The Dare Dreamer Movement by Julene Fleurmond

It was 2009 during a dry, lonely season in my life when I had an unexpected encounter that rocked my paradigm. During the experience I had a vivid vision of being in a white dress in what seemed to be a grand forest. My first inkling was, “Is this The Garden?”

There was a calmness, a brilliance, a presence of #Love there. Like a little girl I was full of questions- “Father, why…?” I asked. He revealed his heart and love for people from the Beginning, in imagery and passion, an intimate experience I will never forget and could never have imagined on my own…

These words I remember my Father saying there were the most striking to my heart: “Do you trust me?”

Yes. I do. I will follow His way, always. Even when I don’t understand, I will choose Him. Forever… #IamMyBeloveds #HeisMine #trusttheAuthor #theLovestoryofalltime

My Beloved speaks and says to me: “Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away…

For behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. The fig tree ripens its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance.

Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.”

From the greatest Song of songs

Your dream IS in reach…you’ve come too far to give up now. That vision is closer than you think – the world is waiting for you to embrace and take hold of it. Don’t turn back before you break through… Live boldly, Dare Dreamer – we are waiting to experience the beauty that only you can bring. I believe in you!

– Julene, Designer and Dreamer of Envibrance Dream Apparel

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Have you ever uncovered a dream you’ve had since you were a kid and realized it was still alive? Often the passions you had, what you’re afraid to do and the pain you endured are purpose pointers of how God wants you to bring hope to others… weed out fear and dare to unbury and nurture those dormant dreams today…

“On the Outside” is the first song I attempted to write as a teen girl more than 12 years ago about struggling with years of loneliness, shyness, insecurity and the fear of being myself. I was too afraid to pursue my dream of singing for fear of not measuring up and being rejected. This year I’m going to finish this song for the girl I was and other girls like me to tell them that they have great purpose and about what set me free. Here’s a raw songwriting sneak peek…

“You’re in the delivery room not the tomb.” I was looking through an old journal today and came across this phrase that I wrote down back in 2011 after watching in interview on TV. It was the first time I heard Pastor Touré Roberts from One Church International speak and what he said struck my heart with a match of hope and a spark of God’s light in a dark period of my life then, and it encouraged me again today when I read it.

Ever since I saw this interview I’ve been continually ministered to from afar by the messages out of One Church International in LA, a church that I was drawn to because of the focus on enriching those in the fields of arts and entertainment, and that a few of my friends attend in Los Angeles. (Click here to read the feature I did on One Church and more of their powerful messages on my other site Dream in Soul).

I searched online today and found the interview that I watched that day and wanted to share it with you because I feel like someone else needs to hear it. If you’re going through an uncomfortable even awkward time of transition know that your story is not over. As Pastor Touré says in the interview below, it gets hardest and the most painful right before you give birth:

“The moments right before the breakthrough, the moments right before the birthing takes place are the most difficult moments… if you would hold on, if you would stay focused and continue to believe in God [He] is going to give you that strength to give that last final push and that baby’s going to be birthed.”

Keep pushing the dream that’s in your womb and you will see the promise that only could have been conceived by One greater than you.

“‘Shall I bring to the time of birth and not cause delivery?’ says the Lord. ‘Shall I who cause delivery shut up the womb?’ says your God” Isaiah 66:9

Watch the Interview with Pastor Touré Roberts from 1:04:00 to about 1:20:00 (The rest of the video is impact-full as well, as one of the other speakers Pastor Obed Martinez also speaks on the wilderness process and how it is vital to discovering the character of God – it’s power-packed stuff!)

Below is one of the latest messages from One Church International (click here for the message archives) that spoke to my heart, a powerful word about resolving the unresolved things in your life that may be delaying the birth of your promise:

“The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom.” – Maya Angelou

Imagine being stuck in a constricting cage – then realizing that you have placed those bars of boundary around yourself. People pleasing & fear of how others perceive me are two snares I have found release from in this season (sometimes in painful and uncomfortable ways) – but it’s amazing how much freedom there is in seeking to please One…

My struggle with anxiety and insecurity started when I was a shy little girl caged in fear that grew as I did. Not knowing where my identity truly originates from I tried to place it anywhere or in anyone elses’ affirmation other than the one that matters most.

Being bound to the opinions and expectations of others is like a disease that squeezes the life out of your heart and keeps you from being free – the real you that God created. …Rejection and isolation hurt but sometimes He uses just that to break the chains of anxiety and imprisonment that held you, and shakes the places where you placed your identity so you can have a firm foundation in Him.

Approval addiction may go undetected when we long to belong & be accepted, but the condition’s only cure is affirmation from the Creator of the Universe. There is no greater way of being known and loved then having true ‪‎validation from above‬. Look to Him to know who you truly are…