Mercies In Disguise

I heard this song for the first time on Sunday and I sobbed through the whole song. The lyrics are so powerful and through the year we've had thus far, I felt like this song was God whispering some answers to me. I was reminded once again that my life as a follower of Jesus is not my own. I do not exist to create the most pleasurable, perfect, happy, fulfilled life that I can while on earth. I exist to bring glory to God, to worship Him and be made more into His image every day. My life is not really about me. It’s about Jesus. The trials, the loss, the frustration, the disappointment – what if they are 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”

“Now if we are children, then we are heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ,

if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.”

Romans 8:17

Blessings by Laura Story

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