warred for each other when thoughts like doubt, disappointment and discouragement had a grip.

What I've learned is, our dreams don't often come to pass the way we envisioned they would or with the timing we expected.  Because of the unpredictable, uncontrollable nature of life, our dreams can become blurry. At times it can actually seem easier and less painful to let go of hope than to hold on to it. 

"Dreamless Friend" is written for this season of life and the message is simple: DON'T LET GO! Our dreams are meant to be fought for; cried for; held onto without surrender. In seasons we're tempted to give up, instead it's time to go "home," be still, and allow God to restore us and renew our vision. If we don't let go, He will be faithful to complete every good dream He planted in us to dream.