blessings ~

This weekend a sweet friend sang this song in church.

It is a familiar song to me, and to many -

but for some reason, the Lord chose 

this Sunday to speak to me.

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
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love is way too much to give us lesser things

It made me think of my blog, and how

the Lord has used it as an amazing

piece to the story of my life.

'Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops

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

I've been reunited with past friends.

I've connected with family in a way I never knew possible.

I have met new friends - amazing women of the Lord 

(among MANY others!)

that have shown me strength in their life

that helped me when I was weak.

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
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe

The Lord comforted me in this song -

He assured me that while I have a deep cry of my heart

that He knows better; 

that while it is painful - He *could* be protecting me

from an even greater hurt.

I have no idea what hurt that *could* mean ...

but He promises in the Bible over and over

to never turn His back on me.

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

The loving reassurance that He is faithful

even when I'm distant from Him,

when I'm doubting if He even does love me,

that His love doesn't look like how WE

think it SHOULD look...who are

WE to say what it SHOULD look like, anyway!?

When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know that pain reminds this heart
That this is not our home

And so - in the 11th hour of this Monday night -

{see? I said I was going to post}

I need to tell you about the giveaway!

(you thought I forgot?)

Well, tomorrow - {Wednesday} - I will

post about it in deatil.

Pinky promise ;)

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