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Psalm 37:4
(King James Version)
Delight thyself also in
the Lord: and he shall give
thee the desires of thine heart.
As a child in boarding school in what is now Zimbabwe, we
were required to write a letter to our parents. We then gave this to our
teacher who censored it, put it in an envelope, and mailed it to our parents.
Two pence postage was not too much per week for the school to keep the parents
and kids in touch with each other—after all there were no cell phones in those
days. Mom about hit the roof when she learned that the letters were censored,
but she did enjoy getting a weekly letter from me. She wrote back on a weekly
basis.
This training has stood me well all my life. I continued to
write an (approximately) weekly letter to my parents. This has evolved into a
periodic letter to the extended family today.
When I was in high school, I was extremely shy when it came
to girls—something like Koothrappali in the Big Bang Theory TV sitcom.
As a senior I still didn’t have a girlfriend. A freshman girl took a liking to
me, and we started going steady. In the next weekly letter, I mentioned that I
had “gotten myself a girlfriend. “
By this time Mom had gotten so busy she wrote very seldom.
Dad, picked up the weekly letter writing. But on this news, I got short typed
letter from Mom. She expressed her delight. Then in good motherly fashion she
encouraged me to pray continually about this. She reminded me to
“Delight thyself also in
the Lord: and he shall give
thee the desires of thine heart.”.
During college I met the love of my life and have shared
many years with her. Indeed, the Lord has blessed us beyond what we
could have imagined!
Thank You, Lord, for fulfilling Your promise in
Psalm 34!
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