My Heart is Tumultuous

My heart is tumultuous,

Oh Lord, calm these seas.

Crashing waves of past failures, present sorrows, and future hopes,

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick,

but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.”

Alas, where is this tree whose fruit gives life?

I am human, and yet redeemed.

What of this world that harbors the despair of selfish humanity?

When will we see His hope fulfilled in us?

For He is the hope of the nations, our Living God and King.

The vision of eternity drives us on:

The elect who know where their help comes from.

And what of the rest?

They cry for hunger and thirst:

A mother without her child,

A son without his father’s love,

Broken hearts lost in greed and depravity.

When will we wake up to truth to see we are saved?

My heart is tumultuous,

Oh Lord, calm these seas.

I am a man, and yet redeemed.

I have failed, but He makes it good.

I have cried, and He collects my tears.

I have rejoiced, and He shares in my joy.

The Lord my God who is One,

The Eternal One reigns Forever.

My heart is tumultuous

Oh Lord, calm these seas.

He has and He will.

[1] Proverbs 13:12 NKJV