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WHEN DAD DREAMS

Martin Luther King Jr. a name you are familiar had a dream. Blacks and colored were going through segregation and Martin Luther King Snr. suffered from such derogating act. Dad Luther Snr spoke to his son Luther Jr. and said, “Well son I have not been able to challenge this odds but I know you can” . Martin Luther King Surpassed the dream, which Martin Luther Jr. re-dreamed. Snr. told Jr.“ how about if you dream of an America where both whites and blacks, colored and poor will all seat together in unity to foster a nation united”. Martin Luther King Jr. had to picture it, imagine it and dream it. The result of that dream was the “I have a dream declaration in which Martin Jr. wrote”. That was a dream a father dreams Martin did not live to see that dream accomplished but kids have lived that dream”. What happens when a dad dreams? Your dad’s dream are special dreams and are interwoven in a future that dad has only hopes he could live in. Dad pictures this future in his taught. But he knows he can only see just under his nose. Dad’s dreams are scintillating. They are raging like fire burning right inside your essence.

Martin’s father painted a picture, Martins imagined how it could happen, and then he dreamed it. He made the preparations to see the dream come through but alas the dream was not for him to live and he passed it on to his children to live in. your dad has dreamt of a future you will live in. he may seem to prepare but it is your future and not his.

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Dad’s dreams are incredible. They have certain characteristic that stands them out from other dreams. They are

D-----Decisive

Dad’s dreams are quite decisive. They can make or mar. When dads have great dream, it steers the wheels of the ship of their children towards that great dream. Dad knows he has to make a decisive step and that step is in his dream.

R------Reproducible

Dad’s dream does not just end at you; it can be reproduced in your child as long as the dream has not been fully achieved. Off course, dad’s dream was transferred from his own dad too.

A------Actualizable

Dad is no mediocre. Dad knows you have to live in a future and he dreams of a future that is achievable and actualizable. He just does not want to lives you in the darkness of an ambiguous dream. He knows your limit and knows you can surpass the limits.

E------Edifying

Dad does not keep awkward dreams. His dreams edify. His dreams build up. Since dad wants your best, his dreams will lift and uplift you towards the best you intend to be.

M-----Marching Orders

When dad dreams, they are marching order for action from you. He is telling you if I can see it, then you can do it. Dad is saying go ahead and achieve it. Achieve what you want to achieve.

Dad’s dreams are encompassing and he is all the way thinking the best. Dad may not know how his dream about you will be accomplished but he knows you will certainly live in that dream. Remember at the being of this book the story of Solomon and David. David had a dream of building a house for God and he wished he could build but his son Solomon was he who God desired to build his house. And Solomon built the house of God notwithstanding David his dad supported him with provisions. You will live out your dad’s dreams. You will even outlive it. Dad’s joy will know no bounds knowing you finally achieved agent the odds.