God is here

Do we ever feel that the waves of life just keep bowling us over into a tidal wave of emotions, fear, and doubt? God is here. Do we ever feel that we live through a maze of problems? God is here. Do we ever feel so alone that we wonder if anyone would miss us if we were gone? God is here. Do we ever feel so abused that we feel like we aren’t worth the dirt we stand on? God is here.

It is said, “He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.”¹

When we think of life as a storm, sometimes very dark and violent, then we turn to Him who, “maketh the storm a calm…” Doesn’t this show the powerful nature of God’s Goodness? One who can still all storms? What would happen if we turned our lives over to Love, God, more consistently? He is here watching over us. He is waiting for us to realize His ever-presence. What would happen if we persistently changed our views from the dark and dismal to hope and faith?

When we are consistent and persistent in our turning to God’s ever-presence His angel messages reveal to us the answers that we need. When we follow and obey these messages we are lead out of the very situations that seem so upsetting to us. When we realize that God is here, doing all every moment of every day, our lives become more consistently peaceful.  The dramas that seem to continually occur harmonize.  With this the dramas disappear and our lives become less agitated, less stormy.

When a storm is calmed, the clouds disperse, and the sun shines, where did the storm go? It is like this when we turn to God who is Life, Truth and Love. The storms in our lives are stilled, the pretenses, reasons, fears disperse. We feel the calm and warmth of peace. Thought is changed from the dismal to the light of understanding that God is in constant control. We feel and know that God is here. Our lives become more fulfilled. A sense of peace comes with the realization that we are not alone. We feel a sense of worth in His Love for us. It becomes a part of our renewed sense of a brighter day.

“For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall…he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”²

In Christian Science we read in our textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, “Sorrow has its reward. It never leaves us where it found us. The furnace separates the gold from the dross that the precious metal may be graven with the image of God. The cup our Father hath given, shall we not drink it and learn the lessons He teaches?  When the ocean is stirred by a storm, then the clouds lower, the wind shrieks through the tightened shrouds, and the waves lift themselves into mountains. We ask the helmsman: "Do you know your course? Can you steer safely amid the storm?" He answers bravely, but even the dauntless seaman is not sure of his safety; nautical science is not equal to the Science of Mind. Yet, acting up to his highest understanding, firm at the post of duty, the mariner works on and awaits the issue. Thus should we deport ourselves on the seething ocean of sorrow. Hoping and working, one should stick to the wreck, until an irresistible propulsion precipitates his doom or sunshine gladdens the troubled sea.”³

Let us let God still our storms in this life.  God is here.  He is revealing His power to us.  He is guiding our lives and revealing His purpose and plan.

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1 The King James Version of the Holy Bible Psalms 107 vs.29-32
2 ibid Isaiah 25 vss. 4, 7-9
3 Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy pg 66 lines 29-7 following page