Don’t Abandon Your Dreams

“His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.” – 2 Peter 1:3 A long time ago, I worked for a financial company, and we would locate houses that were abandoned and in disrepair in order to sell them. Since their owners had typically let them go in distress, some sat vacant for long periods of time. I remember one in particular whose structure was less than ten years old but had fallen victim to litigation and sat neglected for many years, until it was completely confiscated by nature.  I’ll never forget walking in and seeing the place full of life, but not the human kind. There were rats and bats and cats and dogs and bees and snakes, not to mention weeds and plants growing through cracks in the middle of