Blessings

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.


So many times we pray for all those things. But how many times are for ourselves instead of others? I'm not saying it's wrong to pray for things you need. You should! But you are NOT the only one who has needs. Trust me there is ALWAYS someone who is worse off than you! I have found the more I pray for someone else, the less I focus on my problems and worry about them. I'm not saying that you should pray for someone else to get what you need. I'm not saying you should pray for someone else to help yourself. I'm saying, you should pray for others because God loves and cares for them just as much as you! One of the greatest ways to show someone God's love is to simply pray for them! I had the chance to pray for a friend's friend today. God started working immediately! And even though I have my needs and such, I could only rejoice! I can't wait to see how much more God does in this situation!


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.


How many times have we doubted that God isn't good enough or big enough? This is one thing I've learned this past week. I've been waiting months for my car to be fixed. I bought all the parts and my dad's been working on it and he got it all put together. When he tried it out to see if it was all good, it would keep shutting off on him. Talk about frustrating! And instead of trusting God, I cried out of frustration and worry. I already owe my parents money for those parts and now it may need more. That right there was enough to get me into tears. But God has never once not provided for me. And I seem to forget that. It's something I'm working on. I'm putting my faith in God! I didn't even realize until a few days ago that He's already providing. I'm getting lots of hours at work. I know He'll provide for me again! We need to stop concentrating on all the bad things in this world and start concentrating on Him! 


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.


Thing about it! What if His blessings come through raindrops? And His healing through tears? I'm not saying that's how it's always gonna be. But this life is hard and sometimes that's how it is. God desires a relationship with us and He wants us to FULLY rely on Him! He's not going to bring pain to you so that you will. I don't believe He can do that. But I do believe that He can allow it. We should be so hungry for Him that NOTHING else will satisfy that hunger! 


James 1:2 says this, "Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy."


God never once said this life will be easy. But He will always be by your side to help you through it! Always remember that! If you're reading this, God loves you and so do I through His love! :)