Romans 15:13

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Philippians 4:7

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

When my spiritual well

has run dry,

when my soul aches

with both longing and loss,

as I stumble through the darkness,

desperate to find the light,

I reach out—

I call out to You, Lord.

Please restore my soul.

There is peace in believing.

There is joy to be found.

There is faith always rising

every morning with the sun.

So, even when I am lost,

even when I am hunkered down,

riding out a spiritual storm,

I know that peace will return

with the silence, with the stillness,

with the pause that always follows the rain.

The winds will pull away

and the clouds retreat.

The ground will thirst no more.

The mockingbirds will return

and find their voice and fill

the trees with song again.

The battered hibiscus, drooping,

wilted and filled with the tears

left behind by the storm,

will lift its head again

and turn to the sun

and bask in its warmth.

And there, I will find You, Lord.

There I will find my hope again.

There Your Spirit will be revealed.

And there I will find that Peace

that surpasses all understanding

and fills me with Your eternal love.

Amen.