"But God is the God of the waves and the billows, and they are still His when they come over us; and again and again we have proved that the overwhelming thing does not overwhelm. Once more by His interposition deliverance came. We were cast down, but not destroyed."
-Amy Carmichael
We do not have to be overwhelmed by the storms of this life.
The One who forms the gentle ripples of a stream is the same One who makes the ocean tide and the whirling whirlpool. The Creator of all, knows all, sees all.
He is still in control when we are not.
He is still Sovereign even when the sickness strikes and the job is lost and the child hurts. He still sees and knows and cares. He cares enough to store all our tears. He cares enough to allow the suffering, so the deliverance joy can be great. He cares enough to walk us through it. He cares enough to make Himself known in the very pit of despair. Because He knows that in our weakness, His strength is made perfect.
Storms, trials, hardships. . . they will come.
The joy comes in knowing that we never walk alone. He is the eye in the midst. He is the peace among the peril.
I have known Him best when walking through the valley. I have felt His spirit more in the darkness of uncertainty than anywhere else. My faith is strengthened when I am weakest. That is when He works best you know, when we realize we are nothing, He is everything. We are but a vapor, He is eternal. So take heart, 'God is the God of the waves and the billows,' He is sovereign, and this storm may be meant to draw you closer to Himself.
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