"... He bringeth them unto their desired haven."

  Last night I was feeling pretty sorry for myself.  I admit I was a little down in the dumps. I have been babysitting my nephews for the last 2 weeks solid, my air conditioner went out in my car, and now my car won't start.  To top it all off my little sister... you know the one who was born when I was 16... is talking about having a baby.  Well, with everything piled all together it all looked pretty bleak.  Yesterday's post really helped me to work the "boo hoo's" out of my system.
     In knew that the metaphor of a storm as a trial was mentioned in the scriptures. After all, the hymn "Master the Tempest is Raging" is all about the life's stormy weather.  By the way, this has ALWAYS been one of my favorite hymns.  So I went digging in the scriptures and I found a very beautiful scripture in Psalms which refers to the children of Israel wandering the in wilderness.  It reads: "He maketh the storm calm, so that the waves thereof are still.  Then they are glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven." Psalms 107:29-30  Of course the "haven" the scripture refers to is "heaven"... right?  But I'm only 37 and heaven... I hope... is a long way off.  The being said I think the word "haven" refers to a harbor of sorts.  The word harbor means "a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents." (taken from www.dictionary.com)  Of course the "he" in the scripture refers to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  He will take us to safe harbor.. if we let Him.  Once in the harbor it is up to us to throw down our anchor.  I'm also sure that even in a harbor the storms of  life can be felt... seeing as you are still on the water.  However, I'd much rather be in the harbor during a storm than on the "open sea".