Blessings in Disguise

“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 is way too much to give us lesser things 

(Chorus)
'Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops 
What if Your healing comes through tears 
What if the 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 

Chorus

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 

Chorus

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

I heard this song on the way to work this morning and was almost in tears. I have heard it multiple times, but the words really jumped out at me today. We are so busy in lives worrying from one day to the next, one hour to the next that we don’t stop and listen, we don’t stop and think what if these little things in life we think are obstacles are really God’s blessings in disguise. Like the cliché saying, “God closes one door and opens another.” If we stay positive and look beyond the negative, maybe we would see God’s blessings a little clearer. We wouldn’t question Him. We wouldn’t worry or fear as much.

My husband and I have gone through our struggles and are hopefully nearing the end of them. Sometimes we both lose our faith, if only for just a second, and begin  to think why is this happening? Why is God letting this happen to us? And then I stop and remember “God does everything for a reason”. It may not be what we hoped for, what we prayed for, but God knows what He is doing. He can see our future, farther into our lives than we can. He knows exactly what is best for us. I pray for more understanding of why things happen, but sometimes they are just not meant to be. Sometimes we don’t have to understand. Sometimes what we pray for isn’t what God has intended. I have to remember that sometimes, especially when things don’t go my way. What God does for us, should be enough.

We need to stop trying to change the things God has in mind for us. Instead, we need to trust and believe in Him more. God wants us to trust in Him, stop trying to run our own lives. I want to let go of struggling and trying to fix things and let Him take over. He knows what is best for us and only wants us to trust in Him. I know I will live a happier life if I just hand it all over to Him and surrender, let God take control.