Cassie L. Wilson

Learning to be the light

Trials in Your Life? Blessings in Disguise.

Alright, y’all.  Time for another post referencing a song.  This time, Laura Story’s Blessings.  Blessings in disguise, y’all, are the best blessings.

Do y’all ever wake up in the mornings with a song stuck in your head?  You’ll be brushing your teeth or combing your hair and it seems like someone turned up the radio, but then you realize it’s just you singing the song that is on your heart?

I have a feeling most of you know what I’m talking about.

A few mornings ago, Laura Story’s Blessings was the song of the morning.  I may or may not have attempted karaoke in the shower that morning…

Cause 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?

Everyday has a blessing within

Friend, there have been many times this song has blared through my radio on the way to work or back home from work and I’ve burst into tears praising Him.

Trials in your life? They could be blessings in disguise | Cassie L. Wilson - learning to be the light

Why?

Because His mercy is far greater than we could ever imagine and far greater than we deserve.

There have been many, many times I’ve been disappointed.  Disappointed in people.  Disappointed in missed opportunities.

But you know what?  Those very same disappointments were the Lord’s blessings and protection in disguise.

Situations that looked hopeless brought salvation and a complete change of heart.

Some are blessings in disguise

Other things that I wanted and begged the Lord for, ended up being a potential pitfall and stumbling block the Lord spared me from.

The Lord has given me a resounding no time and time again when a door to a new path, or relationship, or even the opportunity to buy a car opened up.  Sure, I was disappointed.  Disappointed because my own plan stood at a standstill. 

But, if I chose to walk down that path anyway, whatever that path may have been, and ignored the leading of the Lord, it is hard to tell what I would have faced or where I would have ended up.  And who knows, the Lord very well may have saved me from a path of destruction.

I know, friend, it is hard to be in the midst of a situation and think, “Man, what a blessing this trial is!” or “My heart is broken in two and it’s a good thing!”   I know.  I’ve been there.  At the time, it doesn’t feel like a blessing or a good thing at all.  But, when it is all said and done, I bet you can look back, like I have, and realize what the Lord was preparing you for or protecting you from. 

What if, friend, what if the trials of this life, the rain, the storms, the hardest nights, are Your mercies in disguise?

Love, Cassie

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When God Says No

Friend, have you ever read a passage of scriptures and nothing jumped out at you, but the second (or third, or fourth?) time you read those same scriptures, a light bulb goes off or something touches your soul? It’s in those times you hear God speak directly to your soul.  Sometimes when reading scripture, that’s when God says no to your plans.  Or gives you a resounding yes.  Or He gives you something else entirely.

That’s been happening to me quite frequently.  I love when a light shines a little brighter or a little differently on a set of scriptures and the meaning becomes a little more clear when applied to a particular trial or situation.
I’ve gotten into the habit of reading Bible plans from the YouVersion Bible app on my phone while I dry my hair in the mornings before work. I wish I was kidding when I say that I spend a good twenty minutes with a hair dryer aimed at my head in the mornings.  You ladies with curly-bushy-long hair might know the struggle. It is all too real.

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This Little Light of Mine: Let’s Let It Shine, Y’all

This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine.  Let it shine, let it shine, let it shiiiiine.

Show of hands, y’all, how many of us grew up singing this song in Sunday School?

If I had to guess, I’d say a majority of us did.  And if you didn’t, I’m sure you know the words and the tune.  (Even lyric losers like me know those lyrics!)  Sure, when you get a bunch of kids together singing it, it does sound a little too much like a kid’s song.  But, have you ever stopped to consider why our Sunday School teachers taught us this song back in the day?

No, it’s not because it’s an easy song to learn.  The easiness of it certainly does help, though, and it makes it easy to recall, even after years of not hearing it sung.

We were taught the song because it is a song with a deep meaning that we all need to be reminded of on occasion.  Sometimes, it’s the simplest things that make a profound statement and leave a lasting impact.

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