Today was a bit unusual. I had a couple of unplanned conversations, and God met me in both of them. Words were spoken in encouragement, and I felt God’s presence. I have been praying for wisdom and courage for months. There are a number of places that I am seeking God’s direction. While I don’t feel like I moved closer to knowing, I do feel comforted.
I’m not quite sure how it will play out, but I am believing God for a breakthrough. I need a breakthrough for me personally, and I believe that this breakthrough will touch my family and the ministry that God has planned for me to do. It’s going to touch who I am as well as what I do.
I have long been familiar with an old hymn Phil Keaggy recorded on his Beyond Nature cd (if you don’t have it, you should!) I’d never read the words, so I did a little googling. Written in 1906 by Jessie Adams, this hymn speaks the words of my heart tonight.
I feel the winds of God today; today my sail I lift,
Though heavy, oft with drenching spray, and torn with many a rift;
If hope but light the water’s crest, and Christ my bark will use,
I’ll seek the seas at His behest, and brave another cruise.
It is the wind of God that dries my vain regretful tears,
Until with braver thoughts shall rise the purer, brighter years;
If cast on shores of selfish ease or pleasure I should be;
Lord, let me feel Thy freshening breeze, and I’ll put back to sea.
If ever I forget Thy love and how that love was shown,
Lift high the blood red flag above; it bears Thy Name alone.
Great Pilot of my onward way, Thou wilt not let me drift;
I feel the winds of God today, today my sail I lift.
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Tom from Maine · November 22, 2010 at 9:05 am
We sang this song today at 7 am in St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Camden, Maine. To me it is the perfect song to sing while raising the sails (literally) on an old schooner. There is a cadence that works well for the heaving of heavy lines. Doing this as the sun rises adds a religious air to a great song. Probably good for church too!