Before You Meet Your Future HusbandChikamu

“What Your Heart Needs”

When I (Tricia) was seven years old, I wanted a Barbie paper doll book with cute, two-dimensional clothes to punch out. I desperately wanted it, so I prayed. I told God that He could drop the book in my closet, and I’d keep it just between Him and me.

But the next day, when I opened the closet door, the paper doll book wasn’t there. How could that be? Wasn’t God supposed to answer my prayers?

A few weeks later, my birthday arrived. Guess what I received? Yes, the paper doll book, among other things.

Looking back, I learned a lot about God and myself. Even though my thought process and prayers were immature, I knew I could turn to God with the desires of my heart. I also learned that sometimes prayers aren’t answered in the ways we want.

As I grew older, I realized I didn’t need to bargain with God or expect Him to be some sort of magician who makes what I want to appear (no, not even in my closet). Instead, it’s okay to share what’s on my heart.

Father God knows the desires of our hearts, and He will handle those desires in tender ways. Sometimes He will ask us to wait, knowing the time isn’t right. Other times, He will turn our hearts to different desires.

Pause and consider what you truly desire in terms of your future husband. Then pray about those desires.

Is it hard to trust God with your desires? Today’s readings contain some of the Bible’s strongest assurances that God knows what is best for you and is generous toward you.

Psalm 37:4 says, “Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.” The more you delight yourself in the Lord, the more you’ll understand how good God’s heart is toward you. As you delight in Him, your trust in God will grow. As you pray, you’ll see God’s answers are for good, even if they are different from you what you wanted.

God cares about your desires, but mostly He cares about you. He knows when—or if—your future husband will come and how that person will be who you truly need, someone your heart will desire.

What desires of your heart do you need to turn over entirely to God, especially concerning your future husband?