The Desires of Your Heart
Tonight as I read these scriptures I realize how true they are to the Righteous of God.
God cares about each of us. He knows the desires of our heart. He even knows the simple things that we need to enjoy life.
Read these scriptures and then at the bottom you will read how God has bless Joe and I in even the simple things. The things that some people take for granted everyday. The gift of Love.
The Heritage of the Righteous
Psalm 37
3 Trust in the Lord, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
4 Delight yourself also in the Lord,And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.
6 He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light,And your justice as the noonday.
7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off;
But those who wait on the Lord,
They shall inherit the earth.
But those who wait on the Lord,
They shall inherit the earth.
10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more;
Indeed, you will look carefully for his place,
But it shall be no more.
Indeed, you will look carefully for his place,
But it shall be no more.
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth,And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,But the Lord upholds the righteous.
18 The Lord knows the days of the upright,
And their inheritance shall be forever.
And their inheritance shall be forever.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time,
And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
22 For those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth,But those cursed by Him shall be cut off.
And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
22 For those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth,But those cursed by Him shall be cut off.
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord,
And He delights in his way.
And He delights in his way.
24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down;For the Lord upholds him with His hand.
29 The righteous shall inherit the land,And dwell in it forever.
30 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom,
And his tongue talks of justice.
And his tongue talks of justice.
31 The law of his God is in his heart;None of his steps shall slide.
34 Wait on the Lord,
And keep His way,
And He shall exalt you to inherit the land;
When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it
And keep His way,
And He shall exalt you to inherit the land;
When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it
39 But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
He is their strength in the time of trouble.
He is their strength in the time of trouble.
40 And the Lord shall help them and deliver them;
He shall deliver them from the wicked,
And save them,Because they trust in Him.
He shall deliver them from the wicked,
And save them,Because they trust in Him.
As each of you know we have two daughters by birth. Because of their life occupational choices they have been going to school all their life.
We also have an adopted daughter who also seems to be making herself a career woman. She has her Master's and is a College Basketball Coach.
One of the things we told them was not to get married and have children until they finish their education.
Well, when we said those words we did not know that they were going to make a career out of going to school. LOL!
Our oldest is a Head Assistant Principal, and she is now in her last year working on her Doctorate. When she finishes in May 2014, I understand that she is going to begin school again. Another degree. I told her all contracts are now null and void. Forget what we told them.
Our youngest just finished her Surgical Residency last July, and is a small animal surgeon.
My point here is, Joe and I will be 60 years old on our birthdays. We pray that God will send our daughter's a sold out man of God for them to fall in love, marry and yes, have us some grandbabies.
Well, we are still waiting. God does have a sense of humor I have learned.
About 3 years ago, we have friends visiting us from Louisiana. We were all talking one day about having grandbabies. I casually mention in the car on the way to eat at Andy's, I guess I will have to adopt me some grandbabies. (Oh, we were going to Andy's to see is Joe and Cleo could eat the big Hamburger Deal they have. You eat a huge burger with fries in a certain amount of time and it cost you nothing.)
As we were on our way, we passed by Golden Carroll, and the men decided to stop there instead. Using the excuse they wanted buffet. We think they just chickened out of eating the homogenous hamburger.
We went in and got our food and was just enjoying talking. Then I noticed a couple with 3 children. The parents were making sure the children were using excellent manners, eating their food and not wasting it. Also, saying yes ma'ma and no sir. And held hands and said their prayer before they ate.
Now you are talking about around the ages 9, 6 and 4.
I could not stand not saying something to them. You all know me and my big mouth.
I went over and thank the parents for raising their children to be respectful and in what truly seem like a Christian atmosphere. I also told them how precious the children were and how beautiful they were.
And of course I mention we did not have any grandchildren, and I hope when we do that ours were as wonderful as their children. Then I said, "I guess because our daughters have made a career out of school, and we are just going to have to adopt us some grandbabies."
When I said that, the couple looked shocked. She look and her husband and said, "Tell her what I just said." He in turn said, "She just said that we were going to have to adopt our children some grandparents.
Now for the rest of the story: We now have 3 beautiful grandchildren, now ages 11, 8, 6. God also blessed us with a new daughter and a new son.
We are now Papa and Nana, and we are having a ball. Papa is putting erector sets together with the boys and I am taking the granddaughter to get our nails done this weekend.
Papa and I have taken them to the movies. We have seen Monsters University, Despicable Me 2, Turbo, and I think the next movie we are going to is Planes.
Anyway, God has blessed us with grandbabies that may not be our blood, but we could love them no more then if they were. They are such a joy and we want to be around them all the time.
Even if our 11 year old granddaughter painted my fingernails green and blue and ask me to wear to church last Sunday and I DID. Oh, my toenails were blue.
We now understand what it means when someone says, "You will do anything for your grandbabies.
Now, I want you to know that yesterday and today, I told out oldest daughter, "Do you realize that is you and your sister get married and have children in the next 5 years, Daddy and I will be 65 years old. And when they are 10 we will be 75 years old. And when they graduate high school we will be 85 years old.
When I mentioned it again today, we said, "Mama, this is the second day you have told me this." I said, "well, I will say it again tomorrow, because I heard the 3rd time is a charm." LOL
Anyway, church, God has given Joe and I desires of our heart. We now have three beautiful adopted grandbabies. He has did it He's way right now.
But, I do have faith that if He does not return soon, we will have more grandbabies to love.
Bring them on. The more the better.
Oh, and it looks like our friend who was here is going to get her a grandbaby real soon.
Ain't God Good!
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