The first time I heard (or actually listened to the words of) Laura Story's Blessings was the week my dad went into the hospital. In fact, it was within the hour after Brian had called to tell me Dad was admitted to the hospital.
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 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 achings 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
"What if the greatest disappointments ... is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy." That line is one that keeps resonating with me, as well as, "...pain reminds this heart that this in not, this is not our home..." Definitely a line I cling to when I'm missing my dad.
The title song from the movie Courageous, by Casting Crowns (one of my all-time favorite groups) keeps coming to mind. "Where are you men of courage," I always want to answer that my dad was a man of courage and in fact exemplified the phrase. I wanted to include this somehow in the eulogy I gave, but just couldn't get my brain to work well enough to do that.
We were made to lead the way
We could be the generation
That finally breaks the chains
We were made to be courageous
We were made to be courageous
We were warriors on the front lines
Standing, unafraid
But now we're watchers on the sidelines
While our families slip away
Where are you, men of courage?
You were made for so much more
Let the pounding of our hearts cry
We will serve the lord
We were made to be courageous
And we're taking back the fight
We were made to be courageous
And it starts with us tonight
The only way we'll ever stand
Is on our knees with lifted hands
Make us courageous
Lord, make us courageous
This is our resolution
Our answer to the call
We will love our wives and children
We refuse to let them fall
We will reignite the passion
That we buried deep inside
May the watchers become warriors
Let the men of god arise
We were made to be courageous
And we're taking back the fight
We were made to be courageous
And it starts with us tonight
The only way we'll ever stand
Is on our knees, with lifted hands
Make us courageous
Lord, make us courageous
Seek justice
Love mercy
Walk humbly with your god
Seek justice. love mercy
Walk humbly with your god
In the war of the mind I will make my stand (seek justice. love mercy. walk humbly with your god)
In the battle of the heart and the battle of the hand (seek justice. love mercy. walk humbly with your god)
In the war of the mind I will make my stand (seek justice. love mercy. walk humbly with your god)
In the battle of the heart and the battle of the hand (seek justice. love mercy. walk humbly with your god)
We were made to be courageous
And we're taking back the fight
We were made to be courageous
And it starts with us tonight
The only way we'll ever stand
Is on our knees, with lifted hands
Make us courageous
Lord, make us courageous
We were made to be courageous
In the war of the mind I will make my stand (seek justice. love mercy. walk humbly with your god)
Might just have to watch Courageous tonight. Awesome movie. And thinking of the great movies made by Sherwood Production, reminds me how much the hospital in Sumter reminded me of scenes from the fictional hospital in Fireproof.
Today is filled with house-cleaning, laundry and ironing. And good Christian music in the background feeding my soul.
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