
Sometimes He Calms the Storm
lyrics by Tony Wood and Kevin Stokes
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

How is your mom doing? I'll keep you in prayer. I'd ask that you'd do the same for me. I have to preach Sunday morning (literally.)
Let Everything that has breath praise the Lord (praise and worship song)Hello there...I am back...up and running
yippee hurray!
I went back to my parents yesterday as soon as my last class was over...while there...after a ton of machines...I finally heard the voice of a real life person on the other end of the phone telling me that MY phone would be turned on around 6:00 that evening...THANK GOODNESS that is over..So the great news is I have internet on my computer again and can get back to my journal.
All right...moving on to bigger and better things now.
My Pastor announced last night that we are having a missionary from Germany come to visit our church the beginning of February. I am excited. I love it when missionaries get to come and visit...they always have so much to share...the services are always amazing.
Now...this is the first week of school (I know my post seems to be very scatter brained today...jumping from one thing to the next...just hang with me a few more minutes though)...this is the first week of school (which by the way I have totally enjoyed my first day of all classes...they seem to be pretty okay)...again, lets see if I can't try that sentence again and actually finish it--3rd times a charm ya know
...This is the first week of school and I do have a few things I need to take care of so Today I am going to leave you with a psalm, and hopefully next week I can post a little more here and there.
Psalm 150
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
It's good that we bring our thoughts, wants, desires, and needs before the Lord...that is absolutely GREAT that we do that...we have to do that if we want to make it in this world...not to mention God's word tells us to come to him with these things...but sometimes...we let the "I want I want I want" or the "I need I need I need" overpower the "I praise I praise I praise"...There have been times where the realization hit me so hard that I had been asking God to do so many things and I wasn't seeing anything happen in my life or in another's life...and I would begin to feel like God did not care...or that my desire or need was not important to him...which is a bunch of baloney straight from the enemy...The problem definitely did not find its place in God's hands...the problem was in my hands...I spent so much time wanting and needing and no time praising and worshipping...As soon as I got my priorities straight and remembered that GOD IS FIRST, and everything else will be taken care of as long as he is there...lifted up my hands and praised him for all that he has blessed my life with, and all that I know he will do in my future...you'd be amazed at how things just began working themselves out...actually how GOD just began working them out. So go ahead and bring your thoughts, wants, desires, and needs to God...you really do need to do that to keep yourself spiritually strong and grounded...but don't forget to lift up the name of the Lord and praise Jesus for all that he is. I have actually made it apoint on some days to tell God that I didn't want to ask him for anything I just wanted to praise him...it is so nice to spend time Praising such a wonderful God.
oops...didn't I say something about leaving? RFLOL...*rolls eyes* okay I am really signing off this time--duty calls!