In Peace, as the storm subsides

Last drops of rain fall

Storm has passed 

as I sit

Hear the stillness

As the night rises 

and begins 

To settle 

into the rhythms of the dark

Just as in the aching 

of my heart

The storm was violent,

crashing through the night

Now, as I sit 

Think about the way it 

echoes how our lives

are tossed and beaten

torn apart and left 

To pick up the pieces 

the storm reminds us 

of how we’ve wept

But the storm will always pass,

troubles will fade and cease

It’s how we weather the moments

when all we want is a little peace

Holding on to salvation

Even as fear

beats us down

Rising our heads to heaven

This is where peace 

is found 

In the morning, 

maybe a ray of sun 

Or the clearness that comes inside

when our hearts surrender 

and we’ve begun

To see

All that is bigger

That opens up our hearts 

And lets us breathe.

In Peace.

04/26/25

clc

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

2 Corinthians 4:16–18