Moving Forward Planned In Plan
“Okay we’ll be from here”, they said,
As in the boat the waves they read;
“We’ve done this all our working lives,
It’s how our families have survived.“You take a snooze and prep yourself
For your next gig, so harvest wealth
Can be brought in by gracious words
From You – the best we’ve ever heard”.So, snooze He did until the storm
Brought them to Him so they could warn
Him of impending doom with them –
He yawned and stretched and said again –“So where’s your faith, now skill’s no good?
From what you said, I understood
You’d handle things what e’er arose,
But fear I sense down to your toes.”“Oh help us, Lord, or we’ll all die
Out here, and folks will wonder why
We made this trip, what all went wrong
Despite our brave new travel song.”Rebuked the wind, He did that day,
Upon which, storm just died away;
Continued on their trip at last;
When they arrived they had a blast.So what of us? When do we say,
“From here we’ll manage, be okay”?
I think we think we that can do,
Without that gracious Word from You.And then the storm comes, pounds the shore,
Where houses built are in for more
Than ships at sea – both challenge see,
And role of Christ, what it could be.Lord, grace this day of moving on;
Help us to sing Your triumph song
In calm or storm upon the sea,
Or on the shore – grace to us be –Your people here, now, “Having gone
Into the world”, some things gone wrong;
Be with us as we plan ahead,
Our plan in Yours as we are led.navigation