I am so afraid
__that I am almost shivering;
__I dread
__what may happen next.
Lord, that is because
__in sin
__I have been looking
__away from Your face
__and at the stormy waves.
Forgive me.
White water and calm
__are the same to You;
__You are the Lord of the sea.
If it be Your will,
__speak peace to the splashing waves
__that they may cease.
But if it be not Your will
__at least speak peace
__to the whitecaps in my heart.
Teach me to fear You, Lord,
__so that I need never fear
__what waves—
__or wavemakers—
__can do to me.
____________In Your Name,
________________Amen