A Presence in the Storm
By Wayland Hoyt, D. D.
It is surely true, that, though you are in the way of duty, you must meet storms. Not always waters lying still beneath the sunlight and the moonlight; not always easy rowing; not always the quick reaching of the desired haven. Take this for your comfort when, serving God the best you know, and keeping the prow of your boat of life pointed along the line of the divine command, you find yourself smitten by the storms—take this for your comfort: there is for you a Vision and a Presence! I think those are most sweet words which Mark, in his graphic way, has not forgotten to tell us about the storm, “And he saw them toiling in rowing.” No storm flares and plunges outside the circle of the divine vision. “It is I; be not afraid;” the divine One is with you in the storm.—Wayland Hoyt, D. D.