“Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart” (Psalm 37:4).
I am so thankful for God granting the desires of our hearts, even when they are not prayed for. For instance, I’ve always wanted curly hair, but was not born with it. I’d never heard of anyone growing curly hair that was not born with it, and never prayed for my hair to be curly. After I met my girls’ father, I found that his hair had been totally straight as a child—we have pictures to prove this—but completely kinked up as he went through puberty. This was the first and only instance that I had heard of this happening. As an adult, I got perms about once a year to get the curls I wanted. I stopped getting permanents several years ago, because I was concerned about the health risks of the chemicals involved. To my utter surprise, over a year ago, my hair started getting curly. Most of my hair has soft curls now. I can comb it out straight, or dampen it and let it dry into curls on its own. Perhaps it has been a change of my hormones; I just don’t know, but I keep thanking God for giving me the desire of my heart, even when I did not pray for it! Sometimes I still can’t believe it—after all those years of getting perms!
I’d always wanted a little girl with curls, but none of my girls had curls. I was disappointed, but did not pray about it; I just accepted it. Lo, and behold, my middle daughter has hair just like her father’s. It was straight until she got to be about 13, but then has curled up into beautiful tight ringlets. God again gave me the desire of my heart, even though I’d already given up on it, and it was years down the road.
When I was expecting my second child, I wanted my oldest daughter to have a little sister, because I had not had the joy of having a sister. I did pray for her to get a sister, but was totally surprised when God did answer this voiced desire of my heart. I couldn’t believe that I could be so blessed! During the third pregnancy, I again wanted another daughter, so that my children could enjoy being sisters. I was so shocked to find out during an ultrasound that I was having another girl! I was thrilled and over the moon! If I had remained married, I would have loved to have had some boys, because I think boys need brothers, but that was not to pass. It looks like I’ll get my boys when my daughters marry someday.:)
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