Verse 1 :
F G Am F G Em
We pray for blessings, we pray for peace
F G Am Bb F
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
F G Am F G Em
We pray for healing, for prosperity
F G Am G/B
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
C/E Fsus2 G Am
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Dm C/E Gsus4 G
Yet love is way too much to give us lesser things
Chorus 1 :
C
'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
G/B
What if Your healing comes through tears
Am Em F
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near
Dm7 C/E F G7 C
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
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Verse 2 :
F G Am F G Em
We pray for wisdom, Your voice to hear
F G Am Bb F
We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
F G Am F G Em
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
F G Am G/B C G/B
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
C/E Fsus2 G Am7
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
Dm C/E Gsus4 G
And long that we'd have faith to believe
Bridge :
Dm7 C/E F Gsus4
When friends betray us, when darkness seems to win
Dm7 C/E F G
We know that pain reminds this heart that this is not, this is not our home
Dm7 C G/B F G Em F G Am Bb F G
It's not our home
Chorus 2 :
C G/B
What if my greatest disappointments, or the aching of this life
Am Em F
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy
Dm7 C/E Fsus2 G F/A
What if trials of this life, the rain, the storms, the hardest nights
G/B C
Are Your mercies in disguise
