Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
In the summer of 2013, a panda named Lun Lun at the Atlanta Zoo gave birth to twins. They weren’t any bigger than a stick of butter, and we were fascinated! We were homeschooling and it became a regular part of the school day to check in through the computer to see how they were doing and growing.
There were regular updates posted on their website that helped us learn a great deal about pandas and what went on behind the scenes. Also, we got to see how a mother panda takes care of her young.
As the twins started to grow into little balls of fluff, my boys wanted to visit them. I smiled and told them how we got to visit them everyday through a camera the zoo had in place. It wasn’t good enough though, and they continued to talk about how they wanted to see them at the zoo before the twins went to China. You have to understand that we felt like we knew these pandas because they were in our classroom every single day.
It wasn’t even on my radar that the possibility existed for us to see them in person, but God took my boys’ requests seriously. The next thing I knew, my hubby was going to Florida for work and we were invited along. Guess where we were passing through? You got it…we were going to see Mei Lun and Mei Huan! It was an unforgettable experience that still holds a top spot in our memories.
We stood there looking at the two little miracles that we’d watched for months over the computer. We could hardly believe they were right in front of us! I never imagined we’d be standing there, but God has all kinds of wonderful blessings for us. My young boys knew that it was the Lord that often puts the desires in our heart, so they always believed that same Lord would see those desires come to pass.
Get excited about what God can do for you. Even if you see no way possible for a desire in your heart to be fulfilled, just give it to God. Delight in the Lord and wait for an answer. Sure, it may be no, but it just might be yes. Don’t tie the hands of God from making desires become a reality. If the boys didn’t ask and believe, I’m sure we wouldn’t have been standing in the Atlanta Zoo looking at those two precious pandas.
