moved to tears..

i know, i know it does not take much to move me to tears... but something that moves me deeper than most things this world has to offer is MUSIC. music has, and always will, be a sweet source of therapy for me. at the end of a hard day you can find me at the piano.. in the middle of hard day you can find me rocking with tears as my itunes plays. in the morning when i wake, i hear the music of my children's pitter-pattering feet.

please, please do not leave my blog today without listening to this song. listen to the words. let them penetrate into the depths of your soul. don't leave here unchanged. i know that on some level we are ALL hurting today. you are safe here today, friend. i am praying for each and everyone person that reads these words. you are not alone. you have not been abandoned. you are such a BLESSING to me. thank you for being vulnerable. you are loved!

this particular line holds much importance to me, "what if a thousand sleepless nights is what it takes to know You are near".  i was in intense bondage to fear for about 3 years.. 3 years...a thousand sleepless nights for me. held captive by the enemy. but at the end of the those thousand sleepless nights, i KNOW that HE is near. He is worth it. He is faithful. He is good. Amen and amen!

be blessed,
~s

 BLESSINGS 

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
And all the while
You hear each spoken need
Yet love is way too much to give us lesser things

Cuz 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
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
Lord, that we’d have faith to believe

Cuz 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?

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

Cuz 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?
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