What if your healing comes through tears

May this day bring us closer to our great God no matter what  agonies we are enduring.

Psalm 10:17-18O Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear
¹⁸ To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed,
So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror.

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Mercies in Disguise?

From:  Paul Tautges 
http://counselingoneanother.com/

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 03:27 PM PDT    This past Sunday evening, in our church service, we received one of the most God-glorifying, gospel-exalting testimonies we have heard in a long time. As one of our members gave God glory, for His ongoing work of grace in the life of a young woman abused for much of her earthly life, most of us were moved to tears of joy. After he finished his testimony, he asked a group of young ladies to come forward and sing “Blessings” by Laura Story. If you are not familiar with this song then you need to be. Whatever your trial is—and we all have at least one—this song will minister deeply to your heart. Below are the lyrics. Listen to it here. 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 ‘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 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’d have faith to believe When friends betray us When darkness seems to win We know that pain reminds this heart That this is not our home 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?