Mercies in Disguise

Mom played this song for me this afternoon when I got home.. This song could be her theme song. Or our family's theme song. The things we viewed as trials; the sleepless nights, the tears, and the raindrops have all lead to His mercies, which are new every morning.

This is a reminder (and a well timed one at that) that sometimes what I pray for won't always come looking the way I want it to. Sometimes our plan isn't His plan, and sometimes life hurts. But this is not our home! I find so much comfort in the fact that all that we go through on this earth is leading to THE moment. The moment when I am in His presence. The moment when I can see His eyes. Touch His hands. Feel His embrace.

All that I worry about now is simply an opportunity to surrender to Him, and see how He blesses us. You can't read through the Psalms without seeing that He wants to bless us. Sometimes though, our own stubbornness and self-sufficiency get in the way, and we fail to see the 'mercies in disguise.'

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

But long that we'd have the 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