Sunday, May 10, 2015

STAND BY ME


"One night while my young son, Ryan, was sleeping, a storm began brewing outside. After a loud clap of thunder, I heard him wake up so I headed toward his room to comfort him.

He asked me to stay with him until he fell asleep. As I lay there I realized he hadn't asked me to make the storm go away, but to stay with him.

How many times, I wondered, have I asked God to take away the storms of life, when instead I need to ask him to stay with me and help me weather them more peacefully?" - Kim Sherer.

“God may not take the storm away but He promises to stand by me through the storm. As long as He is there with me, I can face all types of storm.” - Albert Kang.

As the hymn writer, Charles A. Tindley, put it so aptly:

When the storms of life are raging,
Stand by me, stand by me;
When the storms of life are raging,
Stand by me, stand by me;
When the world is tossing me
Like a ship upon the sea
Thou who rulest wind and water,
Stand by me, stand by me….

Psa 23:4: "I may walk through valleys as dark as death, but I won't be afraid. You are with me, and your shepherd's rod makes me feel safe."

(aksermonillustrations.blogspot.in)

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