Chords
Blessings

Blessings was written by Laura Story after her husband was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The lyrics ponder on understanding Gods goodness, even through times of suffering and trials.

Key: G

Introduction: Am    G    D/F#    C    D    Bm    Am    G    D/F#    C    

C        D         Em  
We pray for blessings
C        D         Bm  
We pray for peace
C        D         Em                F                    C  
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
C        D         Em  
We pray for healing
C         D        Bm  
For prosperity
C          D          Em                     Am                D/F#  
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
G            C             D                      Em  
All the while, You hear each spoken need
      Am                    G/B                 D  
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

                  G  
What if your blessings come through raindrops
                  D/F#  
What if Your healing comes through tears
                 Em                        D                         C  
What if the thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You' re near
Am                 G/B                C                  D                            Am  G  D/F#  C  D  Bm  
      What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

C        D         Em  
We pray for wisdom
C         D          Bm  
Your voice to hear
C        D         Em                F                    C  
We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
C     D                Em  
We doubt your goodness
C      D             Bm  
We doubt your love
C          D        Em                     Am                D/F#  
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
      G            C             D                          Em  
And all the while, You hear each desperate plea
     Am                            G/B         D  
And long that we' d have faith to believe

                  G  
What if your blessings come through raindrops
                  D/F#  
What if Your healing comes through tears
                 Em                        D                         C  
What if the thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You' re near
Am                 G/B                  C                D                          G    G4  
      What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

Am                    G/B  
When friends betray us
C                    D                     Am  
When darkness seems to win we know
            G/B                             C  
The pain reminds this heart That this is not
D                              Am    G    D/F#    C    D    Bm  
This is not our home
                                 C    D    Em    F    C  
It' s not our home

                  G  
What if your blessings come through raindrops
                  D/F#  
What if Your healing comes through tears
                 Em                        D                         C  
What if the thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You' re near
                  G  
What if my greatest disappointments
          D/F#  
Or the aching of this life
            Em                  D                          C  
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can' t satisfy
Am         G/B                 C                          D                          Em  
What if trials of this life, the rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Am             D/F#                    Am  G  D/F#  C  D  Bm  G  
Are your mercies in disguise