{"id":24123,"date":"2014-02-17T07:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=24123"},"modified":"2018-05-01T14:21:44","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T21:21:44","slug":"blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2014\/02\/17\/blessings\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Monday: Blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"facebook\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/XQan9L3yXjc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"216\" \/>This week&#8217;s Music Monday entry is <em>&#8220;Blessings&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0from Laura Story, a profound song which attempts to answer, in part, the hardest question of the Christian life: why does God allow suffering?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XQan9L3yXjc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">We pray for blessings, w<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">e pray for peace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> Comfort for family, protection while we sleep<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> We pray for healing, for prosperity<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> All the while, You hear each spoken need<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> What if Your healing comes through tears?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> What if a thousand sleepless nights a<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">re what it takes to know You&#8217;re near?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">We pray for wisdom, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Your voice to hear<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> As if every promise from Your Word is not enough<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> All the while, You hear each desperate plea<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> And long that we&#8217;d have faith to believe<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">When friends betray us<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> When darkness seems to win<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> We know the pain reminds this heart<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> That this is not, this is not our home<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><br \/>\nWhat if Your healing comes through tears?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> And what if a thousand sleepless nights a<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">re what it takes to know You&#8217;re near?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> What if my greatest disappointments<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">or the aching of this life i<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">s the revealing of a greater thirst this world can&#8217;t satisfy?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> And what if trials of this life, t<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">he rain, the storms, the hardest nights a<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">re Your mercies in disguise?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s Music Monday entry is &#8220;Blessings&#8221;\u00a0from Laura Story, a profound song which attempts to answer, in part, the hardest question of the Christian life: why does God allow suffering? 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