Laura Story -- Blessings

A friend of mine on facebook posted this song, and I just loved it so much I wanted to share it with you in case you haven't heard it yet.  So potent and beautiful, and absolutely true.


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 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 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?
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?


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?