\\”Blessings\\” by Laura Story<\/a><\/p>\n“We pray for blessings
\nWe pray for peace
\nComfort for family, protection while we sleep
\nWe pray for healing, for prosperity
\nWe pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
\nAll the while, You hear each spoken need
\nYet love us way too much to give us lesser things<\/p>\n
Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
\nWhat if Your healing comes through tears
\nWhat if a thousand sleepless nights
\nAre what it takes to know You\u2019re near
\nWhat if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise<\/p>\n
We pray for wisdom
\nYour voice to hear
\nAnd we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
\nWe doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
\nAs if every promise from Your Word is not enough
\nAll the while, You hear each desperate plea
\nAnd long that we’d have faith to believe<\/p>\n
Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
\nWhat if Your healing comes through tears
\nWhat if a thousand sleepless nights
\nAre what it takes to know You\u2019re near
\nAnd what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise<\/p>\n
When friends betray us
\nWhen darkness seems to win
\nWe know the pain reminds this heart
\nThat this is not, this is not our home
\nIt’s not our home<\/p>\n
Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
\nWhat if Your healing comes through tears
\nAnd what if a thousand sleepless nights
\nAre what it takes to know You\u2019re near
\nWhat if my greatest disappointments
\nOr the aching of this life
\nIs the revealing of a greater thirst this world can\u2019t satisfy
\nAnd what if trials of this life
\nThe rain, the storms, the hardest nights
\nAre Your mercies in disguise”<\/p>\n
Thank you, God, for your blessings in the midst of the storm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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