Comments for Laura Story http://laurastorymusic.com Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Story Behind The Song “Blessings” by Helen http://laurastorymusic.com/2011/09/story-behind-the-song-%e2%80%9cblessings%e2%80%9d/#comment-63 Helen Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:13:00 +0000 http://laurastorymusic.com/?p=102#comment-63 God has blessed many others through this song. I've cried each time I heard this song. Very powerful. And the stories you read in here how it has helped others to understand their trials. May God continue to use you to bring blessings to others! God has blessed many others through this song. I’ve cried each time I heard this song. Very powerful. And the stories you read in here how it has helped others to understand their trials. May God continue to use you to bring blessings to others!

]]> Comment on Lots of Exciting Blessings To Share About! by Melissa http://laurastorymusic.com/2012/02/lots-of-exciting-blessings-to-share-about/#comment-62 Melissa Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:16:00 +0000 http://laurastorymusic.com/?p=365#comment-62 Congratulations Laura for your blessing!! I am a big fan. Blessings, Melissa :)) Congratulations Laura for your blessing!!
I am a big fan.

Blessings,

Melissa :) )

]]> Comment on Story Behind The Song “Blessings” by Valerie Walcott http://laurastorymusic.com/2011/09/story-behind-the-song-%e2%80%9cblessings%e2%80%9d/#comment-61 Valerie Walcott Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:27:00 +0000 http://laurastorymusic.com/?p=102#comment-61 My story . . . I was a young Christian girl in college, praying that God would send a man of God my way . . . I went through 4 years of college with out so much as a look from a Godly man . . . feeling all alone and that the dream of being a wife and mother would never work out . . . and then I found him working with at-risk kids in the ministry I worked full time for in Texas . . . Although I had known of him, our paths hadn’t crossed too much, and I never paid that much attention to him . . . He was self-less in his work with people . . . Putting most of his small income into "investing in their lives" He lived modestly but gave so generously . . . he gave out what we called "Jesus jerseys" that he and a friend hand made out of fine materials and wore proudly around town. (This in the era of the Fubu jerseys). They gave them to teens who could never pay them, but who were drawn to this Christ the jerseys pointed to . . . He also could be found in the local Christian Book Store on Fridays taking a large part of his paycheck to buy Christian rap CD's to take to the park. He would play them on his boombox and when the teenagers came up to him, he would suggest they trade CD's so that they would have better music to listen to, than their secular rap CDs . . . I found him volunteering at my church's Wednesday night kids' program because he saw that we had more kids being bussed in from the projects than our church vans or volunteers could handle . . . selflessly giving his time and energy to that mix of (home-schoooled) church kids and kids from the projects blending them together into a small group that learned about God . . . He was found to be working with teens, encouraging them to read and study their Bibles within a "youth group" started in a man's home for those teens that didn't fit into the "church setting". And it wasn't an act . . . our first date was to a Bible study on the tabernacle . . . that is what we did, we loved and served God together . . .when we were engaged and first married, I was amazed at how much time he could "find" to read and pray (sometimes it was 3 hours a day . . . ) on top of working full time and ministering to others. . . . We had our first child and 9 months after our son was born, my husband stopped going to church . . . .leaving me toting my new baby on my hip by myself! How did I get here, I cried . . . praying fervently for the husband I married to return to help me raise this child in the ways of God . . . and although he physically stayed with us, he didn't stay with God. . . My church and my small group prayed and cried more than I can imagine . . . that God would draw him back into his church family . . . but my child grew up going to church with just his mommy and then God blessed me with my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th child . . . still none of them understanding or knowing why Daddy didn't go to church with us . . . I've cried out to God not understanding "how or why" this happened to my family. . . how could this be better for me and my kids to not have our family loving and worshiping God together . . . and that is when I heard Laura Story's song, "Blessings." What a testimony that God is using my trials, my "greatest disappointments or the aching of this life" to reveal "a greater thirst this world can't satisfy" . . . who knows, my family could have been a great testimony of how God's plan for marriage and family should be, but what I'm realizing is that God has a plan and I don't see it yet, because I'm still in the middle of my "trial" (almost 11 years.) . .. but His purpose and testimony of what my family is going through must have a greater testimony and purpose than I or my kids might realize now . . . that I have to TRUST HIM for his ways are not my ways . . . but I put my TRUST in HIM who hold the future and I pray I can live the rest of the days of this life and this trial out with grace as I live through this testimony building time in my life . . . I pray that someday I have a happy ending to this story, but if not, I will go on . . . trusting God that He has a plan for my life, a plan to prosper me and not to harm me, plans to give me a future and a hope! (Jeremiah 29:11) even if the answer to my "prayer" is no . . . My story . . .
I was a young Christian girl in college, praying that God would send a man of God my way . . . I went through 4 years of college with out so much as a look from a Godly man . . . feeling all alone and that the dream of being a wife and mother would never work out . . . and then I found him working with at-risk kids in the ministry I worked full time for in Texas . . . Although I had known of him, our paths hadn’t crossed too much, and I never paid that much attention to him . . . He was self-less in his work with people . . . Putting most of his small income into “investing in their lives” He lived modestly but gave so generously . . . he gave out what we called “Jesus jerseys” that he and a friend hand made out of fine materials and wore proudly around town. (This in the era of the Fubu jerseys). They gave them to teens who could never pay them, but who were drawn to this Christ the jerseys pointed to . . . He also could be found in the local Christian Book Store on Fridays taking a large part of his paycheck to buy Christian rap CD’s to take to the park. He would play them on his boombox and when the teenagers came up to him, he would suggest they trade CD’s so that they would have better music to listen to, than their secular rap CDs . . . I found him volunteering at my church’s Wednesday night kids’ program because he saw that we had more kids being bussed in from the projects than our church vans or volunteers could handle . . . selflessly giving his time and energy to that mix of (home-schoooled) church kids and kids from the projects blending them together into a small group that learned about God . . . He was found to be working with teens, encouraging them to read and study their Bibles within a “youth group” started in a man’s home for those teens that didn’t fit into the “church setting”. And it wasn’t an act . . . our first date was to a Bible study on the tabernacle . . . that is what we did, we loved and served God together . . .when we were engaged and first married, I was amazed at how much time he could “find” to read and pray (sometimes it was 3 hours a day . . . ) on top of working full time and ministering to others. . . .

We had our first child and 9 months after our son was born, my husband stopped going to church . . . .leaving me toting my new baby on my hip by myself! How did I get here, I cried . . . praying fervently for the husband I married to return to help me raise this child in the ways of God . . . and although he physically stayed with us, he didn’t stay with God. . . My church and my small group prayed and cried more than I can imagine . . . that God would draw him back into his church family . . . but my child grew up going to church with just his mommy and then God blessed me with my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th child . . . still none of them understanding or knowing why Daddy didn’t go to church with us . . . I’ve cried out to God not understanding “how or why” this happened to my family. . . how could this be better for me and my kids to not have our family loving and worshiping God together . . .
and that is when I heard Laura Story’s song, “Blessings.” What a testimony that God is using my trials, my “greatest disappointments or the aching of this life” to reveal “a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy” . . .
who knows, my family could have been a great testimony of how God’s plan for marriage and family should be, but what I’m realizing is that God has a plan and I don’t see it yet, because I’m still in the middle of my “trial” (almost 11 years.) . .. but His purpose and testimony of what my family is going through must have a greater testimony and purpose than I or my kids might realize now . . . that I have to TRUST HIM for his ways are not my ways . . . but I put my TRUST in HIM who hold the future and I pray I can live the rest of the days of this life and this trial out with grace as I live through this testimony building time in my life . . . I pray that someday I have a happy ending to this story, but if not, I will go on . . . trusting God that He has a plan for my life, a plan to prosper me and not to harm me, plans to give me a future and a hope! (Jeremiah 29:11) even if the answer to my “prayer” is no . . .

]]> Comment on Lots of Exciting Blessings To Share About! by Rebecca http://laurastorymusic.com/2012/02/lots-of-exciting-blessings-to-share-about/#comment-59 Rebecca Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:16:00 +0000 http://laurastorymusic.com/?p=365#comment-59 Congratulations!!! So happy for you! Congratulations!!! So happy for you!

]]> Comment on Lots of Exciting Blessings To Share About! by Collette Diez http://laurastorymusic.com/2012/02/lots-of-exciting-blessings-to-share-about/#comment-58 Collette Diez Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:36:00 +0000 http://laurastorymusic.com/?p=365#comment-58 Congratulations Laura! As my friend Dawn who is a grieving mother said to me when I texted her about your win after telling her about your song only a week before because she said basically what you said in your lyrics to me from her own heart, never even having heard the song: "Wow! Light in the dark world. I will pass it on." Congratulations Laura! As my friend Dawn who is a grieving mother said to me when I texted her about your win after telling her about your song only a week before because she said basically what you said in your lyrics to me from her own heart, never even having heard the song: “Wow! Light in the dark world. I will pass it on.”

]]> Comment on Lots of Exciting Blessings To Share About! by Anna http://laurastorymusic.com/2012/02/lots-of-exciting-blessings-to-share-about/#comment-57 Anna Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:56:00 +0000 http://laurastorymusic.com/?p=365#comment-57 Congratulations!! I love ''Blessings'' it's one of my favorite songs. Congratulations!! I love ”Blessings” it’s one of my favorite songs.

]]> Comment on Lots of Exciting Blessings To Share About! by Reiglegc http://laurastorymusic.com/2012/02/lots-of-exciting-blessings-to-share-about/#comment-56 Reiglegc Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:10:00 +0000 http://laurastorymusic.com/?p=365#comment-56 Congratulations two times over. "Blessings " has truly been that to me. It still amazes me how God chooses to speak and comfort me. Congratulations two times over. “Blessings ” has truly been that to me. It still amazes me how God chooses to speak and comfort me.

]]> Comment on Lots of Exciting Blessings To Share About! by Pdchandler http://laurastorymusic.com/2012/02/lots-of-exciting-blessings-to-share-about/#comment-55 Pdchandler Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:57:00 +0000 http://laurastorymusic.com/?p=365#comment-55 Laura, I just had the privilege of hearing you sing at the JFBC women's conference. So happy for you and Martin and for for Grammy win. Twice blessed. Patricia Laura,
I just had the privilege of hearing you sing at the JFBC women’s conference. So happy for you and Martin and for for Grammy win. Twice blessed.
Patricia

]]> Comment on free by GRAMMY AWARD WINNER Laura Story Pens First Book, "What if Your Blessings Come Through Raindrops?" | Bexley Radio http://laurastorymusic.com/free/#comment-54 GRAMMY AWARD WINNER Laura Story Pens First Book, "What if Your Blessings Come Through Raindrops?" | Bexley Radio Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:56:21 +0000 http://laurastorymusic.com/?page_id=306#comment-54 [...]  NASHVILLE, Tenn.What If Your Blessings Come Through Raindrops?, the first book by Dove Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated worship leader Laura Story, will release March 13 by Freeman-Smith, a division of Worthy Publishing.  The 30-day devotional is based on Storys #1 song, Blessings, nominated for a 2012 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song. Comprised of 30 daily devotions designed to draw readers into a deeper understanding of Gods sometimes mysterious gifts, What If Your Blessings Come Through Raindrops? includes the devotions He Loves Us Too Much to Give Us Lesser Things; When Faith Disappears; The Blessed Thorn; Giving Endurance a Chance to Grow; and How Can We Find Peace Amid Suffering?  Each devotion contains Storys personal reflections garnered from her own journey, along with prayers, quotes and a journaling page for readers to recount how blessings have impacted their own lives. Written and recorded by Story, Blessings was a #1 hit at Christian AC and Inspo radio last year, in addition to topping the iTunes Christian/Gospel Top Songs chart for 28 consecutive weeks.  The song is featured on Storys critically acclaimed Fair Trade Services recording, Blessings.  Her previous recording, Great God Who Saves, garnered a Dove Award for Inspirational Album of the Year and featured the hit single, Mighty to Save.  In addition, Story penned the popular worship song Indescribable, recorded by Chris Tomlin. Story is involved in music and womens ministry at Perimeter Church in Atlanta, where she resides with her husband, Martin.  She will be on the Girls Night Live Tour this spring with Mandisa and Britt Nicole. For a complete list of upcoming dates, visit http://www.laurastorymusic.com/.  Worthy Publishing, a division of Worthy Media, Inc., is a privately held company whose mission is helping people experience the heart of God.  Worthy is an independent voice in Christian publishing, managing editorial, marketing, publicity, sales and distribution from its home offices in Brentwood, Tennessee. Worthy focuses on a boutique list of new books each year, crossing a broad spectrum of genres, including fiction, Bible study, current events, devotionals, biography, leadership, specialized Bibles, as well as spiritual and personal growth. What If Your Blessings Come Through Raindrops? ($11.99) will be distributed to retail outlets nationwide by EMI CMG.  For a free download of the first chapter, visit www.laurastorymusic.com/free.   [...] [...]  NASHVILLE, Tenn.What If Your Blessings Come Through Raindrops?, the first book by Dove Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated worship leader Laura Story, will release March 13 by Freeman-Smith, a division of Worthy Publishing.  The 30-day devotional is based on Storys #1 song, Blessings, nominated for a 2012 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song. Comprised of 30 daily devotions designed to draw readers into a deeper understanding of Gods sometimes mysterious gifts, What If Your Blessings Come Through Raindrops? includes the devotions He Loves Us Too Much to Give Us Lesser Things; When Faith Disappears; The Blessed Thorn; Giving Endurance a Chance to Grow; and How Can We Find Peace Amid Suffering?  Each devotion contains Storys personal reflections garnered from her own journey, along with prayers, quotes and a journaling page for readers to recount how blessings have impacted their own lives. Written and recorded by Story, Blessings was a #1 hit at Christian AC and Inspo radio last year, in addition to topping the iTunes Christian/Gospel Top Songs chart for 28 consecutive weeks.  The song is featured on Storys critically acclaimed Fair Trade Services recording, Blessings.  Her previous recording, Great God Who Saves, garnered a Dove Award for Inspirational Album of the Year and featured the hit single, Mighty to Save.  In addition, Story penned the popular worship song Indescribable, recorded by Chris Tomlin. Story is involved in music and womens ministry at Perimeter Church in Atlanta, where she resides with her husband, Martin.  She will be on the Girls Night Live Tour this spring with Mandisa and Britt Nicole. For a complete list of upcoming dates, visit http://www.laurastorymusic.com/.  Worthy Publishing, a division of Worthy Media, Inc., is a privately held company whose mission is helping people experience the heart of God.  Worthy is an independent voice in Christian publishing, managing editorial, marketing, publicity, sales and distribution from its home offices in Brentwood, Tennessee. Worthy focuses on a boutique list of new books each year, crossing a broad spectrum of genres, including fiction, Bible study, current events, devotionals, biography, leadership, specialized Bibles, as well as spiritual and personal growth. What If Your Blessings Come Through Raindrops? ($11.99) will be distributed to retail outlets nationwide by EMI CMG.  For a free download of the first chapter, visit http://www.laurastorymusic.com/free.   [...]

]]> Comment on Spring Tour with Mandisa and Britt Nicole by Julie2hs http://laurastorymusic.com/2012/01/spring-tour-with-mandisa-and-britt-nicole/#comment-53 Julie2hs Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:40:00 +0000 http://laurastorymusic.com/?p=286#comment-53 I so wanted to find a poster about the Love Inbetween tour with you and Matt Maher. I've seen you twice in Maryland, but hoped there was a poster that I could frame. Is there a way to get one? I so wanted to find a poster about the Love Inbetween tour with you and Matt Maher. I’ve seen you twice in Maryland, but hoped there was a poster that I could frame. Is there a way to get one?

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