Getting to Know Jesus, Getting to Know God: fulfilled dreams

As life goes on, it is easy for dreams to be shattered on the rocks of reality. At the same time, many consider dreams their own responsibility to fulfill, something like the pressure we put on our children as we try to live through them. The gospel shows us a middle way. Simeon and Anna's dreams were fulfilled - more than their wildest dreams were fulfilled. But this wasn't their own doing. The Lord made their dreams greater, stronger, and then fulfilled them.