BLESSINGS

Snippet

What is important for us during times of suffering is to not give up on God. He has not, nor ever will, give up on you. - Max Lucado

Scripture

and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of  ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be  called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor. Isaiah 61:2-4 NIV

Song

Blessings Laura Story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CSVqHcdhXQ

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

Sentence Prayer

Lord, we weep with those who weep and refuse to be consoled.  May our tears mix with yours in a river of justice, flowing down like mighty waters, transforming the world that is into the one that out to be.  Amen