Now I also dare to dream.

  Dream. At what point  does such an idea, a word, go from being simply a noun to an action verb? Have you ever just set back and wondered, when? When did the person who is right now out pursuing, out having opportunity to fulfill, perhaps, your dream, allowed that process to occur? Well I have sat and pondered upon this idea of a “dream come true” situation myself, and yeah, that could never happen for me. Well, at least that’s what the prince of darkness would have had me believe. Until a man, not following in the typical “forever chase,” dared to dream, and began a pursuit. A pursuit for what his heart desired, a pursuit for my heart, that is. A five year pursuit that is so inspiring, that the word dream is now an action verb in my vocabulary, and I will no longer sit back and ponder the what ifs in life. Now I, Elizabeth Anne, also dare to dream. 

Who is this daring man you ask? Well, he is my father. Perhaps, I should start by telling you a little more about myself before going any further. I am royalty. And I have been since the beginning of time. My father is not just a king, but He is the King. Most call him the King of Kings, Yahweh. The Great I Am, Beloved. We have a beautiful relationship, and I wouldn't trade it for the world. But there is something you should know, and that is that even though I could have had this relationship from the moment he called my name, I like most children, didn't hear his voice until one day He sternly said my full name, “ELIZABETH ANNE SINGLETON. “ Then, yes, then I heard Him loud and clear. It was at that moment I realized I was meant for so much more than what I had always lived, or in my case so much more than I had always hidden behind: Insecurities, lies, shame, secrets, abuse, bondage, and brokenness. This twenty year old girl had always hidden behind “Beth Anne” the name that reminded her of this captivity. And then one day her father’s voice came through the brokenness saying Elizabeth Anne it’s time to be set free, a five year pursuit after my heart giving me freedom in finally finding my new name. Like Saul who later became Paul. God said’, Elizabeth,” which truly is my name,” it is time to feel the chains fall and allow the truth to set you free,” so that I did.

                   Psalm 37:4,

    

  . . . that verse was not only a name change for me but a life change as well. You see,  just like in Paul’s conversion, it wasn’t so much Saul’s choice. It was all God. In the same way, Beth Anne becoming Elizabeth wasn’t a “could, should, or would have” but God. He allowed this to happen; he pursued me and so impressed that scripture on my heart that I could realize that if Beth Anne would delight herself in Christ he would give Elizabeth the desires of her heart. And I, Elizabeth, now desire Christ heart.