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Tuesday... That stillness is such a blessing.

 

Psalm 107:30 (NLT), "What a blessing was that stillness as he brought them safely into harbor."

Tuesday... That stillness is such a blessing.

There sure are a lot of storms going on around us and some stillness would be such a blessing.

We were living on Long Island in New York and our son, Brett and his family were living in Colorado and we in New York were having a hurricane. We lived fairly close to the Ocean and we didn't really know what was happening but Brett was watching the weather on tv and he called us in the middle of the night and said maybe you need to go to the basement it looks like a tornado is headed your way. So that is what we did. It was so great to have someone watching out for us.


Well the Psalmist in Psalm 107 was talking about being on a ship and a storm came up and it was tossing them all around. Now I've never been in a storm while on a ship. But verse 27 said, "They reeled and staggered like drunkards and were at their wits' end." And that is where many may be today in their storm. So what did they do and what happens when we do?

Verses 28-30 says, "'Lord, help!' they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. He calmed the storm to a whisper and stilled the waves. What a blessing was that stillness and he brought them safely into harbor!" Now that last verse was what caught my attention this morning.

The Message Paraphrase says these verses this way, "Then you called to God in your desperate condition; he got you out in the nick of time. He quieted the wind down to a whisper, put a muzzle on all the big waves. And you were glad when the storm died down, and he led you safely back to harbor." Maybe that is what he is about to do for you. Maybe he knows what harbor you need to be led safely back to. Maybe the storm is there for a purpose. 

Back to verse 28 in the Amplified Bible, "Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distresses." 

And verses 29-30 (NLT), "He calmed the storm to a whisper and stilled the waves. What a blessing was that stillness as he brought them safely into harbor!"

And then verse 31, "Let them praise the Lord for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them." That stillness is such a blessing. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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