Mercies in Disguise

It's been a real rough week. I was having an especially hard time Saturday night. But I am blessed to have amazing friends. Amazing friends that don't judge me that I feel comfortable enough to go and talk to them about anything. These friends are a tender mercy in my life. They knew exactly what to do and say to give me comfort that night. I'm so thankful for them.
On my way home from church today I was listening to the radio and the song "Blessings" by Laura Story came on. I felt like this song was just for me. I started to cry in the car pulled over and dumped out my scripture bag looking for a piece of paper to write the song's title down on. I am so thankful for music in my life.

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

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
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

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
And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know the 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 achings 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

Validation

This movie is a little old but i LOVE it!
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Back in the 435

I'm back! Back in good ol' Logan Utah and I miss Texas already. I loved Texas! I loved every minute I spent there. Texas will always be my second home :) I loved the people, the heat, the humidity and yes even the flatness. It was hard to say goodbye to everyone that I have learned to love.

Katie was leaving to take a trip back home to Pennsylvania and by the time she got back I was gone so we said goodbye a couple days early. Katie was so fun :) we always had a blast together and we discovered very quickly that we make an AWESOME team when it comes to getting stuff done!

Gwen, myself and Kim. It was killer saying goodbye to Gwen. There was a lot of tears shed. She had become a very close friend while I was there. She's an amazing person and I was so blessed to be able to get to know her so well. She taught me so many things and I cannot wait to see her again! I miss you Gwen!!! And then there is Kim... Kim from New Jersey! Boy is she awesome! Everyone always jokes about being on her "good side" and it is very true! I was so glad I was on the good side. I feel like she was the person I spent the most time with in Texas and I am so glad I did! She was a big sister to me, she took me to the Houston Zoo, to the beach in Galveston, horseback riding and so much more! I loved riding in the car with her and just talking for hours! She is so fun and I'm very sad that I can't spend that time with her any more.

Leaving Utah and going to Texas was exactly what I needed in my life. I learned so much. Yes I had a wonderful time but I also learned a lot of things while I was there. I learned a lot about life in general, about other people and their opionions but most of all I learned about me. About who I am, what I believe in and what I will stand for. I learned about what makes me tick and the things that I want to do and accomplish in my lifetime. I learned about my dreams, which ones are actually worth holding on to and which ones I should have while sleeping. I had to go through things that I hope I never have to again but I needed to have that experience. I "grew up" a lot while I was there.
Texas I'll miss you and thanks for the wonderful time I spent there.
Utah you better watch out because I've got my dreams in hand and I'm ready live my life!