Are You Sailing Choppy Seas?

I’m not afraid of the storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.

~~Louise May Alcott

This morning’s prayer and meditation for Sally’s healing comes from Take Heart, Oh God: Riches from the Greatest Christian Women Writers of All Time.

As we sail our ship through life, we face times of calm when the sea is like glass beneath us. Other times, the perfect storm comes, splashing waves across our bows, spraying mist in our faces, tossing our ship about, threatening to sink us. It takes an expert captain to navigate a ship through a storm.

Louise May Alcott decided not to fear the sudden squalls in life, but to take the helm, grab the wheel, and learn how to sail the ship. Only the most trying times make the expert captains. Experience in rough water is the best teacher.

Are you sailing choppy seas? Is your ship taking on water? Now is the time to learn how to sail the ship. God promises to teach you how to make it through life’s squalls.

Do not fear the storms. The Captain is at the helm with you.

Prayer for Meditation

Thank you, Lord, for teaching me how to navigate through life’s storms.

Scripture for Meditation

One day Jesus said to his disciples. “Let’s cross over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and started out. On the way across, Jesus lay down for a nap, and while he was sleeping, the wind began to rise. A fierce storm developed that threatened to swamp them, and they were in real danger.

The disciples woke him up, shouting “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!”

So Jesus rebuked the wind and the raging waves. The storm stopped and all was calm! Then he asked them, “Where is your faith?”

And they were filled with awe and amazement. They said to one another, “Who is this man, that even the winds and waves obey him.” Mark 8:22-25

Music for Meditation

Sometimes He Calms The Storms

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