What If?

I know that I can pray, and I know that God can speak to me through reading His Word. But, every once in a while I just wish I could literally talk to God. I wish I could tell Him what I'm feeling and actually hear Him speak back to me. There is so much comfort in hearing another voice tell you, "It's going to be okay Jen." Anyone who knows me knows I'm a huge talker - I love to talk through what I'm feeling. And how cool would it be to talk to the One who actually knows why we must go through every difficulty we face?

So my friend recently played this song for me, and I think the words of this song are the exact words God would tell me if we could sit down and talk. (The video is a bit cheesy, but I want you to hear it!)





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,

‘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