Troy took Joelle to a Daddy Daughter Dance a few weeks ago, even though Joelle has never been to one before she talked about it with so much excitement and delight. We spent time figuring out what she was going to wear, how she wanted her hair done and the bracelet she was going to wear. With not much success in finding a bracelet small enough to fit her tiny wrists in Rocky we decided a trip to the dollar store in hopes we would find the right beads to make on...we did and it was "perfect" On the day she was going to the dance I helped her get ready and after lunch she was off to spend the afternoon doing work errands with her dad before the dance. Joelle didn't seem to mind that they were just going to the plumbing shop, the auto parts store, and the lumber store to talk to a contractor, she was just delighted to be spending that time with her dad. They had a lot of fun at the dance eating chocolate covered fruit, Joelle dancing her little heart out and just spending a special evening together. She went to bed with a smile on her face.
After the dance was over I kept on thinking about how much Joelle was excited and delighted over the whole experience...she still talks about it with the same excitement and sparkle in her eye...I was reading in Psalm 37 and came across verse 4 which says "Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart." This verse brought the image of Joelle totally delighting in the presence of her father. My heart is being challenged with this, just to come before my Heavenly Father with delight in my heart just to spend time with him. I need to become more like my children when I approach God, just simply delighted to spend time in his presence.
