Blessings

Have you ever had a song that almost described perfectly the way you were feeling at the moment? That is how this song was for me.  The past few nights I have had trouble sleeping because I am afraid and worried. I am afraid that I am not good enough and I am worried that I will get stuck in this negative way of thinking.  It is hard to recognize the good that can come from the bad when you are right in the middle of the bad.  The funny thing is, my life is great. I have a wonderful family, great friends, and a wonderful boyfriend, all whom I love very much.  But it's like Satan knows those things are my strength, so he attacks my weakness...my thoughts. And he turns them all negative.  This song has been so encouraging because it reminds me that struggling through my final semester of college and struggling with finances may just be the answer to my prayers. Scary thought, but comforting at the same time. Here are the lyrics!

"Blessings" 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
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 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

We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
And 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

'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
And 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 raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
And 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
And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise