Blessings... and a Promise

When Sweet Pea was a week old, I took her to church.  The special music that day was Blessings by Laura Story.  The words couldn't have been more perfect for me that morning.

Below are the lyrics to Blessings that spoke to my heart so clearly that morning.

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

But long that we’d have the 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 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

When I was looking for names, I took into consideration what the name meant, but never put too much faith in what it really meant.  Looking back now, I can see that Sweet Pea's name is perfect.

Levia (Lah- vee- ah) is the feminine form of Levi and means complete.

Joy means happiness, but it's more than than.  Joy comes from the Lord and isn't dependent on outside factors- ie the size of our house,  how much we have...  It's dependent on our relationship with the Lord.

Written in her name is a promise of complete joy.  I may not always be able to see how that promise will be fulfilled, but I can rest in the promise that her life will be a complete joy to everyone who meets her.