"Blessings"
by Laura Story
We pray for blessings, we pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
And all the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things
'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
We pray for wisdom, Your voice to hear
We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt your goodness, we doubt your love
As if every promise from Your word is not enough
And all the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe
'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know that pain reminds this heart
That this is not,
This is not our home
It's not our home
'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near
What if my greatest disappointments or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy
What if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are your mercies in disguise
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I wonder when...
if...
this beautiful, convicting song will ever stop stepping on these toes of mine...
Two years ago when we were for sure deciding if we were coming here, the Lord used this sing to assure me that the trials of this life may truly be His mercies in disguise. Thanks for posing this!
ReplyDeletei've been working ahead on the blog, knowing it would get busy... not knowing the electric would get to awful... and probably planned to post this about three weeks ago. rebekah came home from praise and prayer, saying that aunt cathy had had everyone listen to this song... these words...
Deleteso my girlies were thrilled to see it pop up on the blog on sunday. i needed it for totally different reasons... but needless to say, several of us were humming that song a good chunk of the day yesterday.
This song will forever bring me to tears.
ReplyDeleteOne of our students passed away a month ago at the age of only 15, and this was one of the songs that was played during her memorial service. Right now, I'm editing the video of the service to make a DVD for her family, and I have to keep stopping to give my heart (and my eyes) a rest.
doesn't it do so about all the time anyways... much less having it tied to a heartbreaking reality like yours?
DeleteYes, I'm sure that everyone can think of at least one event that was a blessing in disguise...
DeleteMy Dad's passing away: I consider it a blessing - especially for him - because he wasn't in agony from his illness for years, but only for a few months. I miss him terribly, but I'd much rather miss him than see him in pain.
My own accident, less than two years after my Dad's passing: it was a time of tremendous spiritual growth in my life. Not only that, but my disability also allows me the free time to be able to volunteer my services at one of the local Christian schools - something I would not be able to do if I had to go to a job every day.