I am attaching the link to the youtube for the song ... Blessings .. by Laura Story. This song blesses my heart every time I hear it. Please listen as you read this post.
The story behind the song ... by Laura Story
The album that I did three to four years ago happened right after my husband went through surgery for a brain tumor. So a lot of the ideas that I was writing about then were just very fresh, about how do we worship in the midst of trials. So fast forwarding a few years later, a lot of things have changed. A lot of things have gotten better with his health, and a lot of things have not. We pray for God to bless us, but what does it look like when I spend four or so years praying for healing for my husband that never comes? I feel like we’ve kind of gotten to a place of having to make a choice. Are we going to judge God based on our circumstances that we don’t understand, or are we going to choose to judge our circumstances based on what we know to be true about God? Not that I choose the right thing every day, but I’m learning that every morning when I wake up to choose to trust God.
And that’s what “Blessings” is about. It’s just considering that maybe the blessing is actually found in the absence of the thing that I’m praying for. No one wants a brain tumor, and no one wants a severed marriage and these things that we pray that God will reconcile. But even though this situation is definitely nothing that we ever would have asked for or prayed for, there has been a depth of intimacy with the Lord that I’m not sure I would have known apart from such a hard road that we’ve walked. And in the end, if I’ve learned to cling to that old rugged cross all the more, I truly can say that I’m a blessed person.
People have often ask me how I was able to find blessings in the valleys of darkness during my cancer. They often said ... I couldn't be as upbeat as you are. My belief that finding blessings in even the worst situations comes through our faith in God. Leaving our problems, concerns, hurts or whatever with Him can provide us with a calm like no other. The painful reality was that I had cancer and how thankful I am that I was able to reconcile that reality with God's love. He didn't give me the cancer ... and how thankful I am that He was there walking with me.
Matthew 11:28-30 says ... "Come to me, all who are burden and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light".
I hope your week is going well ... mine is. I look forward to the long weekend. I don't need spectacular plans because I'm here and I'm alive and I'm healthy.
Blessings!
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