getting my attention

I read that God knows exactly how many times it takes to get your attention, it may take Him 103 times, but whatever it takes He will keep going because He knows on the 103rd time it is going to work. So today I believe I needed another attention grabber, no my dream hasn't come true yet, but I know I'm traveling on the road that is leading me to my biggest hearts desire. Sometimes I don't know, and I question God and ask to once again remind me, that I'm right (as in not wrong) before Him to hold on to this desire. After much prayer, I believe He reminded me again. I hate that I always have to ask, that I doubt, but thankfully we have a loving God, that gently reminds us that He is in control and He will give us our greatest hearts desires. I know the enemy is constantly coming against me, telling me lies about how I don't deserve this or I'm asking to much, and as these doubts came once again, His word, spoke louder! In Matthew 7:9 He reminds us of His love for us when He says "if your children ask for bread, which of you would give them a stone? Or if your children ask for a fish, which of you would give them a snake? Even though you are bad, you know how to give good gifts to your children. How much more your Heavenly Father will give good things to those who ask Him" I love these words, it was a great attention grabber, although not the one I spoke of earlier, just another one, getting me closer to dream. I am so thankful, we have a loving father, I know as a mother, I would give my children anything I possibly could, to show them how much i love them. So how much greater God wants to give us. I know also that God doesn't just hand things to us, just as parents we allow our kids to learn through life experiences and to work for what they want in life, I believe God does the same. He gives us these desires, to become all that He has made us to be, to lean on Him, and grow to be all that He knows we can be.