Note: this one more recently…

In watches of the night I find Your peace.
Your Spirit calms the tempest in my mind.
The anxious thoughts like rough and stormy seas
Grow quiet in the still, small hours, I find.

Your patience with my troubled, restless heart
Is like a song that’s soothing to my soul.
You wait with love for me to do my part
In stepping out on waves that always roll.

I come to you like Peter, trying hard
To trust, despite appearances, in You.
With eyes on Yours, I’m letting down my guard.
Though I may sink, I know Your word is true.

I then learn it’s not liquid underneath!
As long as I am confident You call,
Your solid rock is holding up my feet
Unseen, but real, support within the squall.

Then finally, I’m resting at Your side,
And every thought that troubled me this night
Is banished from the shelter where I hide—
Almighty God, Who shadows me with light.

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