This year marks our 35th wedding anniversary in July and we started the year knowing that God gives us the desires of our hearts. We decided to spend one week in Grand Cayman in January and invited our kids and grandkids. They said yes!
Despite some health issues we had in the family, God assured me that everything would turn out okay. One evening I was praying particularly about the trip because we were contemplating canceling the entire trip. I asked the Lord to give me something from His Word to comfort me. And He did. I opened my Bible to Ezekiel 37:14 “I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live and return home to your own land. Then you will know that I am the Lord. You will see that I have done everything just as I promised. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
I thought that was an amazing response to my plea as our trip was to another country and the Lord is telling me that we will return safely to our own home. It couldn’t be clearer. But then I asked the Lord to give me a second Scripture, just in case that was just chance. And He did. I opened my Bible again. This time, to Psalm 42:5 “Why am I discouraged? Why so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again—my Savior and my God!” This Scripture gave me hope!
I, still with doubts in my heart that I was hearing from him, asked once again for a third Scripture. And He did. This time I opened my Bible to Isaiah 19:22 “The Lord will strike Egypt in a way that will bring healing. For the Egyptians will turn to the Lord, and he will listen to their pleas and heal them.”
God is so sweet to continue to answer our prayers even when we are not sure we’re hearing from Him. So today I’m writing to share that He kept all His promises and we had the most amazing vacation together as a family. We created so many happy memories that will last a lifetime! My heart is full of gratitude for this gift as this was one of my life’s heart desires—to spend vacation time at a beautiful beach with our kids and grandkids. I am grateful they all want to spend time with us and that we all have a loving relationship. While there, we celebrated our grandson’s 4th birthday and our 1 year old grandson learned to walk all by himself!
I leave you with my favorite Scripture from the Bible: Psalm 37:3-5 “Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper. Take delight in the Lord, and he will give your heart’s desires. Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you.”
We all have desires of our heart and when those desires align with God’s will, He gives us those desires because it pleases Him, as a Father.