When I grow up, I want to live in a TREE HOUSE.

     This is one of my impossible dreams. I want my home to be in a tree. When I tell people this, I generally get responses like, "Oh. Thats really cool." or, "Um. How do you plan on making that happen?" What people don't realize is that I'm dead serious. I legitimately want to live in a tree house. And I want it to be like a house. Like, with plumbing and electricity and stuff. And I am dead serious. 
     Because of this strange obsession, I bought a book called Exceptional Treehouses, and I am OBSESSED with it. It has a lot of pictures of really cool treehouses in France. It also has little paragraphs about each tree house. I didn't notice these for a while, but they are there! And some of them are really cool and FULL of the Holy Spirit. Things like, "Dreaming up a tree house requires a whole new way of thinking. You must uproot old habits, and ignore the norm, and never set your sights too low." And my favorite on of the whole book, "Who else but a tree can boast of having its feet planted in the earth and its head in the clouds? Perhaps the adult who is bent on fulfilling his or her simple childhood dreams."
   This has got be thinking. God has called me to dream big things, yes, but I am called to dream these big things while still having my roots in the ground. When I hear the word "rooted" my mind instantly goes back to my sophomore year of high school sitting on the floor of Emily's house studying Ephesians 3. Oh, how I long to be rooted and established in love. I long for my roots to grow deep into Christ himself. Roots of big trees are impossible to move. I want my roots to be so deep in the love of Christ that they are unmovable. 



"I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen." Ephesians 3:16-21