Blessings Through Raindrops

Day 154 of Photo Inspirations — Blessings Through Raindrops

I turned on Pandora and this song by Mercy River was playing.   Oftentimes I listen to songs, but really don’t pay too much attention to the words.  But, this time, not only was I hearing the words as though they were straight from heaven, I felt so impressed to play them for my family. Staci immediately said, “Mom, don’t you remember how I sang that song when Daddy was so sick?  It was such a great comfort to me.”

So, today, I share them with you.  They just may be the words coming straight from heaven to you.  The verses carefully detail how we typically pray.  We ask God to comfort us, protect us, ease our pain.  This song called ”Blessings”, is such a powerful lesson.  Most people think life should be good, and that the ”blessing” is smooth, easy days, being healthy, care-free, and  financially secure.
 
This song tells it better than I can.  Here are the lyrics, and here is the link to this beautiful song.  I hope you listen and watch this video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGniRk_GcLs

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 rain drops?
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 rain drops?
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 that 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 rain drops
What if Your healing comes through tears
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? What if trials of this life — the rain, the storms, the hardest nights —
Are your mercies in disguise?

Isaiah 41:10
”Don’t be afraid, because I am your God. I will make you strong and help you; I will support you with my right hand that saves you.”

Yes, God hears those prayers……and answers each and every one — in His time and His way.  When we understand His profoun love for us, then we’ll understand that the “stuff” we encounter (the trials of this life) are His tender mercies in disguise.  He knows that without the trials and learning to seek Him through the pain, we may not know our desperate need for Him.  God is so rich in His mercies and ON PURPOSE to bring about the very BEST for our lives.  So….we trust in Him…..knowing that “ALL THESE THINGS are working together for OUR GOOD……”Romans 8:28.  Thank you, Father God.  Indeed the rain and the storms are your mercies in disguise.