Bucket List Item No. 2

I am so excited that item number two on my bucket list may be coming together.  I'm afraid to utter it out loud in case it doesn't come together.  Today I applied for a business license for Laney's Treasures. I've been waiting for that little nudge from God to move forward.  Doors appear to be opening that I never imagined possible.  Exploring new territory is a little frightening, but as the saying goes, nothing ventured, nothing gained.  When I look back on my life, I don't want to say..."if only I had tried..."  So what if things don't turn out as I plan...then God must have another plan. 

Are you like me, hesitant to ask God for the "desires of your heart"?  It seems presumptuous to ask for big things when He so graciously provides for our needs each day.  But he's our Father and He loves to give gifts to His children.  God knows my heart; I don't want to sit when I can stand; I don't want to stand when I can walk; I don't want to walk when I can run; I don't want to run when I can soar. 

"Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart."  Psalm 37:4

"If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!"  Matthew 7:11

"But they who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint."  Isaiah 40:31   

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