Calmness of the Storm

"O let me hear Thee speaking
In accents clear and still,
Above the storms of passion,
The murmurs of self-will.

O speak to reassure me,
To hasten, or control;
O speak and make me listen,
Thou Guardian of my soul."
(anonymous)

The above came from a reading in my favorite book "God Calling". The reading is about how "all sacrifice and suffering is redemptive'; that His plan is perfect and all that we sacrifice and suffer is not by chance, but is to teach us or to be used to help others. I know for me, this is often hard to accept. However, I also know that when I see others suffer, or myself, all that I can do is to go to Christ and ask Him to embrace us, heal us, and show us His loving Light. I do not always hear him in the midst of my self will; however I know that he will quiet the storm so that I can listen and know that he is the 'Guardian of my soul' and of others. Only He can speak to us in the sufferings we bear.

Today I am grateful that I can go to Him and hear the calmness of the storm.