Comments on: The death of all my dreams…. https://secure.findyourfans.com/andrewrrogers.com/2009/11/15/the-death-of-all-my-dreams/ The music of Andrew R Rogers and friends Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:52:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Amy Chin https://secure.findyourfans.com/andrewrrogers.com/2009/11/15/the-death-of-all-my-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-4345 Amy Chin Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:52:23 +0000 http://andrewrrogers.com/?p=194#comment-4345 Hey Andy- Don't know if you'll even get this it's such an old post, but one of my small group girls took a gap year and is on the Africa Mercy until April- check out her blog, it will give you a great insight into the ship. Are you guys looking at doing this or financially supporting it? Here's the link to Chelsea's blog- http://cjleander.blogspot.com/ Hey Andy- Don’t know if you’ll even get this it’s such an old post, but one of my small group girls took a gap year and is on the Africa Mercy until April- check out her blog, it will give you a great insight into the ship. Are you guys looking at doing this or financially supporting it? Here’s the link to Chelsea’s blog- http://cjleander.blogspot.com/

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]]> By: Jim Park https://secure.findyourfans.com/andrewrrogers.com/2009/11/15/the-death-of-all-my-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-3914 Jim Park Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:17:57 +0000 http://andrewrrogers.com/?p=194#comment-3914 Andy, Wow! I didn't know all this stuff was going on. Maybe I didn't pay attention. Anyway, thanks for your honesty. What will your role be with the Mercy ships? Andy, Wow! I didn’t know all this stuff was going on. Maybe I didn’t pay attention. Anyway, thanks for your honesty. What will your role be with the Mercy ships?

]]> By: Bill Robinson https://secure.findyourfans.com/andrewrrogers.com/2009/11/15/the-death-of-all-my-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-3911 Bill Robinson Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:29:38 +0000 http://andrewrrogers.com/?p=194#comment-3911 Andrew, thanks for sharing your heart! I look forward to hearing your story as God continues to build you into the man He has made you to be. As 2 Cor. states, you are being transformed from 'glory to glory'. Sometimes it feels like you are sinking, but actually you are rising. The day you began pursuing your dreams, you climbed up on the altar and asked the Lord to have his way. You asked Him to help you pursue the impossible. Sounds like he has accomplished that! He has changed you in ways you could have never imagined. As you know, my dream of being a screenwriter died a horrific death, one Hollywood could not have designed. After leaving the comfort and security of the workplace, I followed the Lord into the wilderness. Into the unknown. And somewhere in that place of uncertainty, I began asking the Lord to truly lead me. Not on the path I had chosen, but wherever He wanted to go. Quite suddenly, the dream of being a writer was simply cut out of me. And as I grew closer to Jesus, related values and desires began to burn away. I can greatly relate to the pains and revulsion you now feel when walking through the music and electronic stores that once brought you excitement and energy. I once frequented the local video store eagerly searching the aisles for the next great film, and hoping one day that film would be one of my own. Now I struggle to even enter a Blockbuster. My heart is saddened by the stories our society so eagerly consumes. My stomach can no longer bear to view the titles or taglines, though once I considered such films essential fuel to my own creative pursuits. As already stated, only God can bring about that kind of change in our hearts. Those feelings you now have may evolve, and one day you may again enter that marketplace, but with a renewed sense of purpose and perspective. In the meantime, we'll be praying for your new journey. Or rather this new found direction in the journey you were already on. Andrew, thanks for sharing your heart! I look forward to hearing your story as God continues to build you into the man He has made you to be. As 2 Cor. states, you are being transformed from ‘glory to glory’. Sometimes it feels like you are sinking, but actually you are rising. The day you began pursuing your dreams, you climbed up on the altar and asked the Lord to have his way. You asked Him to help you pursue the impossible. Sounds like he has accomplished that! He has changed you in ways you could have never imagined.

As you know, my dream of being a screenwriter died a horrific death, one Hollywood could not have designed. After leaving the comfort and security of the workplace, I followed the Lord into the wilderness. Into the unknown. And somewhere in that place of uncertainty, I began asking the Lord to truly lead me. Not on the path I had chosen, but wherever He wanted to go. Quite suddenly, the dream of being a writer was simply cut out of me. And as I grew closer to Jesus, related values and desires began to burn away.

I can greatly relate to the pains and revulsion you now feel when walking through the music and electronic stores that once brought you excitement and energy. I once frequented the local video store eagerly searching the aisles for the next great film, and hoping one day that film would be one of my own. Now I struggle to even enter a Blockbuster. My heart is saddened by the stories our society so eagerly consumes. My stomach can no longer bear to view the titles or taglines, though once I considered such films essential fuel to my own creative pursuits. As already stated, only God can bring about that kind of change in our hearts.

Those feelings you now have may evolve, and one day you may again enter that marketplace, but with a renewed sense of purpose and perspective. In the meantime, we’ll be praying for your new journey. Or rather this new found direction in the journey you were already on.

]]> By: Heidi https://secure.findyourfans.com/andrewrrogers.com/2009/11/15/the-death-of-all-my-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-3909 Heidi Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:43:25 +0000 http://andrewrrogers.com/?p=194#comment-3909 Wow, God is doing a great work in you, my big brother. I look forward to hearing about the journey. You should also know that you have an incredible gift for writing, so I hope they take advantage of that if God opens the doors for you to go!! Love you so much. Wow, God is doing a great work in you, my big brother. I look forward to hearing about the journey. You should also know that you have an incredible gift for writing, so I hope they take advantage of that if God opens the doors for you to go!! Love you so much.

]]> By: Julie https://secure.findyourfans.com/andrewrrogers.com/2009/11/15/the-death-of-all-my-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-3907 Julie Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:06:12 +0000 http://andrewrrogers.com/?p=194#comment-3907 Just so thankful for your honesty and willingness to share your heart - I love you guys so much, and my heart rejoices as I get a glimpse of what the Lord is leading you toward. You are both such a gift to the body of Christ, and I thank Him ahead of time for providing for every need, for giving you both wisdom and for granting you the favor you need. Grateful to be your sister in Him. Just so thankful for your honesty and willingness to share your heart – I love you guys so much, and my heart rejoices as I get a glimpse of what the Lord is leading you toward. You are both such a gift to the body of Christ, and I thank Him ahead of time for providing for every need, for giving you both wisdom and for granting you the favor you need. Grateful to be your sister in Him.

]]> By: Matthew Graham https://secure.findyourfans.com/andrewrrogers.com/2009/11/15/the-death-of-all-my-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-3906 Matthew Graham Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:55:18 +0000 http://andrewrrogers.com/?p=194#comment-3906 Andrew, I hope you are able to find what it is that you are looking for. Andrew, I hope you are able to find what it is that you are looking for.

]]> By: Luke https://secure.findyourfans.com/andrewrrogers.com/2009/11/15/the-death-of-all-my-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-3905 Luke Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:49:26 +0000 http://andrewrrogers.com/?p=194#comment-3905 Wow! I'm glad that you down time did not last but that God used it to bring you to something that you are passionate about. Wow! I’m glad that you down time did not last but that God used it to bring you to something that you are passionate about.

]]> By: Robert Rutler https://secure.findyourfans.com/andrewrrogers.com/2009/11/15/the-death-of-all-my-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-3904 Robert Rutler Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:01:31 +0000 http://andrewrrogers.com/?p=194#comment-3904 Andy, now you are talking! What an adventure. Will you be able to travel with them and your family? How did you connect with them? What do you expect to contribute to the ships efforts? Mimi and I would love to so something like this too. I have a barn full of medical supplies and surgical instruments that they may be interested in. Though from the video it appears they are well stocked with medical supplies. Andy, I too have experienced many deaths of dreams. The first being when I was about your age, and same stage in life. The consequence of that death, lead to my unique and blessed occupation. The next great death occurred in my mid thirty's. My wife decided that she wanted to be another mans wife. I found myself struggling to be a single dad to three teenage boys. This death resulted it excruciating pain, and drove me to my knees. God was pleased to revel Himself to me in a most remarkable and real way. The result of that death lead to God rebuilding my life and giving me another family, a beautiful wife (your aunt Mimi) that loves God with all her heart, and a church that preaches the gospel without apology. I am a totally different man now than I was before. My prayer for you is that God will be pleased to tear you down, drive you to your knees too, and then rebuild you into the likeness of His Son. Humble, faithful, grateful, content, patient, long-suffering, loving, and a giver. Such work on a mans heart can only be accomplished by God. My experience has been that when God is pleased to cause the death of our dreams, He is weaning us off of the things of this world, and conforming us into the likeness of His son Christ. And preparing us for an eternity in another world, as joint heirs with Christ. Press on son. Andy, now you are talking! What an adventure. Will you be able to travel with them and your family? How did you connect with them? What do you expect to contribute to the ships efforts? Mimi and I would love to so something like this too. I have a barn full of medical supplies and surgical instruments that they may be interested in. Though from the video it appears they are well stocked with medical supplies.

Andy, I too have experienced many deaths of dreams. The first being when I was about your age, and same stage in life. The consequence of that death, lead to my unique and blessed occupation. The next great death occurred in my mid thirty’s. My wife decided that she wanted to be another mans wife. I found myself struggling to be a single dad to three teenage boys. This death resulted it excruciating pain, and drove me to my knees. God was pleased to revel Himself to me in a most remarkable and real way. The result of that death lead to God rebuilding my life and giving me another family, a beautiful wife (your aunt Mimi) that loves God with all her heart, and a church that preaches the gospel without apology. I am a totally different man now than I was before. My prayer for you is that God will be pleased to tear you down, drive you to your knees too, and then rebuild you into the likeness of His Son. Humble, faithful, grateful, content, patient, long-suffering, loving, and a giver. Such work on a mans heart can only be accomplished by God.

My experience has been that when God is pleased to cause the death of our dreams, He is weaning us off of the things of this world, and conforming us into the likeness of His son Christ. And preparing us for an eternity in another world, as joint heirs with Christ.

Press on son.

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