By Judy Lee Jenkins
One day I was on FB and saw a video of a strong sturdy lighthouse in the midst of a storm. It stood tall with great strength as the waves crashed against it never to falter. My first thoughts were that I needed to be strong like that lighthouse when going through the storms of life which come to all of us. However, then it hit me that the lighthouse was not me!! The lighthouse is our Lord!! We can’t get through these storms without his strength and power and most of all HIS beautiful radiance and light for our guidance.
These past few months I have been going through another life storm which has not passed over yet. Some days I feel sucked up into the whirlwind but I never keep my eyes off of my lighthouse, my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ who is my strength. I am reminded of Phil. 4:13 that says ” I CAN DO EVERYTHING THROUGH HIM WHO GIVES ME STRENGTH”. Out of those thoughts I wrote the following song:
IN THE MIDST OF A STORM, THE LIGHTHOUSE STANDS TALL,
AS THE WAVES CRASH ABOUT IT NOT TO FALTER AT ALL,
A PILLAR OF STRENGTH STANDING FIRM DAY AND NIGHT,
TO GUIDE SHIPS THROUGH THE STORM AND DARKNESS OF NIGHT.
I TOO HAVE A LIGHTHOUSE THAT STANDS STRONG AND TALL,
NEVER TO WAVER OR FALTER AT ALL,
HIS NAME IS JESUS, MY LORD, ROCK AND LIGHT,
WHO PIERCES THOUGH THE DARKNESS WITH A RADIANCE SO BRIGHT.
SCRIPTURE READINGS
ROMANS 5:3-5 “WE REJOICE IN OUR SUFFERINGS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SUFFERING PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE, PERSEVERANCE , CHARACTER; AND CHARACTER, HOPE. AND HOPE DOES NOT DISAPPOINT US….”
PSALMS 119:71 “IT IS GOOD FOR ME TO BE AFFLICTED THAT I MIGHT LEARN YOUR DEGREES.”
CHORUS
WHEN LIFE’S STORMS COME CRASHING ALL AROUND ME,
I TURN TO MY LIGHTHOUSE OF MY PERSONAL SEA,
HIS ARMS OUTSTRETCHED TO GUIDE ME AND SEE ME THROUGH,AND STRENGTH TO ENDURE ALL HE EXPECTS ME TO.
LAST VERSE
JESUS IS MY LIGHTHOUSE, TO SHOW ME THE WAY,
THROUGH EVERY DARK AND STORMY DAY.
NEVER TO FORSAKE ME, HE’S MY BEACON OF LIGHT,
WHOSE GLORY AND RADIANCE SHINE EVER SO BRIGHT!!
CHORUS
WHEN LIFE’S STORMS COME CRASHING ALL AROUND ME,
I TURN TO MY LIGHTHOUSE OF MY PERSONAL SEA,
HIS ARMS OUTSTRETCHED TO GUIDE ME AND SEE ME THROUGH,
AND STRENGTH TO ENDURE ALL HE EXPECTS ME TO.
SCRIPTURE READINGS:
2ND COR. 1-7 “AND OUR HOPE OF YOU IS STEADFAST, KNOWING, THAT AS YE ARE PARTAKERS OF THE SUFFERINGS, SO SHALL YE BE ALSO OF THE CONSOLATION.”
EPH. 3-13 “WHEREFORE I DESIRE THAT YE FAINT NOT AT MY TRIBULATIONS FOR YOU, WHICH IS YOUR GLORY.”
CHORUS
WHEN LIFE’S STORMS COME CRASHING ALL AROUND ME,
I TURN TO MY LIGHTHOUSE OF MY PERSONAL SEA,
HIS ARMS OUTSTRETCHED TO GUIDE ME AND SEE ME THROUGH,
AND STRENGTH TO ENDURE ALL HE EXPECTS ME TO.