As I embark on life’s journey with fearsome dread,
While unsure of the future and what lies ahead,
The many events awaiting me, as vast as the sea,
My certainty in this voyage was all but clarity,
For fear of storms, both mighty and weak,
Cloud my perception, and turn my feelings bleak,
A solid foundation, this world could not offer,
For the one it did provide was as thin as water,
For long did I strive to face this world alone,
For long did I try to avoid being danger-prone,
But my best attempts were futile, and to fear I did give way,
Unable to continue any longer on the world’s vicious waterway,
Captaining my own life, charting the path of my ship,
Holding fast to my own desires, held with desperate grip,
Has proven futile and worthless; outside my own power,
It is then that I saw my great need for a divine encounter,
A swift answer then came to solve my great need,
It is when He approached me that I bowed and gave heed,
The perfect Captain was He, known for His reckless grace,
He came to me with great love flowing from His glorious face,
He became Captain of my life, my ship He would patrol,
Full surrender became my motto, to Him I gave control,
My path through life was set by Him, a course both straight and pure,
His will began to replace mine, and for sin, He was my cure,
He promised me a firm foundation, one to weather life’s storms,
He gave to me peaceful reassurance that defied the world’s norms,
With my ship’s wheel out of my hands, but in His alone,
In life I now had direction and purpose, for His became my own,
To sea we sailed onward through the waterway of life,
But now with my Captain, I traveled without strife,
For the waters were now calm, and my path was fully clear,
His love made all things bright, and to Him, I would adhere,
But this new faith never promised peace lifelong,
For storms would still come, and perhaps be more strong,
True peace I wouldn’t meet 'til life was done,
But for now, my hopes were to see only the sun,
But such thinking was foolish, I soon discovered,
For the sky had evidence of vicious cloud-cover,
The sun, concealed, as darkness began to reign,
Thunder and lightning ruled without any restrain,
To my Captain I cried, to Him I pleaded,
To turn back around where the waves were receded,
For this storm, I thought, was not for me to weather,
I deemed it pointless, and thought I deserved better,
But the Captain, with a firm, yet loving expression,
Deemed we move on with fearless progression,
The decision, to me, was reckless and wrong,
For I feared the worst if we faced it head-on,
But head-on we went, facing the greatest fear I knew,
Where darkness cruelly reigned, and the winds fiercely blew,
Where the waves splashed forcefully, and the lightning constantly struck,
Where the thunder enhanced my fears of being forever stuck,
The ship I once commanded now seemed to be a plaything,
Of a malevolent storm that appeared to control everything,
With gales attacking my sails and waves assaulting my hull,
My life was in chaos, and hopes for survival became null,
Yet while anguish and distress overwhelmed my hope,
The Captain maintained peace and continued to sail the boat,
No matter what faced us, be it fierce gust or monstrous wave,
The ship remained afloat as if through a miraculous save,
Then I realized, as a beautiful reality became clear,
My Captain was doing much more than helping my boat steer,
For His role in this storm far surpassed a mere captain,
As it revealed He was truly in control of all the action,
He was my Creator, for He willingly brought forth this storm,
He was my Sustainer, for He beautifully kept my life in form,
He was my Savior, for He graciously protected me from the squall,
He was my Very Best Friend, for He lovingly stayed with me through it all,
All those things He was for me, and them He’ll continue to be,
Even in times when I think my life is breaking at the seams,
For that storm I feared, despite its efforts to viciously take my life,
The Captain denied its evil intentions and led me to the light,
All through that wretched storm, within its vicious snare,
The Captain held my life together under His perfect care,
Now I know, without a doubt, that storms are nothing to fear,
For my Captain, Christ Jesus, will always be with me near,
Though this storm is now over, I know that more are on the way,
But now I know their purpose: to strengthen my love and faith,
These two things, plus devotion and hope, go to Christ alone,
For His death at Calvary gave me passage to the Father’s throne,
Faith in Christ promised eternal life, but not painlessness on Earth,
For this world prevents such living, but His love deserves far more worth,
Throughout my life, storms will come and will dare to ruin my day,
But I will always turn to Christ, my Captain, to protect and lead the way.