Center of the Storm

When all around me gives way
To tempest-tossed waves
And everyone turns
To their own ways
Life comes crashing
'Round my ears
Violent breakers
Sqeezing tears.
I stand silent,
In the eye of the storm,
Amidst a Peace and Love
So warm.
God still gives peace
In the center of the storm.

Hold back in abeyance these howling winds?
Nay, I find refuge in my Beloved's arms.
That which hurts me makes me stronger!
I shall hold fast
To the Rock of my salvation.
Clinging only to Him,
And not these passing, battered rafts.

Hold fast my hand in Thine,
For only You give Peace
In the midst of the storm.

Originally written on 20 February 2006