When I read this first paragraph it made me laugh out loud! Hope you enjoy it, too.I was speaking recently with one who is in great distress and yet keeps discovering joy with Christ in the midst of the distress. She has the choice, as each of us have, to indulge in guilt, pity, anxiety, fear of the future, etc. This reading reminded me of the struggle we all go through to participate with the Presence of our Lord IN THE MIDST of this life.
I love the flowery language you wade through to get to the point!
Thou art on board a vessel which thou couldst not steer
even if the great Captain put thee at the helm,
of which thou couldst not so much as reef a sail,
yet thou worriest as if thou wert captain and helmsman.
Oh, be quiet; God is Master!"
WE MIGHT AS WELL REST IN THE JOY OF THE LORD!
"Dost thou think that all this din and hurly-burly that is abroad
betokens that God has left His throne?
"No, man, His coursers rush furiously on and His chariot is the storm;
but there is a bit between their jaws, and He holds the reins,
and guides them as He wills! Jehovah is Master yet;
believe it; peace be unto thee! be not afraid."
He even ends the peace, you notice, with "believe it; peace be unto thee! BE NOT AFRAID."
Lord, help us to do just that.
"Oh be quiet; God is Master!" I love it!
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Great post. Being quiet is good advice almost all the time - maybe even all the time.
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