dads words

This is off my Dad's caringbridge site, he wrote "My Brother-in-Law has got me reading the Psalms and I have found a couple of verses that are so deep with wisdom that I am praying that God would give me the same spirit and install this faith and attitude in my life. Psalms 37:4-5 says “Be delighted with the Lord. Then He will give you all your heart’s desires. Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust Him to help you do it and He will.” This is not one of those “health and wealth” promises to me, but to me these verses really give me direction on what my attitude and behavior needs to be: “Delighted in the Lord”; “Commit everything you do to the Lord”; and “Trust him”. Believe me, having someone lay the “cancer” word on me has really caused me to look into the future and evaluate whether my “heart’s desires” are even achievable. Please pray for myself and my family as we learn how to delight, commit and trust him with our heart’s desires! Dealing with the unknown is kind of scary and trusting in the Lord sounds simple enough but it can be very hard to do since we are human and our emotions make us a bit vulnerable."

It was a nice reminder that the more we delight in Him, the more our hearts are going to feel whole and settled. The more about God we are/the more delighted in Him we are, the less we are going to need to rely on people/situations for our affirmation. God is up to something, so we better hop on board and see what He can do in the midst of this seeming mess and be about it. I am very much learning to do things with God instead of just for Him. The answers God gives and what we need are not always what we want, I am learning this daily but really learning to be okay with whatever He throws at me. But sometimes I do wish life was not so complicated and rollercoastery, I just wish to be back on the normal family train, but I guess this is the normal track God had in store-so we better buckle up and take in all the beautiful scenery and appreciate every minute of this ride.

Sorry if none of this made sense, I am really tired.