Praise Him in the Storm

He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.

~ Psalm 107:29 ~

Sometimes God calms the storm, and sometimes he lets the storm rage and calms his child. In Psalm 107:29 Jesus calmed the storm but in Matthew 9:2 Some people brought him a paralyzed man on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, "Be of good cheer. Your sins are forgiven." Although Jesus did heal the man to demontrate to the unbelievers that in fact he was and is God, initially Jesus allowed the man to remain paralized but told him  "be of good cheer because your sins are forgiven." God is more interested in our Spiritual state of being than our physical state, as God himself is Spirit. When God allows the storm to rage he is doing something far greater in us spiritually than we can ever imagine. So praise God not only in the calm quiet moments of life but praise him in the storm too. God loves you and is with you every moment.