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Delight: to make you very happy

What are a few of your favorite things? (Anyone hear the classic melody from The Sound of Music in your mind while reading those words?) What makes you sincerely happy? What brings you the most joy? I love Psalm 37. The author filled this psalm with reminders of God's promises to care for us. One verse in particular is highly circulated in the church circles, but it wasn't until recently that the depth and meaning of one of the words really struck me. Ps. 37:4: "Delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart." What does delight mean? I mean I know what it means, but what is the actual dictionary definition? I looked it up (ok, I googled it) and this is the definition I found... "Delight: something that makes you very happy; something that gives you great pleasure or satisfaction." (i.word.com) I love this definition of delight. Something (or could I interject someone) that makes me very happy. Does God make me very ha