The blueprint...

This week was grand in the world of Juja Java.

Erin spent five days in Atlanta with me. We journeyed to my favorite corners of the city. We fellowshipped with the best of those around us. We experienced a little bit more of what life will look like when we live in the same city.

There is so much more I could say about our time together.

But perhaps what was most exciting, most significant, about our time together was the by product you see before you.

You see, on Tuesday, Erin presented me with a laminated banner of Juja Road.

And on Friday, Erin and I sat down with our banner, Bibles, and markers to write down our dreams for Juja Java.

Thus this week, Erin and I created our first, our initial, our original dream board.

Because every dream, whether it is to build a house, a car, or a career, needs a blueprint.

Webster's dictionary defines a blueprint as something serving as a model or providing guidance; a detailed plan or program of action.

Moreover, the prophet Habakkuk writes, "This vision is for the future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed."

Therefore, Erin and I now possess a banner, a blueprint, that will serve as a model for us. It will provide guidance. It will steer us with a detailed plan.

And like Habakkuk, our vision for Juja is for the future time. Our banner describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.

So, the vision is alive my friends.

We have the blueprint of our dream permanently written on the walls of our hearts. And now it is permanently written on the walls of our rooms.

-Bethany