Yesterday, Uncle Stevie passed from this life to his GREAT reward! He has a new body, his suffering is gone, he gets to be with JESUS! The questions seem to resurface...why do some people have to bear so much in this life? It is a fallen world and it makes us "homesick" for heaven, but also we are so reminded how our great God can be working beauty in this brokeness!
I've thought often of this song in the last few weeks & was reminded again of it...
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
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
When friends betray us, when darkness seems to win
We know the pain reminds this heartThat this is not, 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?
And what if trials of this life The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise?
Blessing...by Laura Story
We have had a really fun 4th of July weekend, lots of friends here to celebrate, fireworks last night, parade this morning & an attempt to set off some firecrakers tonight!
