One of my favorite Bible verses (if not my very favorite!) is Psalms 37:4. It says "Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart." I always loved this scripture. I tend to be a planner, not necessarily a worrier, but a planner for sure. I have this permanent feeling inside that if I don't plan out every detail, I might miss something going on around me! I might waste an opportunity! And oh how I hate waste! But this scripture simplifies things for me. It basically says 1) Be happy. 2) Trust and worship God. 3) HE will work it all out. And not only will He work it all out, He will give you the desires of your heart....the things you never even knew you wanted, or maybe you knew you wanted but in a way that totally takes you by surprise.
That's my favorite part. In my world where I think I need to plan or control the details so that I don't miss anything, God is waiting to surprise me with things I may have missed anyway because I never knew they were there! And even desires or dreams that you know you have, sometimes the way that God brings those about is nowhere near what you expected.....no where near "the plan."
I love to travel. Always have. My husband thinks I just like taking trips, but it's really more than that. There is something that truly touches my heart when I stand in a place I've never been before....especially somewhere I didn't think I would get to go. I cried my whole semester in Europe as I stood in front of sites I'd only read about and took in the reality that I was there! I've crossed alot of places off my list, but I've still dreamed about roadtripping across the country and seeing the western part of America. But in my last semester of grad school, as I started looking at paying my loans and needing a job, those kind of adventures seemed like maybe they'd have to wait. But just a week ago, Blaine and I drove from Louisiana all the way to Wyoming, crossing several new states off my list and also getting to see a beautiful part of the country. We took our time and made a fun road trip out of it, and as it was happening I heard this voice in my spirit reciting my favorite scripture. You see, it may seem small, but God knows the true desires within us. As I stood last week looking at the hidden lake with a great white peak towering above it out here in Wyoming, I wept from feelings of joy and thankfulness. That, as many big dreams as I have and as much work as God has for me to do, He still took time to let me experience something that He knows is a desire of my precious heart. Afterall, He put it there.
My gypsy lifestyle these days is a bit unconventional, but God works in weird ways, right? I never knew the extreme sense of peace you find when you commit to 1)Be happy, 2) Trust and worship God, 3) Let Him work it all out! His ways are SO much better than mine!
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