Well, what do you consider a blessing, anyway?
Dicitonary.com says a blessing is a special favor, gift, mercy or benefit bestowed by God.
Usingenglish.com says that a blessing in disquise is bad luck or misfortune ultimately resulting in something positive.
So is a blessing a single event or is it a journey?
In our moments of despair and angst, it is hard to accept that this may be a necessary step in God's design for our lives, to bring us closer to Him. To weaken our ability and need to be in control of our life, in order to fully surrender and commit ourselves to God.
What are you dealing with right now? Does it feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders? Do you feel like you just can't take anymore? It happens to us all at some point. Just don't lose sight of the bigger picture. Look around you...your neighbor just buried their child. Look around you...your best friend just lost their job. Look around you...your colleague that has 3 small children just got blindsided with divorce papers. Look around you...families are being torn apart by war. Look around you...countries are being devastated by natural disasters. Look AROUND you. Quit looking AT you. There will never be a point in this life where we are not struggling with something terrible. Just don't lose sight of the bigger picture. What is the bigger picture? God loves us. He created us. We are His beloved children. He wants us to come to Him, to give ourselves to Him. He has a home waiting for us. A home where there will be no struggles, no sickness, no hardships, no disease, no death, no sadness. He never promised us a utopian life here on earth; what God promised us is that He would not abandon us. THAT my friend, is the bigger picture. That is a blessing.
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 is 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
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe
When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know that pain reminds this heart
That this is not our home
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
-Laura Story
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 is 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
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe
When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know that pain reminds this heart
That this is not our home
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
-Laura Story
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