Blessings - Laura Story

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 is 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
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long 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
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know that pain reminds this heart
That this is not our home
It's not our home

'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
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy
What if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are your mercies in disguise

listen, there's my heart beat

Was reading this on another blog and thought it was so wonderfully written. 

It was written by a close friend. 

I thought it was too good not to share with someone else. :)

some things become but a distant memory
growing old and fading away
its
like raindrops on a roof
like a box that's out of juice

sometimes this world wears me down
i feel like some sad, sad little clown
going through the motions
drowning, in this vast, grey ocean
so

should i moan, cry
curl up on a coach and die?
no

look, there's the world at my feet
listen, there's my heart beat
stand up, hold my head high
and let its music lift me to the sky
forget
the world, let it go its way
because it's time, i had my own say
i pave my own tracks
whether it be hard joyous or slack

what i need is a push, a pull
to let my soul shine through
reminding me
that while i live and breathe
there is still so much i can achieve 

Hope you all have a great weekend. It's ending soon :(

study sandra STUDY!!!!

Psalms 136

For today's LG, we shared about Psalms 136. 

As a group activity, we wrote out our own version of Psalms 136 which is about being thankful to God for His many blessings. 

Here's what I came up with: 

(I copied the first verse for inspiration :))

Oh, give thanks unto Jehovah,
For He is good,
For He is loving kindness endureth forever. 

Oh, give thanks unto God,
For He hears my every cry,
And cares for my weary eyes. 

Oh, give thanks unto God,
For He is my strength when I am weak,
thought be it, I am His ever disobedient sheep.  

Oh, give thanks unto God,
For He always listens, always waits,
for me to unlock my steel-proof gates.  

Oh, give thanks unto God,
For He is always present, always around,
to bring back home those who need to be found.  

Oh, give thanks unto God,
For He is always near,
ready to catch every drop, every tear. 

I have this thing whereby I like to make things rhyme. :)

Think I just found a new hobby.

I love worshipping. It's such a fun time.
Was feeling a bit down before LG but, as always, felt much better afterwards.
Really glad I went :)
So looking forward to SNL tmrw night! Wooo!

ouchh.

The New Rules For Love, Sex & Dating

I have a ginormous exam coming up really really soon. 

(3 weeks! aaahh!! pray for me?)

But just before I leave this blog to slowly collect dust, 

excluding my weekly addition of a song of my choice, 

I want to encourage anyone who has a minute to spare, 

or rather, just drop what you're doing right now and listen! 

to go and listen to these 4 messages. 

It's by a church in Alpharetta, Georgia, called North Point Community Church. 

I don't know much about it except that my LG leader told me they're this new up and coming church that's doing wonderful things in the States. Sort of like touching many people, which is fantastic always. 

Anyway, during our last LG meeting, we heard the 4th part of this message, 

which is blatantly entitled "The New Rules For Love, Sex & Dating". 

Yeah, smart move right? 

The title is intriguing enough that you'll  actually be tempted to click on the link and listen to what it has to say about a topic that has lost so much meaning in today's society. 

Hence, we're faced with the severe consequences like divorces, scandals, affairs, suicides related to relationships.

I mean I'm not used to listening to American pastors speaking but this guy, is really something else. Not only does he help you understand more about sex and relationships, he also turns on the tiny lightbulb in your head, which makes you go "Ohh... WOW." 

That was exactly my response when I heard it. 

In other words, if I could, I would definitely love to drop by this church someday. 

It seems to have a lot of great speakers who make you think.

Look, don't take my word for it. Just have a listen. Then tell me what you think.

Cause the speaker makes some really interesting points. :)

I'm still halfway into the 1st message cause my internet failed me -.- 

So definitely going to finish listening to the rest like when I'm stressed out of my mind and can't decipher the cryptic words on my notes anymore. :) 

Pass it on if you found it helpful, cause I definitely did. 

God bless.