Master, the Tempest is Raging-A story about a Snickers bar(:

Hi!  Welcome back to my crazy ramblings with song titles(:
I hope by the end of this, that the title makes sense, to someone other than me.

Master, the tempest is raging! 

The billows are tossing high!

Master, with anguish of spirit I bow in my grief today.

The depths of my sad heart are troubled.

There was a day this week where I felt like those words describe, like the waves where high and I was being tossed every which way.  I was tired and emotional and ready to be done with the current storms.  As we went grocery shopping, I saw that the Snickers bars were on sale.  

I really love Snickers bars. 

I got the snickers and thoroughly enjoyed it.  However, once it was gone, the promise on the back was still unfulfilled. 

My heart still carried the heavy burdens of all that was going on, and I was far from "satisfied."

 I felt a little silly as I got on my knees and told my Heavenly Father of my disappointment in this, I told Him of my concerns, of my fears, my worries and my hopes.  The words that came into my mind were these, 

Peace, be still.

Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea

Or demons or men or whatever it be,

No waters can swallow the ship where lies

The Master of ocean and earth and skies." 

A sweet reassurance that all things will be okay, and not just okay, but wonderful.  I felt the Lord telling me, and probably laughing a little, that He offers so much more than a Snickers bar to satisfy me.  As I watched throughout the day and the week, these are some of the things that have "satisfied"

A package from someone who knows me too well to know that I would need kit-kats, markers and glue sticks, but more than that, brought a whirlwind of happy mission memories to mind.  

I found it in the words of my scriptures, which truly are my friends. 

I found it as I served the people I love here. 

I found it as I created things to bring comfort to others from the words of scriptures and prophets.

I found it as I asked for a Priesthood blessing.

I found it as I talked to someone I have truly come to love.

I found it as I sang hymns.

I found it when I prayed and listened.

I found it through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, which makes repentance and forgiveness possible, but also make peace and happiness possible. 

   Master, the terror is over.
The elements sweetly rest.
Earth's sun in the calm lake is mirrored,
And heaven's within my breast.
Linger, O blessed Redeemer!
Leave me alone no more,
And with joy I shall make the blest harbor
And rest on the blissful shore.

I learned a few things this week.

Never seek things of the "world" to calm a troubled soul

Prayer is never the wrong choice

All things are made right through the Atonement.  All things.

Peace and joy are found in the journey, not at the end. Or in a Snickers bar(:  

I heard this talk again this week and loved it!

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/04/lord-i-believe?lang=eng

And, as always, here is the link to the song! 

https://www.lds.org/music/library/hymns/master-the-tempest-is-raging?lang=eng