David Reece May 16, 2012Seven weeks ago I had brain surgery to remoave a 7 cm mass from my right front temporal lobe. It was discovered that the mass was glioblastoma,incurable brain cancer, we were told. My walk with Christ became so much more meaningful! Three weeks after durgery my niece presented me with a copy of "Blessings". Not only did she personalize it but she also sat down and sang it, acapella, for me, my wife, and her parents. There was not a dry eye among us, including her! I have read the book cover to cover. Thank you Laura!! |
David Reece May 16, 2012Seven weeks ago I had brain surgery to remoave a 7 cm mass from my right front temporal lobe. It was discovered that the mass was glioblastoma,incurable brain cancer, we were told. My walk with Christ became so much more meaningful! Three weeks after durgery my niece presented me with a copy of "Blessings". Not only did she personalize it but she also sat down and sang it, acapella, for me, my wife, and her parents. There was not a dry eye among us, including her! I have read the book cover to cover. Thank you Laura!! |
Leslie Menix May 15, 2012I heard "Blessings" on the radio yesterday for the first time. It ministered to me greatly!!! I plan on sharing these lyrics and song with many of my friends who are struggling with marriage problems. Thank you for using the Lord to work through your voice! |
Leslie Menix May 15, 2012I heard "Blessings" on the radio yesterday for the first time. It ministered to me greatly!!! I plan on sharing these lyrics and song with many of my friends who are struggling with marriage problems. Thank you for using the Lord to work through your voice! |
Trevor Ferrone May 14, 2012I was in the hospital with a brain tumor for month straight |
Trevor Ferrone May 14, 2012I was in the hospital with a brain tumor for month straight |
MARTHA May 12, 2012Laura I came across BLESSINGS at the time I needed it most. My daught was diagnosed with brain cancer. I played it all the time. Blessings did come. Since 2007 Leslie went through 2 brain surgeries, radiation and followup MRIs. Her last 4 scans have been clear. Praise our Lord. Thank you for your music. |
MARTHA May 12, 2012Laura I came across BLESSINGS at the time I needed it most. My daught was diagnosed with brain cancer. I played it all the time. Blessings did come. Since 2007 Leslie went through 2 brain surgeries, radiation and followup MRIs. Her last 4 scans have been clear. Praise our Lord. Thank you for your music. |
Sue Murphy May 11, 2012I am so blessed to be bought with Christ's blood and be part of the body of Christ. I am very thankful for my family...a Godly husband, two Christian children that have Christian mates. But this week I am especially mindful of having a Proverbs 31 Mother. Gladys Finch was the best Mom anyone could have asked for. Everyone that knew her or met her saw her gentle spirit and sweet smile. She loved everyone...and she liked having Laura Story sit with her. Momma is with the Lord and has left a huge void in our lives...but the legacy she has left has changed our lives. Thank you Lord Jesus for my Momma! |
Sue Murphy May 11, 2012I am so blessed to be bought with Christ's blood and be part of the body of Christ. I am very thankful for my family...a Godly husband, two Christian children that have Christian mates. But this week I am especially mindful of having a Proverbs 31 Mother. Gladys Finch was the best Mom anyone could have asked for. Everyone that knew her or met her saw her gentle spirit and sweet smile. She loved everyone...and she liked having Laura Story sit with her. Momma is with the Lord and has left a huge void in our lives...but the legacy she has left has changed our lives. Thank you Lord Jesus for my Momma! |
AMANDA DAVIS May 9, 2012For about eight months I have been having unexplained seizures and have been to more than six specialists. Many times I have prayed, and each time, I heard this still small voice telling me to stop taking my fibromyalgia medicine. I finally did and am so blessed to say that I have been seizure free for thirteen days!!!!!! Your song "Blessings" has really been a reminder that he is still there and has a plan! Thank you! |
AMANDA DAVIS May 9, 2012For about eight months I have been having unexplained seizures and have been to more than six specialists. Many times I have prayed, and each time, I heard this still small voice telling me to stop taking my fibromyalgia medicine. I finally did and am so blessed to say that I have been seizure free for thirteen days!!!!!! Your song "Blessings" has really been a reminder that he is still there and has a plan! Thank you! |
Debi Shaw May 6, 2012I stumbled onto your devotional book "Blessings", and than read a little bit about a song by the same name. So when I heard it I was blown away, the verse about "what if trials of this life, the rain the storm, the hardest life? Are your mercies in disguise? And especially the words "what if your healing comes through tear? The past 5/6 years of my family's life has been very difficult. First we found out the neighbor boy (12 yr. old) had been molesting our daughter for 2 years, she was 4 and 5 at the time. Than he started stalking her after we found out about it and threatened to kill her. Our counselor advised us to move as far away as our finances could stretch and my husband still keep his job. After we moved, the rental house we lived in we discovered 2 rooms in the basement that were mold from floor to ceiling. We all became very ill. Than we moved to another smaller town, I had just started to calm down from all the stress, and we had a house fire in July of 2008, we had no insurance, we thought we had renter's insurance and found out we had none. So here we sat, we had to literally start over from scratch, very little was salvageable. The love and help we received from various people was awesome. We also had a few other very very stressful situations, that would take too long to explain the road of pain and where we walked. But the 1st year after the fire, I volunteered at a resale shop our church uses to support our christian high school, and I was asked to cashier, during the 1st year and a half after the fire, I was so so broken, I never ceased praying, I prayed from the time my feet hit the floor in the morning until I went to bed. The Lord used me in ways I never thought possible. Someone would come into the resale shop where I volunteered and time after time, the Lord used me as a vessel, to convey to someone who needed a word of comfort, confirmation from the Lord, or healing words, I never knew when or how, all I know is that while I felt so broken, it drove me to my knees and your exactly right, there is an intimacy that can come through suffering, that makes us seek our creator on a different playing field. So all I was consumed with was being grateful the Lord spared my husband and children (we have 9 children and 6 were at home in the house the morning of the fire). We lost 3 dogs, and I had some very broken children as well. What I learned was that through "my suffering" the Lord used me in ways I had no prior knowledge of how to handle. The Lord was so good, he spared the most important "things" in my life my husband and children, if I had lost any of my kids, it would have been too much of a cross to bear. The Lord tells us in his word that he will never push us beyond our breaking point. During this time my husband and I grew apart, we were walking down 2 different paths and we were each dealing with the stress in our own way. Many couples would have thrown in the towel, percentages of divorce are very high when couples face huge life changing events. We continued to grow apart, I was ready to throw in the towel, I was tired of being hurt and misunderstood. Every time I started to walk away from my husband, the Lord steered me back on course. Our pastor started counseling us, we attended a seminar for married or engaged couples called "A Weekend to Remember", that was in 2009, it helped but so so much had changed in each of us that I lost sight of hope. Now when I met my husband I felt that the Lord had designed my husband just for me. My husband is a man of faith, he is the most compassionate man I have ever met. We just seemed to take 2 steps forward and 4 back, I truly wanted out, I was tired of arguing of hurting and being a source of hurt to my husband. I stayed the course, even with "no hope" of truly reconciling with him. I suffered severe depression as a result of our relationship. This is the note I emailed to my husband, after I heard your song.Our sojourn has been so so long, our healing has come through tears, let's not waste another moment assuming the worst of each other, let's spend our time, doing what the Lord so wants us to do, he gave over his son so that we might be free, he gave us his best, we aren't giving the Lord our best, when we argue, we destroy the roots of our tree with pain, confusion and strife ruin the fiber of the covenant that Lord states when he compares the joining of a man and a women in marriage to Jesus being the bride groom and the church is his bride, Jesus gives himself up for his bride the church. So by the words "gives himself up" I take it to mean, I am to "give myself up, and give you what is rightly and justly yours" I am to give myself up to you, trust you, honor and respect, you, and as with all things in balance, the Lord expects the same from you, to give oneself up has to be the most sacred and scary of all things. I know that I know that I know, from here forward, I have no reason to hide from you anymore, you are the husband of my youth, the father to my children, you are my lover, and now I am asking for you, my Husband, my Beloved to be my Best Friend again, we've been away from each other too long. I love everything about you, I have no grievance's, I have no quarrels, I have nothing to bring to the foot of the cross to complain to Jesus, You and you alone are my hiding place, there is no where else in this world I want to be right now, other than with you.+ I also shared a link to your song on youtube with my husband and pulled down the lyrics, so he knew where I was coming from. Our recovery has been amazing, if I hadn't of suffered so, I would never know the greatest gift that the Lord would give me back my husband and improve our relationship in ways I never dreamed possible. I opened my heart and felt the Lord was telling me to lean on him and not on my own understanding. I was able to tell my husband where my heart has been, where it was, and that his heart was where I wanted to be. I was scared to share much with my husband for fear of yet another "misunderstood" and open myself up to more heartache. Because of your song, I was able to put my pain and healing and understanding into words my husband understood, and continues to understand. The tender mercies of the Lord, are so sweet, he has shown me there is strength by admitting and owning my weak state, I long to be with my savior and what your song made me think of was Chapter 13, 1st Corinthians, Love is patient, love is kind........and now I only see as a poor reflection in the mirror, when perfection comes, I will Know as fully as I am already known. Many things will pass away but love will endure. I believe "perfection" means that when we accept Jesus, this is what the Lord is talking about "when perfection comes" means that when we stop fighting with the Lord and accept perfection is Jesus and all of a sudden it turns your life around, by accepting Jesus, Jesus already knows us, but as soon as we accept whatever is going on in our lives by coming to the father by way of the son, we suddenly see ourselves as the Lord sees us, we finally know, as we have always been known to and in the Lord. Where other things will pass away, but the greatest of these is Love. Your song was a starting over point and I know that it had to be divinely inspired, Its a beautiful thing to be Bless people with a song that the Lord inspired. If you had never walked your path, while hundreds of other people walked their own as well, and if you had not been brought down to the level of acceptance you have come to, this song wouldn't be, its born out of a deeper, intimate knowledge that very few people are willing to acknowledge it is in understanding that the Glory of the Lord can shine through out weakest moments and that God's mercies still endure. We are all a journey, in this life, its what we do about it that makes the difference. I can say to you what I can't say to very many people and for them to understand the concept. Thank you for Blessing all of us with your inner beauty and peace that surpasses all understanding, thank you for allowing yourself to experience the pain, beauty always comes in the mornings. The Lord made us all to work together for his glory, someday we will truly know as we are now known by our Father God. Sorry to take so long, but I felt you needed to hear what I had to say. God Bless you and your husband. |
Debi Shaw May 6, 2012I stumbled onto your devotional book "Blessings", and than read a little bit about a song by the same name. So when I heard it I was blown away, the verse about "what if trials of this life, the rain the storm, the hardest life? Are your mercies in disguise? And especially the words "what if your healing comes through tear? The past 5/6 years of my family's life has been very difficult. First we found out the neighbor boy (12 yr. old) had been molesting our daughter for 2 years, she was 4 and 5 at the time. Than he started stalking her after we found out about it and threatened to kill her. Our counselor advised us to move as far away as our finances could stretch and my husband still keep his job. After we moved, the rental house we lived in we discovered 2 rooms in the basement that were mold from floor to ceiling. We all became very ill. Than we moved to another smaller town, I had just started to calm down from all the stress, and we had a house fire in July of 2008, we had no insurance, we thought we had renter's insurance and found out we had none. So here we sat, we had to literally start over from scratch, very little was salvageable. The love and help we received from various people was awesome. We also had a few other very very stressful situations, that would take too long to explain the road of pain and where we walked. But the 1st year after the fire, I volunteered at a resale shop our church uses to support our christian high school, and I was asked to cashier, during the 1st year and a half after the fire, I was so so broken, I never ceased praying, I prayed from the time my feet hit the floor in the morning until I went to bed. The Lord used me in ways I never thought possible. Someone would come into the resale shop where I volunteered and time after time, the Lord used me as a vessel, to convey to someone who needed a word of comfort, confirmation from the Lord, or healing words, I never knew when or how, all I know is that while I felt so broken, it drove me to my knees and your exactly right, there is an intimacy that can come through suffering, that makes us seek our creator on a different playing field. So all I was consumed with was being grateful the Lord spared my husband and children (we have 9 children and 6 were at home in the house the morning of the fire). We lost 3 dogs, and I had some very broken children as well. What I learned was that through "my suffering" the Lord used me in ways I had no prior knowledge of how to handle. The Lord was so good, he spared the most important "things" in my life my husband and children, if I had lost any of my kids, it would have been too much of a cross to bear. The Lord tells us in his word that he will never push us beyond our breaking point. During this time my husband and I grew apart, we were walking down 2 different paths and we were each dealing with the stress in our own way. Many couples would have thrown in the towel, percentages of divorce are very high when couples face huge life changing events. We continued to grow apart, I was ready to throw in the towel, I was tired of being hurt and misunderstood. Every time I started to walk away from my husband, the Lord steered me back on course. Our pastor started counseling us, we attended a seminar for married or engaged couples called "A Weekend to Remember", that was in 2009, it helped but so so much had changed in each of us that I lost sight of hope. Now when I met my husband I felt that the Lord had designed my husband just for me. My husband is a man of faith, he is the most compassionate man I have ever met. We just seemed to take 2 steps forward and 4 back, I truly wanted out, I was tired of arguing of hurting and being a source of hurt to my husband. I stayed the course, even with "no hope" of truly reconciling with him. I suffered severe depression as a result of our relationship. This is the note I emailed to my husband, after I heard your song.Our sojourn has been so so long, our healing has come through tears, let's not waste another moment assuming the worst of each other, let's spend our time, doing what the Lord so wants us to do, he gave over his son so that we might be free, he gave us his best, we aren't giving the Lord our best, when we argue, we destroy the roots of our tree with pain, confusion and strife ruin the fiber of the covenant that Lord states when he compares the joining of a man and a women in marriage to Jesus being the bride groom and the church is his bride, Jesus gives himself up for his bride the church. So by the words "gives himself up" I take it to mean, I am to "give myself up, and give you what is rightly and justly yours" I am to give myself up to you, trust you, honor and respect, you, and as with all things in balance, the Lord expects the same from you, to give oneself up has to be the most sacred and scary of all things. I know that I know that I know, from here forward, I have no reason to hide from you anymore, you are the husband of my youth, the father to my children, you are my lover, and now I am asking for you, my Husband, my Beloved to be my Best Friend again, we've been away from each other too long. I love everything about you, I have no grievance's, I have no quarrels, I have nothing to bring to the foot of the cross to complain to Jesus, You and you alone are my hiding place, there is no where else in this world I want to be right now, other than with you.+ I also shared a link to your song on youtube with my husband and pulled down the lyrics, so he knew where I was coming from. Our recovery has been amazing, if I hadn't of suffered so, I would never know the greatest gift that the Lord would give me back my husband and improve our relationship in ways I never dreamed possible. I opened my heart and felt the Lord was telling me to lean on him and not on my own understanding. I was able to tell my husband where my heart has been, where it was, and that his heart was where I wanted to be. I was scared to share much with my husband for fear of yet another "misunderstood" and open myself up to more heartache. Because of your song, I was able to put my pain and healing and understanding into words my husband understood, and continues to understand. The tender mercies of the Lord, are so sweet, he has shown me there is strength by admitting and owning my weak state, I long to be with my savior and what your song made me think of was Chapter 13, 1st Corinthians, Love is patient, love is kind........and now I only see as a poor reflection in the mirror, when perfection comes, I will Know as fully as I am already known. Many things will pass away but love will endure. I believe "perfection" means that when we accept Jesus, this is what the Lord is talking about "when perfection comes" means that when we stop fighting with the Lord and accept perfection is Jesus and all of a sudden it turns your life around, by accepting Jesus, Jesus already knows us, but as soon as we accept whatever is going on in our lives by coming to the father by way of the son, we suddenly see ourselves as the Lord sees us, we finally know, as we have always been known to and in the Lord. Where other things will pass away, but the greatest of these is Love. Your song was a starting over point and I know that it had to be divinely inspired, Its a beautiful thing to be Bless people with a song that the Lord inspired. If you had never walked your path, while hundreds of other people walked their own as well, and if you had not been brought down to the level of acceptance you have come to, this song wouldn't be, its born out of a deeper, intimate knowledge that very few people are willing to acknowledge it is in understanding that the Glory of the Lord can shine through out weakest moments and that God's mercies still endure. We are all a journey, in this life, its what we do about it that makes the difference. I can say to you what I can't say to very many people and for them to understand the concept. Thank you for Blessing all of us with your inner beauty and peace that surpasses all understanding, thank you for allowing yourself to experience the pain, beauty always comes in the mornings. The Lord made us all to work together for his glory, someday we will truly know as we are now known by our Father God. Sorry to take so long, but I felt you needed to hear what I had to say. God Bless you and your husband. |
Mi Ri McIntosh May 4, 2012My dying friend who suffered with Pancreatic cancer had a large dinner gathering at a restaurant and played this song, reminding everyone that there's blessings in every situation. Her faith was incredible and I've since listened to the song a million times. She recently died...unfortunately not due to cancer, but through a violent crime. I read and reread the lyrics to gain comfort and strength. Thanks for the song. |
Mi Ri McIntosh May 4, 2012My dying friend who suffered with Pancreatic cancer had a large dinner gathering at a restaurant and played this song, reminding everyone that there's blessings in every situation. Her faith was incredible and I've since listened to the song a million times. She recently died...unfortunately not due to cancer, but through a violent crime. I read and reread the lyrics to gain comfort and strength. Thanks for the song. |
Dawn May 2, 2012On March 13th of this year I found out that I was pregnant with my husband and mine first child. We have been married for four years in August and God was blessing us with this precious baby. I started having some problems with the pregnancy and called my doctor and he wanted some blood work done. Gradually my levels started to drop and on March 30th I lost our child. During the time that I was pregnant I was thanking God for the the gift that he was giving us and how he had heard the desires of my heart to have a child. Two days before I lost the baby the old hymn "Blessed Assurance" came to mind. And that morning I told the Lord that this child was in your hands. Yes, my husband and I lost something that we loved so dear and it was in my womb for only 5 1/2 short weeks but that child will always live in our hearts. Four days ago, we named our child, his name is Eli Scott-our ascended warrior. We will see our son again when we are called home. That is what gives us the peace knowing that our son is in the loving care of our heavenly Father. Thank you for your song "Blessings" it has touched my in ways that words can never describe. |
Dawn May 2, 2012On March 13th of this year I found out that I was pregnant with my husband and mine first child. We have been married for four years in August and God was blessing us with this precious baby. I started having some problems with the pregnancy and called my doctor and he wanted some blood work done. Gradually my levels started to drop and on March 30th I lost our child. During the time that I was pregnant I was thanking God for the the gift that he was giving us and how he had heard the desires of my heart to have a child. Two days before I lost the baby the old hymn "Blessed Assurance" came to mind. And that morning I told the Lord that this child was in your hands. Yes, my husband and I lost something that we loved so dear and it was in my womb for only 5 1/2 short weeks but that child will always live in our hearts. Four days ago, we named our child, his name is Eli Scott-our ascended warrior. We will see our son again when we are called home. That is what gives us the peace knowing that our son is in the loving care of our heavenly Father. Thank you for your song "Blessings" it has touched my in ways that words can never describe. |
Lynne Testerman May 1, 2012On January 28,2011 I had a call from my doctor that a biopsy of a lump in my breast was cancer. The next few weeks were filled with appointments and tests and uncertainty. Your song Blessings came on the radio, and it was so moving, and seemed like it was written just for me. After three surgeries and a summer of chemo, I am now healthy. I have had so many "Blessings" from friends and family and the love and support of so many , that I know that God been with me all through this difficult time. I wanted to come to one of your concerts last year, but was too sick. I cant believe that I am going to be able to come to your concert this Thursday at Viking Hall ! Thank you Laura for your gift of Love and Healing through your music |
Lynne Testerman May 1, 2012On January 28,2011 I had a call from my doctor that a biopsy of a lump in my breast was cancer. The next few weeks were filled with appointments and tests and uncertainty. Your song Blessings came on the radio, and it was so moving, and seemed like it was written just for me. After three surgeries and a summer of chemo, I am now healthy. I have had so many "Blessings" from friends and family and the love and support of so many , that I know that God been with me all through this difficult time. I wanted to come to one of your concerts last year, but was too sick. I cant believe that I am going to be able to come to your concert this Thursday at Viking Hall ! Thank you Laura for your gift of Love and Healing through your music |