Blessings in Disguise

Wow, I just heard this song on the radio tonight as I was driving home. And as I listened to the lyrics, I was spellbound. It was like someone was clearly articulating my heart - seeing right into those secret things that I labor over, just between me and my Savior. So I immediately picked up my iphone and found out what song it was. Then I promptly downloaded it on itunes and have been listening to it on repeat all night. What a means of grace it has been to me this evening! I can't pick how I'd like God's blessings to come to me. And my perspective is so skewed! I want the Lord's eyes to see that even in the midst of great trial, He is working for my good! And showing me that this is not my home. Thank you, Lord, for your grace. Thank You for sending Christ to redeem me. Now I can say boldly "thank You for EVERYTHING that touches my life." Mercy awaits me - in all forms. Blessings and trials - all come to me through the hand of my loving Father. And they are mercies in disguise...working out in my life that which is pleasing to Christ. Oh for eyes to see as my Savior sees!!

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,
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

- Laura Story