And He said to them,

"Why are you afraid,

        O you of little faith?"

Then He rose

and rebuked the winds

                       and the sea,

and there was great calm.

             Matthew 8. 26

("Trust Me in this."

Even in this.

When I walk freely with Him

                without fear,

I see the problem or tempest

             with different eyes,

    not to ignore the need,

but able to respond to it.

God does not promise

mild temperatures and a fair breeze,

     but "I am with you,"

a calmness in the midst

              of the storm.)