THE STORM IS PASSING

[denise ann congress]

I DONT KNOW AT TIMES WHETHER TO PUSH MYSELF THRU THE WAVES OR TURN AROUND AND GO BACK TO SHORE! WHEN I TURN AND GO BACK TO SHORE, I KNOW I'LL BE GOING BACK TO THINGS THAT LAY IN MY PAST. HURT, TURNMOIL, HEARTACHE, POVERTY, DEPRESSION, OPPRESSION, ETC. ETC., ETC.! BUT I KNOW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OCEAN IS PROSPERITY, JOY, PEACE, HAPPINESS, ALL THAT I EVER WANTED IN LIFE! BUT ITS SO HARD TO PUSH MYSELF THRU THESE WAVES AND KEEP MYSELF AFLOAT AND NOT DROWN! JESUS IS STANDING UPON THE WATERS REACHING OUT TO ME SO I CAN WALK WITH HIM TO THE OTHER SIDE! FEAR OF DROWNING IN MY TURMOIL IS SO OVERWHELMING THAT IM NOT FOCUSING ON JESUS, TRUSTING HIM TO CARRY ME OR TO WALK WITH ME THRU ALL OF THIS! IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE, I HAVE TO GO THRU THE STORMS EVEN THOUGH AT TIMES I WISH THAT THINGS WOULD BE CALMER SO I CAN GET WHAT I NEED FROM GOD! BUT THAT'S NOT HOW LIFE IS FOR ME OR ANYBODY! BUT I WILL HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGH ABOVE THE WATERS BECAUSE I KNOW THE STORMS IS SOON TO PASS AND ILL BE NESTLED IN JESUS ARMS HAVING ALL THAT I EVER WANTED IN LIFE. ALL I HAVE TO DO IS SWIM THRU THE STORMS OF LIFE WITH MY HEAD HIGH ABOVE THE WATERS, FOCUSING ON JESUS AS I DRAW CLOSER TO HIM SO HE CAN WALK WITH ME THE REST OF THE WAY! I THANK HIM AND PRAISE FOR IS MIGHTY HAND UPON ME!!