Blessings

I love to hear a song that ministers and speaks to my heart. There have been many songs over the years that have encouraged and strengthen me. One of my current favorite songs is "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.

It is true that this world is not my home. At times it is easy to forget that and to allow things of this world to discourage and get me down. But if my eyes are fixed on Jesus and my heart reminded that we are strangers in a strange land, I can have the strength to smile and get through another day. 

The desire of my heart can not be satisfied by the things and emotions of this life. True, abundant life can only be found in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, the Lord of the Universe. What an amazing thing that the Creator and Sustainer of the universe loves me!!