Calm

The adverse winds blew against my life;

My little ship with grief was tossed;

My plans were gone--heart full of strife,

And all my hope seemed to be lost--

"Then He arose"--one word of peace.

"There was a calm"--a sweet release.

A tempest great of doubt and fear

Possessed my mind; no light was there

To guide, or make my vision clear.

Dark night! 'twas more than I could bear--

"Then He arose," I saw His face--

"There was a calm" filled with His grace.

My heart was sinking 'neath the wave

Of deepening test and raging grief;

All seemed as lost, and none could save,

And nothing could bring me relief--

"Then He arose"--and spoke one word,

"There was a calm!" IT IS THE LORD.

--L. S. P.

From today's "Streams in The Desert" devotional.

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