Kondere

10/27/2026

CHASING RAINBOWS — DAY 5 OF 7
THE DREAMS THAT DIDN'T COME TRUE

An unfulfilled dream is not proof that your life has failed.
Some dreams become quiet long before we are ready to say goodbye to them.
We stop bringing them up, not because they meant nothing, but because life has made them awkward to explain.
Maybe it was the career you never pursued, the business you hoped would take off, or the marriage you thought would last. Maybe it was the children you hoped to have, the home you imagined growing old in, or the opportunity you were sure would change everything.
And sometimes the dream was wonderfully ordinary.
A peaceful home. A little financial breathing room. Good health. A life that did not feel like one long emergency meeting. Then life unfolded differently, because life has a habit of ignoring the outline we carefully prepared for it.

The world kept moving, while we tried to understand a future that no longer looked like the one we had pictured.
There is a particular kind of grief in losing something you never actually had.
It can be difficult to explain, especially when there is no funeral, announcement, or obvious moment that tells everyone else, “This mattered.”
But something inside you, knows that a chapter has closed.
Often, what hurts most is not only the dream that failed to materialise. It is the version of yourself you thought you would become.
We do not talk about that disappointment very often. Perhaps that is because we live in a world that applauds achievement and tends to edit out the messy middle.
We celebrate the people who succeeded, persevered, and overcame the odds.
We hear stories of breakthroughs, answered prayers, and remarkable turnarounds and those stories can genuinely encourage us.

But what about the people who prayed, worked, believed, and kept going, yet still did not see the outcome they hoped for?
Does an unanswered prayer mean there was no faith?
Does a dream that never came true mean the journey was wasted?
I do not think life, faith, or disappointment can be measured that simply.
Hebrews 11:13 gives us a quieter, more honest picture of faith:
"These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off..."
That is worth sitting with for a moment.
They believed, persevered, and remained faithful, yet they did not live to see every hope fulfilled.
Their faith was not measured only by what they received.
Maybe that is part of what faith teaches us: a meaningful life is not always the same thing as a life that gets every item on the list.
Not every meaningful life produces the outcomes we expected.
Sometimes the journey leaves gifts in us that we could not have learned any other way. Compassion through disappointment. Wisdom through difficult decisions. Strength when familiar plans fall apart.

We may become more understanding of other people's struggles because we have finally met some of our own. And perhaps we learn that our worth was never dependent on accomplishing everything we once imagined.
Romans 8:28 reminds us that God works all things together for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.
I want to hold that promise carefully, with hope but without pretending it makes every painful thing easy to explain.
It does not mean every painful experience is secretly good news wearing a disguise.
It does not mean every loss will be replaced with something bigger or better in exactly the way we hoped.
And it certainly does not mean we should dismiss someone's disappointment by saying, “Everything happens for a reason.”
Some losses remain painful. Some questions remain unanswered. Some dreams never return.
Faith does not ask us to pretend that disappointment does not hurt.
We can trust God and still grieve.
We can be grateful for our lives and still admit that some things were not what we hoped they would be. We can move forward without pretending that what we left behind meant nothing.
Grief rarely follows a tidy schedule; it has very little interest in our calendars or carefully colour coded plans.
Perhaps healing begins not when we stop caring about the dream, but when we stop allowing its absence to define the whole of our lives.
There is still life beyond what did not happen.
There are relationships to nurture, experiences to embrace, people to love, lessons to share, and possibilities we may not yet recognise.
Sometimes we stare so long at the rainbow that disappeared that we miss the light beginning to break through the clouds in another direction.
That light does not erase what we lost, and it does not ask us to rush our grief.
But it may remind us that the story is not necessarily over.
Perhaps that is one invitation of this seven day Chasing Rainbows journey: to honour what we lost while remaining open to the life, hope, and purpose still unfolding.

TODAY'S SOUL CALL QUESTION
Have you ever had to make peace with a dream that didn't come true?
And looking back, what did that experience teach you about yourself, about life, or about faith?
You don't have to share the details of your experience. Sometimes even a simple reflection can encourage someone who is quietly walking through a similar season.
As we continue our journey through Chasing Rainbows, I want to leave you with this thought:
You are more than the dreams you fulfilled, and you are more than the dreams you lost.
An unfulfilled dream is not necessarily a failed life.
Sometimes the life we are still becoming deserves just as much love and attention as the life we once imagined.

Kondere Soul Call
Faith • Reflection • Awakening

10/26/2026

CHASING RAINBOWS — DAY 4 OF 7
WHEN THE RAINBOW MOVES
What do we do when the dream keeps moving, always just beyond reach?

Have you ever worked toward something for so long that you started wondering whether you were making progress, or simply becoming very familiar with the road?
Most of us begin with a vision, a plan, and perhaps even a timeline that looks impressively organised on paper.
We imagine building a career, starting a business, finding love, raising a family, creating security, or finally reaching that peaceful place where life feels settled.
So we work toward it.
We make sacrifices, adjust our plans, overcome obstacles, and keep telling ourselves that eventually everything will fall into place.
Then life reminds us that it did not agree to follow our calendar.

Just when we think we are getting closer, something changes.
An opportunity disappears. A relationship ends. A business struggles. An unexpected responsibility steps forward and says, rather confidently, "You are needed over here."
Other times, nothing dramatic happens at all.
The years simply pass, and the destination that once seemed close begins to feel as though it has quietly moved down the road.
It is rather like chasing a rainbow.
From a distance, it appears to touch the earth just beyond the horizon.
You think that if you walk far enough, you might eventually arrive at the exact spot where all those colours meet.
But the closer you move toward it, the farther away it seems.
And sometimes, life feels exactly like that.
We tell ourselves, "Just one more achievement. One more opportunity. One more breakthrough. Then I will finally be where I want to be."

But what happens when the finish line keeps moving, as though it has somewhere else to be?
What happens when the life we imagined at thirty looks entirely different at forty, fifty, sixty, or beyond?
Do we keep chasing the same dream simply because we have already invested so much in it?
Or do we give ourselves permission to reconsider what fulfilment might look like now?
I have come to believe that changing direction is not necessarily the same as giving up.
Sometimes we grow beyond the dreams we once held.
What mattered deeply to us ten or twenty years ago may no longer carry the same meaning today.
Our experiences change us. Our responsibilities change. Even our understanding of success, happiness, and purpose begins to mature.

That can feel unsettling, especially when we have spent years introducing ourselves to other people through the dream.
Yet perhaps it is not failure.
Perhaps it is growth, quiet, inconvenient, and rarely interested in arriving on schedule.
Proverbs 16:9 reminds us:
"A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps."
James 4:13–15 brings a needed humility to the way we plan our tomorrows, reminding us that life is uncertain and that our plans remain subject to God's will.
Together, these passages do not ask us to abandon planning, ambition, or perseverance.
They simply remind us that having a plan is not the same as controlling how life will unfold.
There is wisdom in knowing when to keep going.
There is also wisdom in noticing when the path is changing, even when our pride would prefer a clear explanation and a neat little bow.
Sometimes the hardest part is releasing the timeline we created for ourselves.
We do not only grieve the things we have lost.
Sometimes we grieve the life we thought we would be living by now.

We grieve the opportunities that never materialised, the milestones we never reached, and the versions of ourselves we imagined we would become.
Still, an unexpected journey can be deeply meaningful.
An interrupted plan is not a failed life.
Perhaps the rainbow moving farther away is inviting us to look more honestly at what we are actually searching for.
Is it the destination itself?
Or is it the fulfilment, peace, belonging, and purpose we believe that destination will bring?
Sometimes the very things we are chasing are already beginning to take shape in places we have not yet learned to recognise.

Sometimes a different path leads us somewhere we never imagined, and we discover that God was not absent from the detour.
That does not erase the disappointment, but it can give the disappointment somewhere meaningful to go.
As this seven day Chasing Rainbows series continues, probably we are learning that purpose is not always about arriving exactly where we planned.
Sometimes it is about remaining open to what God is forming in us while we are still on the way.

TODAY'S SOUL CALL QUESTION
Have you ever had to change direction because life did not unfold the way you planned?
Looking back, did that change feel like a disappointment, a blessing, or perhaps a little of both?
I would love to hear your reflections.
As we continue our journey through Chasing Rainbows, remember:
You can remain faithful to your purpose without remaining attached to every detail of your original plan.
Sometimes the dream changes. Sometimes we change.
And sometimes, what we discover along the way becomes more meaningful than what we originally set out to find.

Kondere Soul Call
Faith • Reflection • Awakening

10/24/2026

CHASING RAINBOWS — DAY 3 OF 7
THE COST OF CHASING

Have you ever stopped to consider what your dreams have cost you?
Over the past two days, we've been reflecting on the rainbows we chase in life. The dreams that inspire us, the things we hope to achieve, and how even good ambitions can sometimes distract us from what really matters.
Today, I want to take that conversation a little deeper.
Because I have been thinking about the price we pay for the lives we imagine.
And I don't necessarily mean money.

You know, when I look back over my own life, I can see how many times I've had to begin again. How plans that once seemed so clear took unexpected turns. How things I worked toward changed, sometimes because of choices I made, and sometimes because life simply happened.
And I wonder how many of you can relate to that.
We grow up imagining how our lives will unfold. We have ideas about where we'll be, what we'll achieve, the kind of security we'll build, and perhaps even the person we'll become.
Then life happens.
Responsibilities come. Opportunities appear and disappear. Circumstances change. We make decisions with the understanding we have at the time, hoping they will lead us somewhere better.
And so we keep moving.
I think there is something admirable about that determination. I really do.
But I've also come to realize that not every sacrifice we make in pursuit of a dream is necessarily a wise one.
That's not always an easy thing to admit.
Especially when you've invested so much of yourself in something.
Think about the time we give away.
The family gatherings we miss because something needs to be done.
The conversations we postpone because we're tired or distracted.
The friendships we assume will survive our absence.
The moments with our children when we're present in body, but our minds are occupied with tomorrow's responsibilities.
And then there is our peace.

How often have we allowed worry about a future that hasn't even arrived to rob us of the joy available to us today?
I've caught myself doing that.
Thinking about the next thing that needs to happen. The next problem to solve. The next goal to reach.
And sometimes I have to remind myself that life is not waiting for me at some future destination.
This is life. Right here. Even in its unfinished state.
I find that thought both comforting and challenging.
Because we often tell ourselves, "Once I get through this season, things will be different."
I'll rest when things settle down.
I'll spend more time with the people I love when the work is done.
I'll enjoy life when I've achieved a little more security.
But have you noticed how one season quietly becomes another?
There is always something else.
Another responsibility. Another opportunity. Another mountain to climb.
And before we know it, years have passed.
Now, I don't want to suggest that we should stop dreaming or that every sacrifice is a mistake.
Far from it.

Some of the most meaningful things in life demand extraordinary perseverance. Raising a family, building something from nothing, standing by your convictions, or starting over when life has taken an unexpected turn.
Sometimes we don't even have the luxury of choosing whether to make sacrifices. We simply do what needs to be done.
But I do think we owe it to ourselves to occasionally ask whether the things we're pursuing are still worth what we're giving up.
In Mark 8:36, Jesus asks:
"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"
I've been sitting with that question.
Because I think it reaches beyond the obvious pursuit of wealth or success.
What if, in gaining the things we wanted, we slowly lose the qualities that once made us who we were?
Our compassion. Our patience. Our joy. Our ability to be present. Our relationship with God.
What if we become so occupied with achieving that we forget how to simply be?
Ecclesiastes 1:14 also speaks about the pursuits of life as a chasing after the wind.
And isn't that an interesting image?
Trying to catch something you can feel but never quite hold.
I sometimes wonder whether some of our ambitions become like that.
We imagine that the next achievement will finally bring satisfaction. But when we get there, we discover another rainbow just beyond the horizon.
And off we go again.
There's something else I've learned about pursuing dreams.
Sometimes the hardest thing isn't continuing. It's allowing yourself to change direction.
Because when you've spent years building toward something, the idea of stepping away can feel like admitting defeat.
You think about everything you've invested. The time. The energy. The opportunities you passed up. The people who believed in you.
And you ask yourself, "After all that, how can I possibly stop now?"
But I've come to see things a little differently.
Perhaps changing direction doesn't always mean the journey was wasted.
Perhaps the journey taught you something you couldn't have understood at the beginning.
Perhaps you've grown.
Perhaps your priorities have changed.
Or perhaps what once seemed so important no longer holds the same meaning.

I think we need to give ourselves permission to acknowledge that.
Not every dream we begin with has to remain our dream forever.
And not every unfinished journey is a failed one.
Of course, there is a balance.
We shouldn't abandon something meaningful simply because it becomes difficult. There are times when faith calls us to persevere, even when the road ahead is uncertain.
But I don't believe perseverance should mean refusing to examine where we're going.
Sometimes faith asks us to keep walking.
And sometimes wisdom asks us to reconsider the direction.
The challenge is learning to recognize which season we're in.
And perhaps that's something we can only discover through prayer, reflection, and a willingness to be truthful with ourselves.
As I reflect on my own journey, I realize that some of the things I once considered setbacks have taught me lessons I might never have learned through success alone.
I wouldn't pretend that every loss was necessary or that every sacrifice was worthwhile.
Some things, given the chance, I might have done differently.
But I also recognize that the person I am today has been shaped not only by what I achieved, but by what I had to release, what I survived, and what I eventually learned to value.
And perhaps that's why this conversation matters to me.
Because I don't want us to become so focused on reaching the end of the rainbow that we forget to ask what kind of people we're becoming along the way.

TODAY'S SOUL CALL QUESTION
Have you ever looked back at a dream you pursued and realized that it cost you more than you expected?
And if you could begin that journey again, knowing what you know today, would you make the same choices?
I would genuinely love to hear your thoughts.
Not because I think we should live with regret, but because I believe there is wisdom in looking back honestly.
Sometimes our experiences become the very lessons someone else needs to hear.
And here's the thought I'd like to leave with you today:
Perhaps the greatest tragedy isn't failing to reach the rainbow. Perhaps it's reaching it only to discover that we left behind the very things that would have made arriving there worthwhile.
So yes, keep dreaming.
Keep building.
Keep believing in the possibilities ahead.
But every now and then, look around you.
There is a life happening while you're busy chasing the one you imagined.
And that life deserves your attention too.

Kondere Soul Call
Faith • Reflection • Awakening

10/23/2026

CHASING RAINBOWS — DAY 2 OF 7
WHEN DREAMS BECOME DISTRACTIONS

Can something good become the very thing that takes us away from what truly matters?
Yesterday, we reflected on the beauty of the rainbow and how not everything beautiful in life is necessarily something we are meant to chase.

Today, I want us to think about something a little different.
Have you ever wanted something so badly that it occupied almost every waking thought?
Perhaps it was a business you were trying to build, a career you had worked toward for years, a relationship you hoped would work out, or simply the desire to create a better life for yourself and those you love.
I think most of us have been there.
And there's nothing wrong with having dreams. In fact, I think some of our greatest achievements begin with the courage to imagine a life beyond our present circumstances.
But here's something I've been thinking about.
Is it possible to become so committed to building a better life that we forget to actually live the one we have?
Think about it.
We work long hours because we want financial freedom, but somehow we never seem to feel financially secure enough to rest.
We pursue success because we believe it will bring fulfillment, but each achievement seems to introduce another goal, another expectation, another mountain to climb.
We want recognition, and when it finally comes, we discover that approval can be strangely addictive. What once felt like enough no longer seems to satisfy us.
And sometimes, without even realizing it, we begin measuring our worth by how close we are to achieving something.

I've often wondered at what point a dream stops being something that inspires us and becomes something that quietly controls us.
Because it doesn't always happen dramatically.
Sometimes it's the conversations we keep postponing because we're too busy.
The people we love who receive whatever little energy we have left at the end of the day.
The moments of peace we sacrifice because there's always one more thing to accomplish.
Or even the time we once spent in prayer and reflection, which somehow gets pushed aside by the urgency of everything else.
And the difficult part is that we can justify all of it.
After all, aren't we working toward something good?
In Matthew 6:21, Jesus says:
"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
I've always found that verse interesting because it invites us to look beyond what we say matters to us and examine where our hearts are actually invested.
Then, in Matthew 6:33, Jesus tells us to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness.
I don't read these passages as an instruction to abandon our ambitions or stop working toward a better future.
Rather, I see them as an invitation to examine our priorities.
What has quietly taken first place in our lives?
And perhaps an even more uncomfortable question is whether we would recognize it if something good had begun taking a place it was never meant to occupy.
You see, a dream doesn't have to be bad to become a distraction.

Sometimes it is a perfectly worthwhile dream, pursued for all the right reasons, that gradually begins to demand more than we intended to give.
Our time. Our peace. Our relationships. Sometimes even our values.
And before we know it, we are no longer simply pursuing the dream. We are organizing our entire existence around it.
Now, I'm not suggesting that every sacrifice is a mistake. There are seasons in life when building something meaningful requires extraordinary commitment. And there are responsibilities we cannot simply walk away from.
But I do think there is a difference between making sacrifices with purpose and losing ourselves in the pursuit.
Maybe that is where discernment comes in.
Knowing when to push forward, when to rest, when to reconsider, and when to remind ourselves why we began the journey in the first place.

Because imagine finally reaching the end of that rainbow, only to discover that somewhere along the way, you lost the very things that would have made reaching it worthwhile.
Would the achievement still feel the same?
I don't know that there is one answer for everyone.
But I do believe it's a conversation worth having with ourselves from time to time.
Not because we should dream less, but because perhaps we need to be more intentional about how we pursue those dreams.

TODAY'S SOUL CALL QUESTION
Have you ever been so focused on achieving something that you later realized you had neglected something, or someone, more important?
And looking back, what would you have done differently?
I'd genuinely love to hear your thoughts, because I think this is something many of us experience, even if we don't often talk about it.
Perhaps the real wisdom isn't simply knowing how to pursue a dream.
It's knowing how to pursue it without losing sight of what makes life meaningful in the first place.
And maybe, just maybe, the rainbow is even more beautiful when we haven't forgotten to appreciate the journey beneath it.

Kondere Soul Call
Faith • Reflection • Awakening

10/22/2026

CHASING RAINBOWS — DAY 1 OF 7
THE BEAUTY OF THE RAINBOW

Not every beautiful thing is meant to be chased.
Have you ever looked at a rainbow and wondered where it ends?
I have always found rainbows fascinating. There is something about the way they appear after the rain, stretching across the sky in all those beautiful colors. For a moment, you almost want to follow one, just to see where it leads.
But the interesting thing about a rainbow is that the closer you try to get to it, the further away it seems.
And isn't that typical in life? We spend so much of our time chasing something.
For some of us, it's a career we've dreamed about for years. For others, it's financial security, a relationship, recognition, a better home, or simply the hope of reaching a place in life where we can finally say, "I've made it."
And there's nothing wrong with any of that.

I believe dreams are important. Sometimes they are the very things that give us the courage to get up in the morning, to try again after disappointment, or to leave behind what is familiar and step into the unknown.

But lately, I've been thinking about something.
What happens when we become so focused on reaching the rainbow that we forget to appreciate the life unfolding beneath it?
Think about that for a moment. How many times have we told ourselves, "I'll be happy when..."?
When the business succeeds. When the children are settled. When the money is enough. When someone finally recognizes our efforts. When life becomes a little easier.....
And before we know it, years have passed, and we are still waiting to arrive somewhere.
There's a beautiful account in Genesis 9:12–17, where God places the rainbow in the clouds as a sign of His covenant with Noah and every living creature.
Now, here's what strikes me about that passage. God didn't tell Noah to go and find the end of the rainbow. He didn't ask him to follow it or build his life around reaching it.
The rainbow was a reminder of a promise, not a destination he was meant to pursue.
I find that distinction quite thought provoking.
Because perhaps not everything beautiful that appears before us is something we are supposed to possess.
Some things are there to remind us of God's faithfulness. Some are there to encourage us. Some inspire us to keep moving forward, while others invite us to stop long enough to recognize how far we've already come.
And of course, there are dreams worth pursuing with everything we have. The wisdom, I think, lies in knowing the difference.
Maybe the question isn't whether we should stop chasing our dreams. Maybe it's whether we have taken the time to understand why we are chasing them in the first place.
Is it purpose? Is it hope? Is it something we genuinely feel called to do?
Or are we chasing something because we believe that only when we reach it will our lives finally have meaning?
I don't think those are easy questions to answer. And perhaps that's why they are worth asking.
Because while we're looking toward the rainbow in the distance, there may already be something beautiful happening right where we stand.
And I would hate for us to miss it.

TODAY'S SOUL CALL QUESTION
What rainbow are you chasing in your life right now?
And if you are willing to look a little deeper, ask yourself this: Am I pursuing it because it gives my life purpose, or because I believe I cannot be content until I reach it?
I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Over the next seven days, we'll reflect together on the dreams we chase, the sacrifices we make, the expectations we carry, and the wisdom of knowing when to keep walking and when it may be time to change direction.
Until then, perhaps today is a good day to simply look up and appreciate the rainbow.
Kondere Soul Call
Faith • Reflection • Awakening

10/14/2026

Life doesn't always unfold according to our plans. But sometimes, what feels like an interruption becomes part of our becoming.
Not every detour is a defeat.

10/06/2026