"For thou hast been a strength to the poor,
a strength to the needy in his
distress,
a refuge from the storm, a
shadow from the heat,
when the blast of the terrible
ones
is as a storm against the wall."
Isaiah 25:4
Our Calm In A
Storm
A ship was plowing through a
stormy sea when part of the mast
broke off. The captain ordered a
lad to climb up and repair the
damage. The boy started up, but
he slid back down and ran into
his cabin for a moment. He then
came back, climbed back to the
top of the ship and made the
necessary repairs.
When he was on the deck again,
the captain said to him,
"Why did you run down into your
cabin for a minute before you
climbed aloft?"
"Why, sir," he said,
"I went down to offer a word of
prayer and to place this New
Testament in my pocket. My
mother told me before I left
home that if I would pray and
carry the Word of God with me, I
would be well protected from any
storm."
I have sought Thy nearness;
with all my heart have I called
Thee,
and going out to meet Thee
I found Thee coming toward me.
~Yehuda Halevi~
"Lord Dictated Them"
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