Blessings

April 22nd. Moms 1st birthday in Heaven....I knew as soon as I woke up...but I thought I could do it...just another day, right?... As we sat Rick drinking coffee, me my Chai tea, Sunday morning, time to get a shower and get ready for church, our conversation turns to a news story that Rick wants to show me...not just any story I discover but one about a special singer, one I was very familiar with. Laura Story. And what song is she singing on this news clip none other than "Blessings". A song that has helped me Deal with my grief over the last few months, this song has helped me keep going and dig in deep when I found out I had lupus...

Here are the lyrics to the song, Blessings,

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 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 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.

Thank you Laura Story!!

So at this point I am blubbering, he is apologizing and I am a mess mentally and physically ( my knees are swollen and stiff and aching), time for church comes and goes, we didn't make it this morning but we had some time to remember. Later as hunger brings us back to reality we grab some lunch, take in a movie I have been wanting to see (The Lucky One)and even manage to get new Nikes for The Lupus walk next weekend. All in all it was a bitter sweet day thanks to my sweet hubby and my Lord and even Laura Story.

And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.  (Philippians 1:6)