Blessings

Each day I'm reminded how blessed I truly am.  God has blessed me with Steven and has worked in our marriage every day.  He's blessed us with our sweet puppy that is, as we like to call, our child in training.  He has blessed us with our dream home.  Through this, we've already been able to open our home up for Bible studies and times of fellowship.  He has blessed us with family and friends that support and encourage us all the time. 


Though we are praying desperately for God to bless us with a child, we know that His timing is perfect.  He will bless us with a child, whether  our own or through adoption, when the time is right.  I know that God is teaching us patience and He's with us in the process of waiting for His timing.

The song "Blessings" by Laura Story is speaking to me daily and I often find myself singing it in my head.  If you haven't heard it, here are the lyrics.

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'd 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 the pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is 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 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

I pray that as I go throughout the day, I'm reminding that God will bring blessings through everything in our lives.

James 1:2-3