Dancing in the rain

When it rains, it pours.

Storms on life comes in groups, completely making girls emotional. Thid has been my past few days, if life is grabbing hold of me. Things are terrible. Some struggles are too great it seems it would be unfair to write them down.

Yet I unfortuantly must do so.

For one, my beautiful grandmother passed away this week suddenly of a stroke. I was at a friends house when I heard the terrible news. I'm not sure if she was a christian or not. She said she was bbut never would really talk about God or faith or act like a christian. I can only pray her soul is with Jesus and she is bowing before home and singing his name right now.

Second, My dear sister had just found out she was pregnet when she had a misscarriage. How awful, I have to say! But the lord gives and takes away.

On top of these losses, My Dad got salary drop at work. We are very thankful though that he didn't lose his job comepletely.

YET THERE IS HOPE IN CHIRST IN THESE TIMES OF NEED!


These words have come to me again and again the past few days:

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

And 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?
And 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 that pain reminds this heart
That this is not, 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?
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?
-laura story

times like these also make me want to praise GOD!!

How deep the Father's love for us,
How vast beyond all measure
That He should give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure

How great the pain of searing loss,
The Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the chosen One,
Bring many sons to glory

Behold the Man upon a cross,
My sin upon His shoulders
Ashamed I hear my mocing voice,
Call out among the scoffers

It was my sin that helf Him there
Until it was accomplished
His dying breath has brought me life
I knoww that it is finished

I will not boast in anything
No gifts, no power, no wisdom
But I will boast inJesus Christ
His death and resurrection

Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart
His wounds have paid my ransom
(REPEAT)
I LOVE this quote because it makes me want to face my struggles:
                                        
smiles, right?