Blessings

Sometimes when you're listening to music, you don't really pay attention to the lyrics. I mean, they're just a part of the overall song, right? Recently though, I heard Laura Story's "Blessings," which I've heard plenty of times before, but this time it really spoke to me.

"What if your blessings come through rain drops
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"

Whenever we're going through difficult times throughout our lives, we always get angry. "Why is this happening to me? Why can't I be happy?" You sit in the corner, sobbing, wondering what you did so wrong to deserve this when actually, this could be your blessing. Maybe you need that horrible thing to happen to you so that you can get on the path you're truly meant to be on. Maybe that person needs to hurt you that badly so you can realize you deserve more out of life than you previously thought.

The healing coming through tears part is one that I have always believed. Sometimes when I'm crying and people ask me why, I can't give them a reason why. Sometimes, I just need to cry and get everything out so I can feel okay again. There may not be a concrete reason for me to be upset or want to cry but I might have a hundred different things that happened over the past week that just built up until I couldn't take it anymore. Sometimes you just need to cry to be okay again.

"What if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are your mercies in disguise"