The Desire of Tim's Heart

I have this faithful and beautiful friend, Kimberly. She is such a blessing in my life. Sometimes I think out loud and she is so Godly and wise and the Lord uses her to remind me of things that are so important. For example:

Tim is very excited about the baby. He is being very upfront about his desire for a little girl, and has been asking anyone willing to listen to pray for his heart's desire. I was telling my mommies group that I was having a hard time doing this for him, because it felt 'wrong' and 'weird'. K, as usual, came to the rescue and said:

"Just like any other desire that we pray for, if God doesn’t answer exactly how we requested we can rest assured that He knows what is best and we trust in His sovereignty. But that doesn’t stop us from praying for the desires of our hearts, because you can’t hide them from God. I think sometimes He’s like “My child, I know that you want this and I want to give it to you, I just need you to ask me.” Don’t you do that with your kids sometimes, you want to bless them, you’re just waiting for them to ask nicely? Well anyway, my point is that it would be a true act of submission and love toward your husband if you would pray for the Lord to give him the desires of his heart."

These sentences humbled me, blessed me, gave me renewed strength. Yes, if I do submit and pray for my husband and his desire, I will also be in obedience to the Lord, and obedience ALWAYS brings reward. I have never found that being submissive to my husband is a negative. In fact, it is always such a sweet positive and I know that the Lord is pleased with my act of obedience. So, I must put all fear aside, trust in the Lord, and pray for my husband's desire for a little girl. Will you join us? Also, we know that if God's will is not to give us a little girl this time around, we will be so pleased with a little boy. But, like K said, I can't hide my desires or Tim's desires from the Lord. He already knows our every thought... He is just waiting for me to humble myself and express them to Him.

Thank God for my Kimmy. I love you, girl.