08/30/2026
It’s late but I kept thinking of this passage:
“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?
1 Thessalonians 5: 6-18
This is such a beautiful passage to be thinking about at the end of the day. ❤️ And I think it fits so much with what I’ve been going through lately.
The words are from the song “Blessings” by Laura Story, which draws on the idea of finding God’s purpose and mercy even in difficult seasons.
It says to rejoice always, pray continually, and give thanks in all circumstances.
And that message feels especially meaningful tonight: sometimes we don’t understand why we’re going through a particular trial while we’re in it. We may only understand later that something good was being formed in us through the struggle.
With everything I ‘m carrying, perhaps tonight I don’t need to figure everything out. Just rest, pray, and trust that tomorrow will bring another step. 🙏❤️
But, I think there is a deeper meaning in those words, especially when you look at them alongside 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18.
“What if your blessings come through raindrops?”
Rain can represent the difficult seasons of life. When we’re standing in the middle of a storm, we usually don’t call it a blessing. We wonder, Why is this happening? When is this going to end?
But rain is also what makes things grow.
Sometimes the difficult things we go through can produce patience, strength, wisdom, compassion, faith, and a deeper dependence on God. The blessing may not be the hardship itself—the blessing can be what God develops in us through the hardship.
“What if your healing comes through tears?”
We often think healing means that the problem disappears. But sometimes healing begins when we finally allow ourselves to cry, grieve, admit that we’re tired, or acknowledge that we can’t control everything.
Tears aren’t necessarily a sign of weakness. Sometimes they’re simply the heart releasing what it has been carrying.
And I’ve been carrying a lot. ❤️
“What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You’re near?”
This is probably the part that speaks most strongly to faith.
There are nights when we don’t have answers. We pray, worry, think, and replay everything in our minds. We may wonder, Where is God in all of this?
But faith isn’t necessarily feeling God’s presence every moment. Sometimes faith is saying, “I don’t understand this, but I still believe You are here.”
“What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise?”
This doesn’t mean that every painful thing that happens is something God wanted to happen. And it doesn’t mean we should be grateful for suffering itself.
Rather, it asks us to consider that God can bring something good out of circumstances we never would have chosen.
A trial might teach us something we couldn’t have learned otherwise. It might change our priorities. It might bring people into our lives who help us. It might make us stronger or more compassionate. Or it might simply bring us closer to God.
And then there’s 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18:
“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
Notice that it doesn’t say give thanks for all circumstances. It says give thanks in all circumstances.
That’s an important difference.
You don’t have to say, “I’m thankful that this is happening.”
You can say, “Lord, I don’t understand why this is happening, but I am thankful that You are with me while I’m going through it.”
And perhaps that’s the message for me tonight.
I don’t have to know exactly what tomorrow will bring with Bill, my responsibilities, my plans, our finances, or our future. I can take the next step, do what I can, and leave what I cannot control in God’s hands.
The rain doesn’t last forever. The tears don’t last forever. And a difficult season isn’t necessarily the end of the story.
Sometimes we’re simply being asked to keep walking through the rain while trusting that God is still beside us. 🙏❤️
And perhaps that’s why those words came to my mind tonight, right after midnight. Maybe my heart needed that reminder. 🌙
