Desires

My dauther, Melissa, is in New York City this semester dancing as an intern with a dance company. Recently we were talking about why she loves to dance, and she couldn't explain her passion. It's as if she was born with a love for it. We decided that, along with our gifts and talents, even what we are passionate about is from God.

Psalm 139:13-15 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.

How sweet to know that not only does God know us better than we know ourselves, but He created us just as we are with a purpose in mind.

Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.

So my prayer for each of us is that as we delight ourselves in Him, He will continue to plant HIS desires for us into our hearts. And as we follow our hearts, we will actually be following HIS dreams and plans for our lives.