Blessings

If you listen to a Christian radio station in your area then I am sure you have heard the song "Blessings" by Laura Story. I first heard this song a few months ago and it is one of those songs that can just move me to tears. Oh, how true these lyrics are for our lives! Laura's husband was diagnosed in 2006 with a brain tumor and they have since been led together through an intense trial. Yet, out of that trial their faith in God has prevailed and this beautiful song was written. It seems like the suffering around us never goes away, but I really feel like God uses those circumstances to teach us about His love for us, His faithfulness to us, and about how real and genuine satisfaction comes through Him alone. He is our constant that never changes even amidst the chaos we see. I love the last verse of this song. I truly think that all of this, as Laura says, "is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy." That "thirst" she is referring to is having a relationship with the one who created you. I hope you enjoy this song as much as I do!

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 the pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is 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