Catchfire 2012 last November 25, 2012 was such a blessing - filled opportunity for me and thousands of men and women from different Catholic communities and groups to give our all for the King!
I remembered one of my Facebook status messages before that day which read:
Lord, in grateful response to your exceeding goodness and faithfulness in our lives, we will live our lives desiring to be like You every day, to seek You in all our decisions and plans and to serve You and the men and women that we encounter each day in our walk with You!
Let's pray for grace and strength to be true to these promises made to You, our Lord and King!
I continue to pray for grace and strength so I could keep these promises I made to the Lord and which I expressed anew during the Catchfire rally. I know that it won't be a walk in the park but I am reminded by the words of the banner song of Catchfire 2012 (Blessings by Laura Story - 2012 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song, the 1st ever winner for this category which was introduced just this year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgxB82LgK7E) that all I need is to have faith and trust in You and Your will for me which is an expression of Your great love for me.
We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things
'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
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we have faith to believe
'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
And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know that pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home
It's not our home
'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You're near
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy
And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise
