I bow in my grief today.

The depths of my sad heart are troubled.

Oh, waken and save, I pray!

Torrents of sin and of anguish

Sweep o’er my sinking soul,

And I perish! I perish! dear Master.

Oh, hasten and take control!

-Mary Ann Baker, “Master, the Tempest is Raging”, verse 2

Anguish. Grief. A sinking soul that is ready to perish.

We aren’t literally on a sinking ship.

But boy, can our lives feel like that from time to time.

“Carest thou not that we perish?” (Mark 4:38)

How could Jesus not care about our situation?!

How could He sit by and watch this painful situation unfold?

How could He not step in when I’m drowning, and there is no way out?

Why is the storm even allowed to brew?

Well…

Jesus knows the storm won’t actually destroy us.

Jesus knows we will be okay.

Jesus knows that maybe we even need the storm.

In His infinite compassion, He also understands that storms can hurt and wear us down and scare us.

And yet He invites us to use our faith to trust that it really will all be okay in the end.

He sees our panic and He invites us to replace it with peace.

“Peace, be still.” (Mark 4:39)

The tempest will end.

Panic yields no good fruits.

And Jesus invites us to find peace with Him.

Master, the terror is over.

The elements sweetly rest.

Earth’s sun in the calm lake is mirrored,

And heaven’s within my breast.

Linger, O blessed Redeemer!

Leave me alone no more,

And with joy I shall make the blest harbor

And rest on the blissful shore.

-Mary Ann Baker, “Master, the Tempest is Raging”, verse 3

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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