The Tempest

O blessed tempest that churns my soul

with battering gusts fomenting my
turmoil's desperation cry for relief...
your unrelenting tenacity carelessly 

tosses my heart's stability leaving me
wildly grasping for my Tether who slumbers 

in seeming disinterest bequeathing me

with only the benefit of His remembrance
offering me begrudgingly tepid consolation
but no longer shelter from anxious 

imaginations and vain dreads that 

explode within the assumed consequences 

of my plight too wild and forthright 

in their chaotic skills not to overpower my 

beleaguered defenses which compels 

me to revive Surrender to a Love more 

Powerful than any dark master seeking 

to capture my soul... His Faithfulness even

demonstrated to an extreme which 

promises to ripen into the fruit of Security's

Peace from a Union always offering more

than my faculties can grasp but which
competes for my commitment with imagined 

outcomes that ignite confusion's possibilities in a
daily contest between turmoil and serenity 
jousting for deliverance's prize or panic's triumph
this tempest's purpose has bestowed upon me a
Graced cup to fill my thirst with a fragrance 

that touches my heart driving me to resolutely 

pursue in bended spirit the Devine Adventure 

of  His outcome not mine and a Courage procured 

only by Faith not by sight to Trust in the Plan 

and Support of the One whose Love and Purpose 

for me has been proven without question despite

circumstances' testimony

Reflection/Discussion:

-Share an experience of your tempests.
-What have you learned?
-How do faith and feelings compete in you?
-How can you get support from others?
-How do you deal with tempests that are ongoing?
-How can you support others in enduring their tempests?