Blessings

DISCLAIMER: I typed this up to show the song in a poem style, but somehow it's coming out all crammed together on the blog. I don't know why, and I couldn't fix it. I apologize. Hope you enjoy anyway! Several weeks ago I discovered a wonderful Pandora music station called Praise Baby. I had seen Praise Baby CD collections at Christian book stores, but it was so much fun to create this Pandora station. It plays all kinds of Christian music for kids, but it's not so kiddy that I get tired of it as an adult. In fact, there are times when I listen to it even when Carter isn't with me. It was while listening to this station on Pandora that I first heard Laura Story's song Blessings. What an incredible song!!! It is just so fitting to the season we are in and the lessons I have learned since coming to Albuquerque. It's my favorite song right now. If you haven't heard it or haven't paid very closely to the words, here they are: "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. But 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 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 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? 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? 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?"