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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Hope on the Wind


Thanks Ann Voskamp:

"And no wind ever blows so hard that it doesn’t carry hope, that it doesn’t blow in blessings too."

Out of the harsh winds of the past months came blessing and hope yesterday. No guarantees but encouragement nonetheless.

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Monday, May 16, 2011

Blessings

The Lord is so kind to give us what we need exactly when we need it.

One day this past weekend, I had two separate friends tell me about the song "Blessings" by Laura Story. Finding myself sleepless tonight, I looked up the lyrics and listened to it. What a balm for my soul, for my aching, fearful heart. (see the lyrics below)

Lord, use my sleepless nights and this pain to heal my heart....however that looks.
More of You, Jesus, more of You.


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

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

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