Blessings, Laura Story

Songs like this are why I decided a week ago that the only radio station to be played in my car is KLOVE! Seriously! Keila laughed as she hit all the presets on the radio and found them all to be KLOVE:). "Blessings" couldn't have played at a more perfect time than this morning as I was taking the girls to school. With all that's been happening in my life, I'm finally at a place where music helps me make sense of it all - again!

Even though I've been studying James 1:2-18 with my mentor for months now, it hasn't been easy to live it, no matter how TRUE I know it to be.

Testing of Your Faith
2 Count it all JOY, my brothers,when you meet trials of various kinds,
3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
8 he is a double-minded man,unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,
10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.
14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.
15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

For a while, music depressed me and it drove me crazy, considering how much of a positive impact it has had on my life for as long as I can remember. But I thank GOD for bringing me back to this place...the pain and the wounds are still fresh, but God is truly revealing the extensive healing I've been receiving throughout this whole process - more than I could ever realize on my own.

Here's the story behind the song "Blessings" by Laura Story:


...and here's the song, my love.1434:)