All who sail the sea of faith, find out before too long
How quickly blue skies can grow dark and gentle winds grow strong.
Suddenly fear is like white water pounding on the soul
Still we sail on knowing that our Lord is in control.
Sometimes He calms the storm with a whispered peace be still.
He can settle any sea but it doesn't mean He will.
Sometimes He holds us close and lets the wind and waves go wild.
Sometimes He calms the storm and other times He calms His child.
He has a reason for each trial that we pass through in life.
And though we're shaken we cannot be pulled apart from Christ.
No matter how the driving rain beats down on those who hold to faith.
A heart of trust will always be a quiet peaceful place.
Sometimes He calms the storm with a whispered peace be still.
He can settle any sea but it doesn't mean He will.
Sometimes He holds us close and lets the wind and waves go wild.
Sometimes He calms the storm and other times He calms His child.
I LOVE this song. But more than the music, I LOVE the words.
With so much going on around us, I am so very thankful to know that even when God may not calm the storms around us, He will ALWAYS calm His children.
It feels like Satan is having a hay-day at our church:
A dear friend that was in a very serious motorcycle accident last week now has lost part of his leg, may be paralyzed, and faces months and months of recovery. He has a very Godly wife and two precious little girls. He lays in ICU in and out of conscienceness facing more surgeries. Heartbreaking.
Many of our members facing terminal cancer.
Friends who's homes are being foreclosed due to loss of jobs.
Friends who are under constant persecution...and they say "Count it all Joy"! Amazing faith...
But regardless of their heartbreak, their worries, their fears, they have one thing in common...a faith in Jesus Christ that is not about to give up! Sitting with them...talking with them - it's watching the grace of God in action. We serve a great God who WILL calm, who WILL heal, who IS in control.....no matter what!
The definition of a gift: Something given to show favor toward someone; definition of precious: something of great value. This is exactly what my husband is to me: a precious gift! This is the best way I know to describe him. Besides the fact that he is my very dearest best friend, he is a precious gift to me.
Here he is the day I met him. It was at a church volleyball game with the singles' class. I saw him and thought "oh be still my heart!" But what got me the most was at the end of the evening, he was asked to close in prayer. That did it people! I was hooked; fish, line and sinker. I thought, "he will be mine". I'll have to share that story in about 4 months...when we celebrate 25 years of marriage.
But today we celebrate his 50th birthday! God has truly blessed me and my children more than we ever could have imagined. I can honestly say that since I have known Scott, he has NEVER put one thing ahead of his family...except for his time with the Lord! What a blessing. Honey, we celebrate you today and this weekend. We thank God for you. What a big year 2012 is: We celebrate your 50th, our older daughter graduates from college, our middle turns 21, our "baby" turns 18 and heads off to college, and you and I will celebrate 25 years of marriage together (Hawaii, here we come). And all because God blessed me more than I could ever have imagined in Feb. 1986...the day He introduced me to you.I love you more today than yesterday and I thank God that I get to spend every day with you. I look forward to celebrating 50 more birthdays with you :) 
