Hello, thank you so much for joining me today for Give Him 15.

The title of our post today is,

You were born to dream.

Hey, Mom, shouted Sarah, our oldest daughter.

Close your eyes until we tell you to open them. Sarah and Hannah were five and three years old at the time, going on 20 and 18. The girls were in another

room, not yet visible, waiting to make their grand entrance.

Okay, mommy, open your eyes, cried Hannah.

Into the kitchen, paraded two young ladies in mom's high heels, play dresses, purses, lipstick, makeup, and jewelry, ready to strut their stuff.

Too pleased and proud to be upset and hoping the lipstick will smear it only around their mouths and not on the carpet.

Mom played along, and out came the camera.

The Sheets family fashion show was in full swing.

What mother of little girls hasn't experienced something similar?

And what parent of little boys hasn't seen them play-acting some aspect of being a man?

During the years my brother Tim and I were growing up, our dad was an evangelist and pastor.

Mom has a picture of us at four and three years of age, using a small step ladder as a

pulpit with a Bible resting on top. We two young boys were fervently preaching the gospel.

Thousands were saved.

Whether it's a small child dreaming of being an adult, a teenager, fantasizing about changing the world,

or an adult planning their future. We are dreamers all.

Some internal force compels us to think about the future. Tonight's party, the trip next week,

or the expansion next year, regardless of the theme, we are always

thinking about our tomorrows. We can't help it. Our nature is to dream. Our creator is a dreamer,

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