STORM

" And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that is was now full. And he was ...asleep on a pillow; and they awake him, and say unto him, 'Master, carest thou not that we perish?' And he arose and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, "Peace be still." And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Mk 4:37-39

Lord, I'm ready for the winds to cease and the waves to stop crashing...I feel like those fishermen who are wondering how you can sleep through all the turmoil, as if you have not a care about it. One word from you will bring peace and calm yet for some reason you have chosen to allow me to continue in this storm. Yet, I will trust you. I will. Trust you.

A quiet voice

"I'm convinced that the people God uses the most are often the people who have experienced the most adversity." Mark Batterson-"In a pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day"

I just finished this book and read much about facing the future with courage and being a risk-taker. Good stuff...but I dunno. I much prefer comfortable and safe and stability. I don't want to shortchange God or keep Him from doing the work in my life that needs to be done...but does it always have to come through adversity and pain and fear and struggle??
And then I read the scriptures, the life of David, the disciples, Paul, even Jesus, and I resign myself to the fact that maybe it does. Maybe that is His plan. I ask Him..." God, Why Me?"
And I hear a quiet voice say, "Why not you...I have provision for you that you know not of...more than you can ask or imagine." **sigh**

THOUGHTS

As I sit here staring at this blank blog page, I wait for profound words of wisdom. Or perhaps a witty saying...or even a collection of thoughts that demand to spill forth. With the way my mind has been spinning lately you'd think I'd have no shortage of things to say...but sometimes words do not do our thoughts and our prayers justice. Sometimes only God can really decipher the jumbled up mess inside our heads. I'm so glad that when words escape me...He still knows and understands our needs and our concerns and our cries for help. So I will just sit here with my whirling thoughts and take comfort in the fact that He knows each one of them....and they make perfect sense to HIM!!