A week ago I posted about desperation. It was very real. I wasn’t just feeling inadequate, I was overwhelmed by the realization that God has a vast mountain range of purpose for my life (all our lives), and even the peeks I can identify by name I seem to have no capacity to climb.

I had just spent a week in the San Juan mountains and it took nine hours of driving just to get through them. They just kept coming. I know it was a prophetic picture of promised lands. It didn’t help that Elton and I were listening to The Dream Giver on the way to, and the Prayer of Jabez on the way back. (Both by Bruce Wilkinson) They rocked my world again. “Lord, expand my territory!”

One of my Big Dreams is that my company, We Choose Virtues, would take off! Reaching families, schools and churches in the English speaking world. My Bigger Dream is that it would fund a non-profit company, We Choose Virtues Global, that would make our products available in many languages…to reach schools, churches, families, and orphanages in third-world countries…for free.

I have worked toward this end for almost nine years. I have become buried by menial tasks and technology (Arg!) and marginally successful attempts to grow. I’m a writer. Not really a business woman or a marketer. I hoped that in Texas God would provide a path forward…but it seems there has been little progress.

While I was in the mountains, Elton prayed for me about WCV. We just sat still while he helped me take that backpack off my back and give it to the Father. The whole thing. Un-reached dreams and all. I could feel the pressure lift.

On the way home, I kept thinking about a phone appointment I had scheduled. It was going to be with a lady I knew through my business, a gal I highly respect. I had approached her at the Texas Homeschool Convention, told her about some of my neads, and she was interested in helping somehow. We both decided to pray about it. We were going to talk on Tuesday. Remember the day I posted about DESPERATION? That was Monday.

Here’s a little background on her. She has used my products for years. She has interviewed me for her podcast sparking some great conversations, she’s even contributed content to one of my Virtue products. She is very successful in the same genre I’m in, and has a marketing process that is working.

It was a GREAT talk. In the end, we decided to partner together, allowing me to write and her to market. She is just as excited as I am! This takes a huge weight off my back, giving me the freedom to dream again. This relationship give WCV a clear path forward, and it gives me a TEAM that I really need. I know this is just the beginning and we have lots of details to iron out, but it has given me new hope! We’ve already started making progress!

I just want to encourage you dreamers (all of us!) to dream old dreams again. Dust them off, let the light back in…and dream new ones too. You have a promised land out there! Follow the Holy Spirit, and Go Get It!