I’m thinking of the recent tornado victims and unexpected casualities with losses to many families in Oklahoma and elsewhere in the Midwest. Springtime is a fearful time when “adverse winds” of tornados blow which leaves a deadly trail along its serpentine path. Ken and I saw last summer the destruction wrought on a small town in Kansas (Greenville?) and how the people were picking up the pieces of their homes and bravely starting over again. Only one person died in that twister but seems this season there have been many more deaths. One never knows when it is our time to go. A friend of mine from Ukraine just when home to the U.S. to be with her family because her brother just died unexpectedly. We need to be ready in season and out of season for our end of life journey.
The adverse winds blew against my life;
My little ship with grief was tossed;
My plans were gone–heart full of strife,
And all my hope seemed to be lost–
“Then He arose”–one word of peace.
“There was a calm” –a sweet release.A tempest great of doubt and fear
Possessed my mind; no light was there
To guide, or make my vision clear.
Dark night! ’twas more than I could bear–
“Then He arose,” I saw His face–
“There was a calm” filled with His grace.My heart was sinking ‘neath the wave
Of deepening test and raging grief;
All seemed as lost, and none could save,
And nothing could bring me relief–
“Then He arose”–and spoke one word,
There was a calm!” IT IS THE LORD.L.S.P.
